| Rhodes University | Humanities Unit | 03/15/12 | $950,000 | Grahamstown, South Africa | International Higher Education and Strategic Projects |
| University of the Western Cape | Research in the Humanities | 03/15/12 | $380,000 | Bellville, South Africa | International Higher Education and Strategic Projects |
| University of Cape Town | Postdoctoral Fellowships - Phase III | 03/14/13 | $275,000 | Cape Town, South Africa | International Higher Education and Strategic Projects |
| Rhodes University | Humanities Research - Phase II | 03/13/14 | $700,000 | Grahamstown, South Africa | International Higher Education and Strategic Projects |
| University of Cape Town | Institute for Humanities in Africa - Phase II | 03/13/14 | $1,286,000 | Cape Town, South Africa | International Higher Education and Strategic Projects |
| University of the Witwatersrand | Medical Humanities | 03/13/14 | $880,000 | Johannesburg, South Africa | International Higher Education and Strategic Projects |
| University of Cape Town | Institute for Creative Arts Renewal | 12/13/18 | $1,000,000 | Cape Town, South Africa | International Higher Education and Strategic Projects |
| Rhodes University | Writers/Scholars-in-Residence Programme | 09/06/18 | $679,000 | Grahamstown, South Africa | International Higher Education and Strategic Projects |
| Stellenbosch University | Mellon 30th Anniversary Artists’ Residencies Fellowships | 09/06/18 | $93,000 | Stellenbosch, South Africa | International Higher Education and Strategic Projects |
| University of the Witwatersrand | Supporting a New Generation of African and Diaspora Writers | 09/06/18 | $70,000 | Johannesburg, South Africa | International Higher Education and Strategic Projects |
| University of Cape Town | South African Universities Collaboration | 12/09/19 | $773,000 | Cape Town, South Africa | Other |
| University of KwaZulu-Natal | South African Universities Collaboration | 12/09/19 | $681,000 | Westville, South Africa | Other |
| University of the Witwatersrand | Postgraduate Mentoring Program | 03/13/95 | $1,410,000 | Johannesburg, South Africa | Other |
| University of the Witwatersrand | Postgraduate Fellowships and Mentoring | 06/16/06 | $1,250,000 | Johannesburg, South Africa | International Higher Education and Strategic Projects |
| University of Cape Town | Senior Research Scholars Program | 06/16/06 | $500,000 | Cape Town, South Africa | International Higher Education and Strategic Projects |
| University of Cape Town | Research Bridges | 06/15/07 | $245,000 | Cape Town, South Africa | Past Programs |
| University of Cape Town | Research Bridges to South Africa [February] | 06/13/08 | $165,000 | Cape Town, South Africa | Past Programs |
| University of South Africa | Research Bridges | 05/31/12 | $97,000 | Pretoria, South Africa | Past Programs |
| University of the Witwatersrand | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program | 05/31/12 | $361,130 | Johannesburg, South Africa | Higher Learning |
| University of Pretoria | Institute for Advanced Study Planning | 04/01/13 | $38,525 | Pretoria, South Africa | Higher Learning |
| University of Cape Town | Research Bridges [Khomo] | 06/06/13 | $65,000 | Cape Town, South Africa | Past Programs |
| Stellenbosch University | Indexing the Human | 03/17/14 | $46,700 | Matieland, South Africa | International Higher Education and Strategic Projects |
| University of Cape Town | Archive and Public Culture Research | 09/18/08 | $348,000 | Cape Town, South Africa | International Higher Education and Strategic Projects |
| University of Cape Town | Higher Education in South Africa [SJS Research] | 06/21/10 | $17,200 | Cape Town, South Africa | International Higher Education and Strategic Projects |
| University of Cape Town | Conservation & Curatorship | 07/19/10 | $53,000 | Cape Town, South Africa | International Higher Education and Strategic Projects |
