Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng said: “The leadership at UCT is committed to honouring women. The university can show the way raising up African women academics. While the target in these grants is human capital development, the projects would also help us rethink our views of gender in South Africa and give us new insights into ourselves and others in different communities.”
The winners of the grants will receive funding of R1 million per year for five years, and the meritorious awards to the value of R750,000 a year for five years.
Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Transformation Professor Loretta Feris commented: “These women will not only be conducting leading-edge research in fields where women are under-represented, and into women’s issues, but they will also be advancing the next generation of women and non-conforming gender transgender researchers.”
