Abstract
The Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship Awards were initiated in 2001 to commemorate the Oppenheimer Memorial Trust's founder and all he stood for. Especially important were his efforts to support human and intellectual development, advance scholarship and encourage innovative ideas. The Trust has a long tradition of investing in education and many beneficiaries have gone on to make important contributions to South African public life. The fellowships build on this tradition and, with a monetary value of R1.5 million, rank as the Trust's premier annual awards. These are special investments to encourage excellence in scholarship in all disciplines and in all its forms. The awards serve to acknowledge cutting-edge, internationally significant work that has particular application to the advancement of knowledge, teaching, research and development in South Africa. The 2016 award was unusual in that two awards were made instead of a single recipient being selected, as inmost years. One award was made to Professor Brenda Wingfield of the University of Pretoria and another to Professor Xolela Mangcu of the University of Cape Town.
Highlights
The Trust has a long tradition of investing in education and many beneficiaries have gone on to make important contributions to South African public life
One award was made to Professor Brenda Wingfield of the University of Pretoria and another to Professor Xolela Mangcu of the University of Cape Town
Brenda Wingfield is a professor of genetics at the University of Pretoria
Summary
Brenda Wingfield is a professor of genetics at the University of Pretoria. She holds the South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI) Chair in Fungal Genomics, and is internationally recognised as a world leader in her field. The awards serve to acknowledge cutting-edge, internationally significant work that has particular application to the advancement of knowledge, teaching, research and development in South Africa.
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