Expressions of Interest

Applications are open for the Laboratory Management course, a free skills development initiative from the CSIR-hosted Southern African Biomanufacturing Training Hub, in partnership with UVU BIO, scheduled to commence on Monday, 18 January 2027.

This course provides early-career scientists and technicians with the fundamentals of managing a laboratory in a regulated, quality-driven environment, from sample handling and equipment control to laboratory safety, biosafety and data integrity. 

It will consist of one-week online training. For more information, download the advert or click here to complete and submit your application.

The deadline for applications is Sunday, 6 December 2026.

Applications are open for the Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) course, a free skills development initiative from the CSIR-hosted Southern African Biomanufacturing Training Hub, in partnership with UVU BIO, scheduled to commence on Monday, 23 November 2026.

This course provides early-career scientists and technicians with a practical introduction to the principles of GMP and explains why these principles are non-negotiable in regulated manufacturing environments, from hygiene, documentation and contamination control to quality control and the handling of deviations. It will consist of one-week online training. For more information, download the advert or click here to complete and submit your application.

The deadline for applications is Sunday, 8 November 2026.

Applications are open for the Fundamentals of Quality Management Systems(QMS) course, a free skills development initiative from the CSIR-hosted Southern African Biomanufacturing Training Hub, in partnership with UVU BIO, scheduled to commence on Monday, 30 November 2026. 

This course provides early-career scientists and technicians with a practical understanding of QMS, their importance in vaccine, biomanufacturing, pharmaceutical and chemical manufacturing environments and the application of national and international quality standards. 

It will consist of one-week online training. For more information, download the advert or click here to complete and submit your application.

The deadline for applications is Sunday, 15 November 2026.

The CSIR-hosted Southern African Biomanufacturing Training Hub is pleased to announce the commencement of a course titled: Foundations of Biologics Manufacturing and Analytical Characterisation, scheduled to start on Monday, 25 January 2027.

It will consist of one-week online and one-week hands-on training. For more information, download the advert or click here to complete and submit your application.

The deadline for applications is Friday, 13 November 2026. 

The CSIR-hosted Southern African Biomanufacturing Training Hub is pleased to announce the commencement of a course titled: Master the Heart of Biomanufacturing – Bioreactor Operation and Troubleshooting, scheduled to start on Monday, 23 November 2026.

For more information, download the advert or click here to complete and submit your application.

The deadline for applications is Saturday, 31 October 2026.

The CSIR-hosted Southern African Biomanufacturing Training Hub is pleased to announce the commencement of a course titled: A process chemists toolkit: Modern approaches to pharmaceutical production, scheduled to start on Monday, 9 November 2026.

The course provides foundational training in continuous manufacturing for drug substance production, focusing on small molecule active pharmaceutical ingredients.

It will consist of one-week online and one-week hands-on training. For more information, download the advert or click here to complete and submit your application.

The deadline for applications is Wednesday, 14 October 2026.

The CSIR-hosted Southern African Biomanufacturing Training Hub is pleased to announce the commencement of a course titled: High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) in Biomanufacturing: Fundamentals and Practical Applications, scheduled to start on 2 November 2026 at the CSIR Pretoria campus and 23 November 2026 at the CSIR Durban campus. 

The course aims to provide participants with a solid theoretical and practical understanding of the HPLC and its application in biomanufacturing. 

It will consist of one-week online and one-week hands-on training on both sites. For more information, download the advert or click here for Pretoria campus application form and click here for Durban campus application form. 

The deadline for Pretoria campus applications is Monday, 12 October 2026 and the deadline for Durban campus applications is Thursday, 15 October 2026.

The grant scheme focuses on promoting laser and laser applications-related research on the African continent, with the purpose of stimulating and growing laser research programmes within the continent. The aim of this programme is to establish research capabilities and to support human capacity building in laser and laser-based application sciences. The fund will allow research collaborations and student/researcher exchanges for participating institutes. Additionally, it provides limited support for consumables required for research projects. The collaborations supported under this grant scheme should be between a South African research team and an African research team outside the borders of South Africa. 

Download documents below for more information and applications:

• African Laser Centre 2027/28 Research Collaboration Grant Programme
• ALC Research Collaboration Manual 2027
• ALC New Research Application Form
   

Closing date for applications is Friday, 23 October 2026

The CSIR would like to invite researchers employed at public universities and universities of technology in South Africa to participate and apply for funding to support their laser-related research programmes in the 2027/2028 financial and academic years. This call allows researchers the opportunity to submit a multi-year project proposal, with a maximum duration of three years. Contracting with successful proposers will be done on an annual basis, with continued funding after year one of the project subject to the submission and approval of an annual progress report. For grant holders with an approved multi-year project, there is no requirement to re-apply. A detailed progress report, however, is required to ensure continuation of the project.

Download documents below for more information and application:

• Rental Pool programme informtion sheet
• Rental Pool programme manual
• Rental Pool programme applicaion form
   

Closing date for applications is Friday, 23 October 2026.

The CSIR-hosted Southern African Biomanufacturing Training Hub is pleased to announce the commencement of a course titled: “Single-use bioprocessing platforms for recombinant vaccine production in mammalian cells”, scheduled to start on Monday, 2 November 2026.

It will consist of one-week online training and one-week hands-on training. For more information, download the advert or click here to complete and submit your application.

The deadline for applications is Monday, 28 September 2026.