The following scholarships, funding opportunities, programmes, and training are available:

Christof Heyns Human Rights Scholarship 2026

Applications are invited for the award of the first Christof Heyns Human Rights Scholarship. Applications are open to current or prospective doctoral candidates studying towards a doctoral degree in human rights at the University of Pretoria.

For more information, click here
Item added: 01/15/2026
Application deadline: 30 January 2026

Gill Jacot Guillarmod Scholarship

In loving memory of Gill Jacot Guillarmod, Senior Project Manager and Liaison Officer of the Centre for Human Rights from 1 May 2001 to 15 January 2010, in deep appreciation for her role to the academic and other programmes of the Centre, and in recognition of her humanity and humour, which left a profound impression on everyone whose lives touched hers, the Centre for Human Rights in 2010 established the Gill Jacot Guillarmod Scholarship.

For more information, click here
Item added: 01/02/2011
Application deadline: 30 October each year