Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship Award
Deadline: Nov 30, 2025
masters | phd
fully funded
Opportunity Overview
π About Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship
The Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship Award is the Trustβs most prestigious award. It recognizes the endeavors of world-class researchers and has helped fund critical and important research that has far-reaching impact.
Opportunity Details
- Date Published: September 08, 2025
- Application Deadline: November 30, 2025
- Category:
- Postgraduate
- Masters
- PhD
- Fellowship
- Contest
- Entrepreneurs
- Fully Funded
Sponsor Organisation
The award is sponsored by the Oppenheimer Memorial Trust.
π Benefits of Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship
- The award provides leading academics with the freedom and flexibility to pursue their ideas and take their thinking to another level.
- Monetary Value: R2.5 million
β Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship Requirements
- Open to scholars of the highest caliber engaged in cutting-edge and internationally significant research that advances knowledge, teaching, research, and development in South Africa and beyond.
- Applications are encouraged from all disciplines. Over the years, excellence has been awarded in fields such as:
- Biochemistry
- Biology
- Engineering
- History
- Immunology
- Mathematics
- Neuropsychology
- Philosophy and Ethics
- Zoology
π Application Date and Process
- Applications or nominations must be submitted via the application portal.
- Incomplete or emailed submissions will not be accepted.
- Shortlisted candidates should be available for interviews in the first quarter of 2026.
- Awards are made at the discretion of the Trustees.
π Application Deadline
30 November, 2025
π Application Portal
- View details of the Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship.
- Apply for the fellowship via the Application Portal.
Benefits
- The award is intended to provide leading academics with the freedom and flexibility to pursue their ideas, and take their thinking to another level.
- It has a monetary value of R2.5 million.








