Scientific prizes and awards / General

Sydney Brenner Fellowship

Academy of Science of South Africa

Description

Dr Sydney Brenner donated a portion of his 2002 Nobel Prize to ASSAf to permit ASSAf (in partnership with the USNAS) to offer a prestigious Postdoctoral Fellowship for research to be undertaken in South Africa over two years by an outstanding young scientist. Dr Brenner mentors the Fellows during and after tenure of the Fellowship. The Oppenheimer Memorial Trust has donated funds for a second Fellowship. ASSAf bears the administrative costs and supplements the stipends to ensure the success of the scheme.

Recipients

2010 : Dr Mohlopheni Jackson Marakalala from the Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine