Deadline: February 25, 2025
Applications are open for the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) Future Professors Programme 2025. The Department of Higher Education and Training’s (DHET) Future Professors Programme (FPP) prepares promising early and mid-career academics to advance to the level of professor across the disciplines. As such, this call seeks to identify the country’s most talented young academics to benefit from a structured and intense programme aimed at accelerating their readiness for the professoriate.
Program Components
- Baseline Evaluation: This initial assessment helps each scholar gauge their current standing within their discipline and provides personalised recommendations for future growth and development
- Residential Series: Fellows will engage in a series of seminars, retreats and coaching sessions. These immersive and scholarly community enhancing experiences are complemented by individual opportunities tailored to each participant’s unique needs and aspirations.
- International Engagement: Scholars will have the chance to participate in international activities that align with their specific intellectual project.
Eligibility
Academic staff are encouraged to apply for this opportunity. In terms of the summarised criteria, a candidate should:
- hold a doctorate;
- have demonstrable evidence of some academic achievement (signalling advancement towards the senior ranks of the academy in their scholarly work), and
- be permanently employed in an academic capacity, or an equivalent academic appointment.
The following may strengthen the likelihood of selection, however, these are not exclusive requirements for applying:
- black and women scholars;
- lecturers and senior lecturers, and/or
- an NRF rating or similar scholarly standing.
Selection Criteria
- A deep commitment to the pursuit of advanced scholarship.
- Evidence of productive and imaginative scholarly work.
- Early signs of purpose and direction in academic work.
- Novelty, richness and a willingness to take risks in the pursuit of large ideas.
- Personal qualities of self-awareness, teachability and the need to grow.
- Evidence of resilience and persistence in the face of setbacks.
- A willingness to benefit from and contribute to a community of scholars.
Application
Once applications are received, an internal selection process will follow, where a maximum of five nominees will be submitted to the DHET for consideration. Send your application to the University Capacity Development Programme team at [email protected].
For more information, visit DHET Future Professors Programme.
