06/10/2025
💡 Are you a Master’s student currently enrolled in a Master’s degree programme in neuroscience, psychiatry, psychology, bioethics, neurology, neurosurgery, public health medicine, clinical genetics, family medicine, or a related field at any South African university?
💡 Are you interested in learning more about how neuroscience advancements could impact society and approaches for community-engaged neuroscience in Africa?
💡 Are you keen to be mentored by internationally respected experts and to learn alongside an exceptional group of masters trainees from around South Africa, both virtually and at lecture halls within the world-class future-focused research complex of Stellenbosch University’s Biomedical Research Institute and Stikland Psychiatric Hospital?
📍 THEN APPLY NOW for the newly initiated ‘African Neuroscience, Neuroethics and Society’ short course offered through the Department of Psychiatry, Stellenbosch University and funded by the Dana Foundation.
🏆 Competitively selected applicants will be recipients of funding which will cover 1) Course Fees and 2) Accommodation and Travel-related costs to get from different regions of South Africa to Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences for the in-person lecturing and society-engaged activities week.
🌟 This short course is Co-led by Dr. Olivia Matshabane and Prof. Soraya Seedat (Stellenbosch University – South Africa 🇿🇦) together with collaborators Prof. Laila Asmal (Stellenbosch University – South Africa🇿🇦), Dr. Cornelius Ewuoso (University of Witwatersrand – South Africa🇿🇦), Prof. Bonga Chiliza (University of KwaZulu-Natal – South Africa🇿🇦), Prof. Kate Webb (Duke University – United States🇺🇸) and Prof. Judy Illes (University of British Columbia - Canada🇨🇦)
🌟 APPLICATIONS close on 15th October 2025! Apply ASAP!
🌟 Full details for complete applications are listed on the flyer attached and submissions must be submitted to [email protected]
