Likho Sikutshwa

Likho Sikutshwa is an International Grants Coordinator in the International Grants Hub at the University of Cape Town’s Research Office, with over seven years of experience in research management and administration. She supports researchers across multiple faculties with international funding opportunities and the development and coordination of competitive grant applications. Her work spans proposal development, quality assurance, institutional approvals, funding intelligence, researcher capacity development, and the coordination of complex international funding and fellowship processes. She is particularly interested in how research managers connect researchers, institutional systems, funders and other stakeholders to enable effective collaboration and strengthen research support. Her professional interests include strategic research management, international funding, research development and the evolving role of research managers within higher education.