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Loreal-UNESCO Women in Science Grants for South Africans

Grant Fully funded
L’Oréal Foundation and UNESCO South Africa 2026

Information

The L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science South African National Programme offers research grants to promising South African women scientists in formal, life, environmental, physical, engineering and technological sciences. The programme provides seven grants to support researchers at South African institutions, aiming to promote women in science within South Africa. Grants are awarded to PhD researchers and post-doctoral researchers working in South African laboratories or institutions.

Benefits

Financial grants to support research projects, recognition within the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science programme.

Eligibility

Applicants must hold a Ph.D. or be pursuing doctoral studies in the specified sciences, be a South African citizen, and be working in a South African lab or enrolled in a doctoral programme at a South African university. Candidates must be no more than 40 years old by the end of the application period for PhD and post-doctoral awards.

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