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The Discovery
     Foundation’s investment
                               / 02   General guidelines
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     Understanding the
     challenges in our
     healthcare sector
                               / 03   The trustees of the
                                      Discovery Foundation
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     Discovery Foundation
     Award Categories
                               / 05   Application forms      /22

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GUIDE TO THE APPLICATION PROCESS - Discovery
/The Discovery
       Foundation’s investment
     S et u p in 2 00 6 /R 261 million invest ed

     The Discovery
                                     Set up in 2006 as one element of              These grants include scholarships,          Through the considered interventions
                                     Discovery Limited’s Black Economic            bursaries, research fellowships and         of the Discovery Foundation in the

     Foundation has
                                     Empowerment transaction, the Discovery        support for teaching and research           healthcare industry, we believe we can
                                     Foundation, an independent trust, aimed       institutions. The Discovery Foundation      bring quality healthcare infrastructure
                                     to invest R150 million in grants that were    Awards honour and reward excellence in      and services within reach of many
     awarded R261 million            geared towards the education and training
                                     of 300 healthcare specialists over a period
                                                                                   our country’s healthcare sector.            communities who have previously not had
                                                                                                                               access, while keeping the high standards
     in grants towards
                                                                                   South Africa has a great medical legacy
                                     of 10 years. South Africa is experiencing a                                               of our country’s private healthcare system
                                                                                   of research, invention, and technological
                                     critical shortage of healthcare resources.                                                and safeguarding our legacy.

     medical education and
                                                                                   innovation – we were the first country
                                     The grants disbursed by the Discovery
                                                                                   to show the world how to do heart
                                     Foundation Awards aim to address this

     healthcare excellence.
                                                                                   transplants and we invented the CAT scan,
                                     challenge by training specialists for rural
                                                                                   which is used worldwide. South Africa
                                     areas, developing academic medicine
                                                                                   is home to talented medical experts,
                                     and research centres and increasing
                                                                                   outstanding academic institutions and
                                     the number of sub-specialists in the
                                                                                   excellent private healthcare services.
                                     country to adequately meet the country’s
                                                                                   Even so, the majority of South Africans
                                     healthcare needs.
                                                                                   are unable to afford anything more
                                     Over the past 14 years, the Discovery         than the most basic healthcare services
                                     Foundation surpassed expectations and         and the facilities they depend on are
                                     invested R261 million in grants to support    often overburdened, understaffed and
                                     academic medicine through research,           underfunded. The Discovery Foundation
                                     development and the training of medical       is committed to making a contribution to
                                     specialists in South Africa. Its aim is to    the future health and wellbeing of all
                                     invest R300 million towards specialised       South Africans to ensure affordable,
                                     healthcare services over 20 years.            quality healthcare is accessible to all.

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GUIDE TO THE APPLICATION PROCESS - Discovery
/Understanding the challenges
       in our healthcare sector
     S et u p in 2 00 6 /R 261 million invest ed

     South Africa needs
                                               /01                                / 02                                  / 03
                                                     South Africa does not                he country is not training
                                                                                         T                                      edical education is
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                                                     have enough skilled                 enough people to address              a long and expensive

     more medical skills.                            medical professionals in
                                                     all areas of healthcare to
                                                                                         the gaps, although
                                                                                         government is starting
                                                                                                                               process, so it is not
                                                                                                                               possible to use quick fixes
                                                     meet its people’s needs.            to address this issue.                to address the problem.

     To understand the key areas of concern

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     and need in South Africa’s healthcare
                                                     There are not enough                Medical skills are                     here are several
                                                                                                                               T
     sector, the Discovery Foundation
                                                     skilled and experienced             concentrated in urban                 environmental issues
     commissioned in-depth independent
                                                     specialists to teach                areas and medical                     – such as working and
     research. The aim of the research
                                                     medical skills.                     specialists are leaving the           living conditions – that
     was to understand what medical skills
                                                                                         rural areas where they                contribute to these
     and expertise are needed to give
                                                                                         are most needed.                      problems.
     disadvantaged communities access to
     better healthcare – and what steps are
     needed to keep those skills and develop
     them further.

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/Discovery Foundation
       Award categories
     S et u p in 2 00 6 /R 261 million invest ed

     Awards to benfiffiifit academic medicine, rural
                                                                Each year, for doctors working in the public healthcare sector, the Discovery Foundation
                                                                gives five different awards to outstanding individual and institutional awardees.

     healthcare, sub-specialist training, service
     delivery and innovation.

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                                                                                                                                            Discovery
                                                                                                                                            Foundation
                                                            The Discovery                                                                   awards for
              The Discovery                                 Foundation                             The Discovery                            healthcare in
              Foundation                 The Discovery      ACADEMIC                               Foundation                               RURAL AND
              AWARDS 2020                Foundation         FELLOWSHIP                             SUB-SPECIALIST                           UNDERSERVED
              OVERVIEW                   MGH AWARD          AWARDS                                 AWARDS                                   AREAS

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/The Discovery
       Foundation
       Awards 2020
                      The Discovery Foundation is an                 Black Economic Empowerment
                      independent trust with a clear focus to        (BEE) mandate
                      strengthen the healthcare system by
                      ensuring that more people have access          Discovery Limited established the
                      to specialised healthcare services.            Discovery Foundation in 2006 as an
                                                                     independent trust aimed at strengthening
                      In the first decade since its inception, the
                                                                     the healthcare system. While the
                      Discovery Foundation has invested over
                                                                     Discovery Foundation’s aim is to give
                      R261 million in grants to support academic
                                                                     more South Africans access to specialised
                      medicine through research, development
                                                                     healthcare services in places where it is
                      and the training of medical specialists in
                                                                     needed most, it also has an obligation to
                      South Africa. Its aim is to invest
                                                                     promote transformation in this area. In
                      R300 million towards specialised
                                                                     other words, to meet the BEE legislative
                      healthcare services over 20 years.
                                                                     requirements for socioeconomic
                                                                     development. The Discovery Foundation
                                                                     will ensure that, wherever possible and
                                                                     across all grants together, at least 75% of
                                                                     its beneficiaries are black people or that at
                                                                     least 75% of its total financial support goes
                                                                     to black people to further their studies or
                                                                     to benefit from the undertaking of certain
                                                                     socioeconomic development activities.

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/Discovery Foundation
       Massachusetts General Hospital Award
     S et u p in 2 00 6 /R 261 million invest ed

     The Discovery Foundation MGH
                                                   Moulding the next generation                   The grant
                                                   of leaders in academic medicine

     Fellowship Award is aimed at helping
                                                                                                  The grant enables a talented specialist
                                                   This Discovery Foundation Award was first      clinician and aspiring leader to experience

     to develop the next generation of leaders
                                                   introduced in 2013 in partnership with         the specialist clinical service and
                                                   the prestigious Massachusetts General          research environment at MGH and to

     in academic and clinical medicine in
                                                   Hospital (MGH). MGH is a clinical service      conduct cutting-edge clinical research in
                                                   and biomedical research facility and is        collaboration with colleagues at
                                                                                                  the hospital.
     South Africa.
                                                   the largest teaching hospital of Harvard
                                                   Medical School based in Boston in the
                                                                                                  The Discovery Foundation MGH Fellowship
                                                   United States.
                                                                                                  Award is valued at R2.3 million over
                                                   The Discovery Foundation MGH Fellowship        a one-year period. It gives recipients
                                                   Award is aimed at helping to develop the       an opportunity for a medical residency at
                                                   next generation of leaders in academic         Massachusetts General Hospital for face-
                                                   and clinical medicine in South Africa. The     to-face supervision and to gain exposure
                                                   award provides support for mid-career          to the hospital’s research environment.
                                                   clinical specialists committed to pursuing
                                                   a career in academic medicine through
                                                   a fellowship programme that links medical      Please note: The Discovery
                                                   scientists based at South African medical      Foundation will unfortunately not be
                                                   schools, with leaders in clinical science at   awarding the MGH Award in 2021.
                                                   this world-class medical institution in the
                                                   United States.

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/The Discovery Foundation
       Academic Fellowship Awards
     This award may also go towards                The grant                                    Selection criteria                           Application process
     funding a fellowship in clinical medicine.
                                                   Funding will offer the successful            	Applications are invited from recently     	The applicants must have South African
     Purpose                                       applicants the opportunity to undertake        qualified clinical (medical) specialists     citizenship or permanent residency and
                                                   a period of full-time study and research       who wish to pursue research towards          must reside in South Africa at the time
     These awards aim to promote research-         towards Master’s or Doctoral degrees.          a Master’s or Doctoral degree.               of submitting an application.
     focused training in academic medicine
                                                   01 | T
                                                         he PhD award provides funding         	Preference will be given to applicants     	Applicants must submit the following
     in South Africa and to develop more
                                                        of R800 000 for support to clinicians     who work on full-time research.              documents:
     clinician scientists to benefit healthcare
                                                        (preferably specialists) starting         However, limited clinical work in
     in South Africa.                                                                                                                           –	A 300 word summary that outlines
                                                        Doctoral research.                        an academic setting is also
                                                                                                                                                   how the research will benefit the
     There are two categories of academic                                                         acceptable.
                                                   02 | T
                                                         he Masters award provides                                                                applicant, the host university, the
     fellowship awards available to medical
                                                        funding of R600 000 to support          	Consideration will only be given to             health system and the country as
     specialists:
                                                        clinicians (preferably specialists)        those applicants who present clearly            a whole
     	The PhD award for research towards               starting research towards a Master’s       defined research projects that have
                                                                                                                                                –	A full curriculum vitae outlining
       a Doctoral degree                                degree by thesis or dissertation           the support of the host institution.
                                                                                                                                                   previous experience in teaching,
                                                        (MPhil, MSc).
     	The Masters award for research                                                           	Evidence should be provided of the              research, clinical service, or health
       towards a Master’s degree by thesis         Applicants are encouraged to seek               value of the proposed research and              management and leadership
       or dissertation.                            opportunities for additional funding            its application to teaching, knowledge
                                                                                                                                                –	A full budget breakdown,
                                                   through other sources if necessary.             generation and development in the
     This award may also contribute towards                                                                                                        without which the application
     funding a fellowship in clinical medicine.                                                    field of clinical medicine and
                                                                                                                                                   will be disqualified
                                                                                                   public healthcare.
     During the term of the award, the academic                                                                                                 –	A 300 word summary of the
     fellow may use the grant to support a                                                                                                         research proposal
     period of structured, research-focused time
                                                                                                                                                –	A letter of support from the host
     at a research centre abroad.
                                                                                                                                                   institution

                                                                                                                                                –	Inclusion of HPCSA registration
                                                                                                                                                   number if applicable

                                                                                                                                               – If relevant, a letter of acceptance
                                                                                                                                             		 from the overseas institution.

                                                                                                                                             Please note: Short-listed applicants must
                                                                                                                                             be available for an interview, if required.
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Terms of funding

       If funding is used to support 		            	Recipients who do not complete the
       research at an institution abroad, 		         course of study or publish research for
       successful applicants are expected to         which they received funding may be
       return to South Africa on completion          required to refund some or all of the
       of the research.                              funds to the Discovery Foundation.

       For those engaged in full-time
       Master’s or Doctoral research, the 		       Reporting
       funds are intended as a salary
                                                   	Successful applicants are required to
       to enable recipients to focus on their
                                                     report on their progress twice a year
       research, free of clinical duties.
                                                     and to submit narrative and financial
       In the case of medical specialists 		         reports at the end of the grant period.
       who wish to pursue research towards
                                                   	Payments will depend on the timely
       a Master’s or a Doctoral degree part-
                                                     submission of satisfactory narrative
       time, the funds may be used for
                                                     and financial reports.
       research, research-related support
       such as travel, time off clinical duties,   Closing date: 23 October 2020
       and data personnel.

     	All recipients are expected to work
       in the public sector for at least two
       years after completing their research
       or degree.

     	Payments will be made in portions
       dependent on progress and an amount
       of up to R20 000 will be withheld and
       only be payable on confirmation of
       completion of the degree.

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/The Discovery Foundation
       Sub Specialist Awards
     The Discovery Foundation Sub-Specialist   The grant                                        	Those who are already in a funded           	Institutions must give attention to
     Awards aim to contribute to human                                                            sub-specialist post (i.e State funded         recruiting trainees included in the scope
     resources for clinical and academic       The award contributes to the salary                post) are not eligible this Award.            of Black Economic Empowerment.
     medicine by supporting further sub-       of trainees in existing and accredited
                                                                                                	Applicants must disclose if they have       	Faculties may apply for these awards
     specialist training, research and         sub-specialist training programmes.
                                                                                                  co-funding from other sources for the         in different disciplines.
     development in health faculties
                                               The Foundation will fund two and three-year        post i.e. from Province.
     in South Africa.
                                               sub-specialties, as per the list provided by                                                   Terms of funding
                                                                                                	Recipients will be expected to comply
                                               the HPCSA. The Foundation will contribute
     In so doing, these awards contribute                                                         with all the requirements for sub-
                                               R1,1 million per year, up to R2.2million                                                       	The grant will be paid, in portions,
     towards the research endeavours of                                                           specialist qualification.
                                               over two years.                                                                                  directly to the hosting university
     the host departments of the recipients                                                     	If possible, the application should           faculty of successful applicants.
     and to academic medicine as a whole.                                                         include a guarantee from the
                                               Selection criteria                                                                             	The funds will be awarded over two
                                                                                                  candidate’s ‘home’ institution to create
                                                                                                                                                years and will contribute towards the
                                               	The applicant must be registered as a            a two year position for the candidate
                                                                                                                                                salary of the selected academic fellow.
                                                 Specialist at the time of their application.     upon the completion of training.
                                                                                                                                              	Funding is available for awarding up
                                               	Preference may be given to applications
                                                                                                Application process                             to four fellowships each year.
                                                 for research support from those
                                                 disciplines considered as having a                                                           	Under exceptional circumstances the
                                                                                                All applications must include letters
                                                 shortage in the healthcare system,                                                             Discovery Foundation will consider
                                                                                                of support from both the relevant
                                                 and that have been accredited by                                                               making part of the award available
                                                                                                department and the Dean of the
                                                 regulatory authorities.                                                                        for purposes other than a salary.
                                                                                                faculty. Each institution is also required
                                                                                                                                                In such cases, the relevant faculty or
                                               	Preference will also be given to an            to indicate the number of applications
                                                                                                                                                host department must indicate reasons
                                                 applicant who has already been                 being submitted, with the respective
                                                                                                                                                for the change and how the funds will
                                                 identified by a host institution as a          discipline areas.
                                                                                                                                                be used.
                                                 fellow eligible for sub-specialist training.
                                                                                                	Preference will be given to
                                                                                                                                              	The host institution and academic
                                               	Institutions should only support                 applications underpinned by structured
                                                                                                                                                fellow will be required to enter into
                                                 applications for HPCSA-accredited sub-           inter-institutional partnerships that
                                                                                                                                                an agreement with the Discovery
                                                 specialist training that is preferably in        indicate a process through which
                                                                                                                                                Foundation to formalise the terms
                                                 areas of particular need. The Discovery           trainees will acquire skills at an
                                                                                                                                                of funding.
                                                 Foundation may consider applications              established unit that can be transferred
                                                 for other programmes at its discretion.           to their home institution.

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 ecipients who fail to complete a
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     programme for which funding has
     been received may be required to refund
     some or all of the funds to
     the Discovery Foundation.

     Reporting

     	The host institution and the academic
       fellow are required to send written
       progress reports after the first year
       and a final narrative and financial
       report on completion of the two-
       year period.

     	Payment of the second portion
       of funding depends on submitting
       a satisfactory progress report after
       the first year.

     Closing date: 23 October 2020

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/The Discovery Foundation Awards for
      healthcare in rural and underserved areas
     The Discovery Foundation aims to address        The grant                                   01 | I ndividual Awards                      02 | Institutional Award
     the shortages and quality of healthcare
                                                                                                 These awards support the training and         This award aims to help improve the
     in rural and underserved areas in South         Awards are made in three main categories:
                                                                                                 development of specialists in rural and       quality and delivery of healthcare
     Africa. It does so by providing grants to
                                                     	Individual Awards                         underserved areas, and for senior doctors     through support for capacity building.
     senior doctors, registrars in training, and
                                                                                                 practising in these areas. There are two
     specialists in family medicine and other        	Institutional Awards                                                                    A one-year grant of between R250 000
                                                                                                 groups of awards: Awards for registrars
     major clinical disciplines that deliver and                                                                                               and R500 000 is given to an institution
                                                     	Distinguished Visitor Awards.             (MMeds) and Awards for senior medical
     support healthcare services in rural and                                                                                                  that supports training and capacity
                                                                                                 doctors.
     underserved areas.                                                                                                                        development for healthcare in rural
                                                                                                 	Awards of up to R25 000 provide             and underserved areas.
     The Discovery Foundation also focuses                                                         research support for registrars in family
                                                                                                                                               Institutions may apply for grants of
     on building the capacity of institutions                                                      medicine and disciplines related to
                                                                                                                                               between R250 000 and R500 000.
     and supporting institutional partnerships                                                     providing specialist services in rural
     through direct institutional awards.                                                          and underserved areas.                      	Applications that do not include a
                                                                                                                                                 detailed budget will be disqualified.
                                                                                                 	Awards of between R250 000 and
     The rural and underserved areas award
                                                                                                   R500 000 support senior medical
     category within the context of the                                                                                                        03 | Distinguished Visitor Awards
                                                                                                   doctors who work in rural and
     Discovery Foundation encompass a
                                                                                                   underserved areas. These awards             Grants of up to R250 000 are provided
     wider definition of rural, and includes
                                                                                                   enable recipients to take sabbatical        to institutions providing services to rural
     underserved facilities and doctors working
                                                                                                   leave of three to six months to             and underserved communities through
     in underserved facilities and not only
                                                                                                   undertake training, conduct research        experienced clinicians (retired or still in
     applicants in rural clinics and district
                                                                                                   or take part in other development           active practice) who can provide clinical
     hospitals. Eligible applications in these
                                                                                                   activities.                                 guidance and mentorship for healthcare
     categories therefore includes those from
                                                                                                                                               in rural and underserved areas. In
     rural clinics and district hospitals and the                                                	Applications to support Master or
                                                                                                                                               each case, the institution will secure an
     doctors working in rural clinics and district                                                 PHD studies will not be considered
                                                                                                                                               agreement with the receiving health
     hospitals, as well as doctors working/                                                        in this category as they fall under
                                                                                                                                               service and use the funding to support
     studying in tertiary hospitals or facilities                                                  the Academic Fellowship Awards.
                                                                                                                                               such visits.
     that are in underserved areas or serving
     rural communities, but are not necessarily
     based within rural communities i.e.
     previously disadvantaged institutions (PDIs).

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Selection criteria                                                                           Application process

     01 | Individual Awards                        02 | Institutional Award                       01 | Individual Awards                        03 | Distinguished Visitor Awards

     Registrars                                    	Applications are invited from facilities     	Applicants for individual awards            	Applications must be made by
                                                     that provide support for healthcare            must have South African citizenship           the rural or underserved institution.
     	Applications are invited from registrars
                                                     capacity development in rural and              or permanent residency and must
       in relevant medical specialist training                                                                                                  	The nominated distinguished visitor
                                                     underserved areas.                             reside in South Africa at the time of
       and from registrars in training in family                                                                                                  in this category will not be required
                                                                                                    submitting an application.
       medicine who have a demonstrated            	Applicant facilities must be linked to                                                       to hold South African citizenship
       commitment to a future career in              an academic institution and provide          	Registrars applying for a grant must          or permanent residency.
       healthcare practice in rural areas.           evidence of a formal partnership.              provide formal evidence of acceptance
                                                                                                                                                	Each applicant must complete
                                                                                                    for study, and a letter of support
     	Evidence of how the training will           	Requests for support should focus on                                                         the relevant application form.
                                                                                                    for the application from their
       be applied in practice will guide             education, training and development
                                                                                                    academic institution.                       	Applications should provide evidence
       the selection.                                activities which can strengthen
                                                                                                                                                  of the service, facility or individual
                                                     individual and institutional capacity.       	Senior medical doctors applying for
     Senior medical doctors                                                                                                                       request for assistance, and of the
                                                                                                    support during a sabbatical must
                                                                                                                                                  visiting individual and supporting
     	Applications are invited from senior        03 | Distinguished Visitor Awards                provide a written commitment from
                                                                                                                                                  institution’s commitment to comply.
       medical doctors (including specialists)                                                      the academic institution that will host
       who have been practicing in rural and       	Applications should be made by                                                             	All applications must be accompanied
                                                                                                    them or with which they will
       underserved areas for more than               the institution that has secured the                                                         by an operational plan.
                                                                                                    be associated.
       five years.                                   services of an experienced clinician
                                                     and should include evidence of the           	Applicants should provide details of        	The application should demonstrate
     	Applications should include a                 required service, facility or individual       the institution of both applicant and         how capacity at the rural institution
       motivation for the sabbatical leave,          request for assistance, and of the             supervisor.                                   will be increased as well as promote
       with a programme of work to be                visiting individual and supporting                                                           skills transfer.
                                                                                                  	Each applicant must complete the
       undertaken during the proposed                institution’s commitment to comply.            relevant application form.                  	All applications should therefore
       period.
                                                   	All applications must be accompanied                                                         make allowance for the potential
                                                                                                  Please note: Short-listed applicants must
     	The host institution must provide             by an operational plan.                                                                      of developing training resources to
                                                                                                  be available for an interview, if required.
       a letter of agreement to host                                                                                                              ensure skills transfer and increased
       the successful applicants and               	The application should demonstrate                                                           capacity at the rural institution.
                                                     how capacity at the rural institution will   02 | Institutional Award
       a commitment to support the
       proposed work.                                be strengthened.
                                                                                                  	Facilities applying for this award must
                                                   	All applications should therefore make         include a motivation from the academic
                                                     allowance for the potential provision          unit with which they are linked.
                                                     of relevant resources to develop
                                                                                                  	Each applicant must complete the
                                                     capacity of individuals and the
                                                                                                    relevant application form.
                                                     institution as a whole.
                                                                                                  Please note: Short-listed applicants must
                                                                                                  be available for an interview, if required.

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Terms of funding

     	Grants for the Individual Awards will be
       paid in portions directly to the recipients.

     	Grants for an Institutional Award will
       be paid as a lump sum directly to the
       institution or to an affiliated, registered
       Trust or a Public Benefit Organisation
       (PBO).

     	Grants for the Distinguished Visitor
       Awards will be paid either to the
       institution applying for the visitor’s grant,
       to the institution where the requested
       visitor works, or to a registered Trust or
       PBO associated with these institutions.

     	The Distinguished Visitor Award may be
        used to cover salary-related costs up to
        R5 000 and for logistical arrangements
        such as travel and accommodation.

     	Payments cannot be made into
        provincial or local government
        bank accounts.

     	If a multi-year grant is approved,
        the amount of funding will be at the
        discretion of the Discovery Foundation.

     	If a multi-year grant is awarded,
        payments will be made in portions
        subject to certain conditions being met.

     Reporting

     	For each award category, a detailed
       written progress report will be required
       within 12 months of receiving the grant.

     	A narrative and financial report must
       be submitted at the end of the grant
       period.

     Closing date: 15 January 2021

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/General guidelines                                                                   /General guidelines
       for applicants                                                                        for institutions

     	Application forms have to be             	Applicants must be South African         	Institutions are requested to publicise   	Preference will be given to
       completed correctly and in full. Once      citizens or have permanent residency       the awards internally and to encourage      partnerships between medical schools
       an application has been submitted          and must reside in South Africa at the     the best applicants to apply.               where trainees will acquire skills at an
       to the Discovery Foundation, it will       time of submitting an application.                                                     established unit and be transferred to
                                                                                           	Individual faculties may send
       be considered final.                                                                                                              their home institution at the end of the
                                                	Preference will be given to applicants     applications for fellowship posts
                                                                                                                                         training period.
     	No applications will be accepted after     in the scope of Black Economic             in different disciplines.
       the closing date.                          Empowerment.                                                                         	Although the number of applications
                                                                                           	The number of applications from any
                                                                                                                                         from any one institution is unlimited,
     	Applicants are required to provide         Preference will also be given to areas     one institution is unlimited.
                                                                                                                                         institutions are encouraged to align
       all the relevant documents from            where there’s the greatest need for
                                                                                           	Applications must be accompanied            the requests for support to the needs
       their academic institutions with their     clinical and medical research.
                                                                                             by letters of support from the relevant     of academic medicine and the
       application form.
                                                                                             host institution.                           health system.

                                                                                           	The letter of support should preferably
                                                                                             be from the Dean and should alsostate
                                                                                             the number of applications from
                                                                                             the institution.

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/The trustees of the
       Discovery Foundation
                                                                                                                                                The trustees of the Discovery Foundation have
                                                                                                                                           been elected independently to ensure the Discovery
                                                                                                                                        Foundation is transparent and independent. They are
                                                                                                                                       responsible for ensuring the Foundation delivers on its
                                                                                                                                          goal of contributing to healthcare in South Africa. In
                                                                                                                                        consultation with experts, they review all applications
                                                                                                                                            and decide on the appropriate grants and funding.

     D r V i nce nt M apha i /                                            Ber n a d et t e M o ff a t /
     Chairperson of the Discovery Foundation                              Executive Director of ELMA Philanthropies Africa (Pty) Ltd

     Dr Vincent Maphai is currently board chair of Sibanye-               Bernadette Moffat is Executive Director of the ELMA          of women to executive and board roles in major South
     Stillwater, Discovery life and Insure, as well as Stadio holdings.   Philanthropies Services (Africa)(Pty) Ltd, based in Cape     African companies. She has served as non-executive director
     Until 2018, when he retired from full-time work. He was a            Town, South Africa. In this role Bernadette oversees the     of the Bidvest Group Limited and Advantage Asset Managers
     visiting-Professor at Williams College in Massachusetts. His         philanthropic work of the ELMA Group of Foundations in       (Pty) Ltd.
     academic career spans two decades, he taught at various              10 countries in Southern Africa. She also serves on the
                                                                                                                                       Bernadette has international experience as an entrepreneur
     universities both locally and overseas and consulted with            Boards of the ELMA Philanthropies Services (US) Inc, and
                                                                                                                                       and corporate lawyer. Previously she served as a consultant
     several blue-chip companies on many HR issues. He was also           the ELMA South Africa Foundation.
                                                                                                                                       to the Commission on Gender Equality advising them
     a research executive director of social dynamics at the Human
                                                                          Prior to joining ELMA in 2006, Bernadette was chief          on issues of women’s economic empowerment. The
     Sciences Research (HR) Council for three years. His expansive
                                                                          executive officer of the Women’s Development Bank Trust,     Commission published her work The Working Woman’s
     career in corporate includes serving as the chairperson of
                                                                          an organisation that promotes the participation of women     Manual, a volume on women and labour law in South Africa
     BHP Billiton SA and, before this he served as corporate affairs
                                                                          at all levels of the economy through investing in leading    (1996). Honored by France with the Ordre du Mérite in 2007,
     director of the South African Breweries (SAB) and non-
                                                                          South African companies, providing microcredit to poor       she holds a magna cum laude BA degree from Wellesley
     executive chair of Castle Brewing Namibia. He has served
                                                                          rural women, supporting the growth of small and medium       College in the United States and a Juris Doctor
     on various boards of companies as executive chair, including
                                                                          women-owned businesses and supporting the appointment        from Columbia University, also in the United States.
     the SABC, the Presidential review Commission, and the South
     African responsible Gambling Trust.

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Trustees

                                                                                                                                          P rof M a ria n Ja cob s /
                                                                       D r J o n a t h a n Br o o m b er g/                               Discovery Foundation Trustee
                                                                       CEO Vitality Health International and Global Health insurance
                                                                                                                                          Prof Marian Jacobs is an Emeritus Professor of Paediatrics
                                                                       at Discovery Group
                                                                                                                                          and Child Health at the University of Cape Town (UCT). After
                                                                       Dr Jonathan Broomberg is CEO of Vitality Health International      obtaining her medical, paediatrics and public health degrees,
                                                                       and Global Health insurance at Discovery group. He trained         Prof Jacobs, who is passionate about children, has worked as
     D r M auri ce G o o dm an /                                       as a medical doctor and health economist. He was the CEO of        a public health paediatrician and held several academic posts
     Chief Medical Officer at Discovery Health                         Discovery Health until 2018. Dr Broomberg has spent most           at UCT as lecturer, associate professor, professor and Dean
                                                                       of his professional career working in health economics and         (2006–2012). She has played a critical role in highlighting
     Dr Maurice Goodman joined Discovery in 1998 and is                finance, both in the public and private sectors. In 1994, he co-   the importance of child health as the founding director of
     currently responsible for the health profession strategy area     chaired the committee of inquiry appointed by the Minister         the Child Health Policy Institute and the Children’s Health
     at Discovery Health. As such, he is responsible for all aspects   of Health to propose reforms to the funding and delivery of        Institute. Prof Jacobs has been published widely in her field
     of Discovery’s interface with medical and dental specialists,     healthcare in South Africa. In 2005 and 2006, Jonathan was         and has held several leadership positions in governance
     GPs and other healthcare professionals. After obtaining a         appointed by the South African government’s ministerial task       of national institutions, including the Medical Research
     medical degree from the University of the Witwatersrand,          team on social health insurance to coordinate a consultative       Council and the Health Systems Trust in South Africa.
     Dr Goodman worked for several years in emergency                  investigation into low-income medical schemes. Jonathan            Internationally, she has chaired the Boards of the Centre for
     medicine and trauma surgery. After completing an MBA,             is also active in international public health. He served           Health Research in Bangladesh, Council on Health Research
     he headed up the Southern African healthcare practice             as a member of the technical review panel of the Global            for Development (COHRED) in Geneva and Population and
     of a leading international consulting organisation before         Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria for five years,       Health Research Center in Kenya. She continues to advise
     moving into the healthcare funding industry. After a two-         including two years as chairperson. In 2010 he served as a         the World Health Organization, Save the Children and Doris
     year spell as a divisional director of a major healthcare         board member of the Alliance for Health Systems and Policy         Duke’s African Health Initiative. A leader in the field of child
     funder, Dr Goodman joined Discovery. He also represents           Research, which is based at the World Health Organization’s        health, Prof Jacobs currently serves AERAS and the Institute
     the Wits Postgraduate School of Business on the convocation       headquarters in Geneva. He is also a director of the Soul City     for Healthcare Improvement in the United States,
     executive committee at the University of the Witwatersrand.       Institute for Health and Development Communication.                and KhethImpilo in South Africa.

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