Postdoctoral Association

The IDM Post Docs have self associated to form the IDM Postdoc Association (PDA). The PDA is co-chaired by Emmanuel Margolin and Alltalents Murahwa, with support from Mandy Masson. If you are a postdoctoral fellow affiliated with the IDM, please reach out to Mandy Masson to join the PDA.

The IDM co-sponsored a Career Development Workshop in 2020. Videos from various speakers, across the two-day offering, are available below. These were produced by one of the organisers, Martyna Scibiorek.

• Celeste Sirin, Managing director of Employer Branding South Africa, Part 1: Personal Branding
• Celeste Sirin, Managing director of Employer Branding South Africa, Part 2: Networking and Interviewing
• Nick Walker, PhD from OneBio

Below are links to some useful information and services offered by UCT to support staff and students who wish to pursue such non-traditional careers. 

• Innovation Support at UCT - UCT Research Contracts and Innovation (RC&I)
• RC&I Seminars and Training
• Research Commercialisation - Intellectual Property and Patents
• Research Commercialisation - Licensing and Investment
• Research Commercialisation - Funding and Support
• Entrepreneurship
• The Business of Innovation and Entrepreneurship - UCT Graduate School of Business
• MPhil in Health Innovation - Division of Biomedical Engineering

Furthermore, the following are sources of non-UCT support:

NOTE: Liaise with RC&I before submitting an application for support with these external parties

• Technology Innovation Agency
• Industrial Development Corporation
• WesGRO Cape Health Technology Park
• South African Medical Research Council
• Silicon Cape
• South African Business Funding Directory
• OneBio