Masters and Doctoral scholarships

Application Deadline: 24 January 2024

The South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) is pleased to announce a call for applications for Honours, Masters and Doctoral scholarships for full time studies in 2024.

Requirements:

Candidates must be pro-active, enthusiastic, and interested in doing excellent research that can make a difference.
These scholarships are only available to South African citizens and will be awarded in line with national equity targets.
Students need to apply for university programmes themselves and the scholarship is conditional upon them securing their placement in a postgraduate programme and have provisional acceptance from prospective academic supervisors.

Conditions:

Only full time studies will be supported
Applicants must be South African citizens and under 35 years of age
Applicants can register at any South African university
Only research projects in line with SANBI’s mandate and research strategy will be considered
Applicants must not be employed
Existing studies will not be supported
Registration for a second Honours, Masters or Doctoral degree will not be considered
Where applicants hold partial scholarships/bursaries, co-funding will be considered
For Masters studies, applicants must hold an Honours degree/Postgraduate Diploma

Scholarship values: (to cover living expenses and university fees)

Honours: R120 000 for one year only
Masters: R150 000/year for two years
Doctoral: R180 000/year for three years

Application procedure:

Each application is to be accompanied by a standard application cover sheet.
Applications are to include a letter of interest; a 2-page project outline; full CV; certified copies of academic record/transcript and highest qualification; as well as ID; two letters of academic reference; a letter from a prospective university supervisor as well as a SANBI supervisor, indicating willingness to supervise and provisional registration/application from the university. Send all documents to [email protected] and [email protected] with “SANBI studentships 2024” in the subject line.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the SANBI Honours, Masters and Doctoral Scholarships 2024

Application Deadline: 29 July 2016

The Department of Science and Technology (DST), Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) and the National Research Foundation (NRF) are pleased to announce the call for scholarship applications for 2017 in the following categories:

Free-standing, Innovation, and Scarce Skills Development fund Masters and Doctoral Scholarships; as well as Scholarships for Doctoral Studies Abroad.

The NRF makes funds available to support NRF Freestanding, SSDF and Innovation (including DST priority research areas) Masters and Doctoral (including Doctoral abroad) candidates for the 2017 academic year. Masters and Doctoral scholarships are awarded through a competitive process following a merit review process. However, NRF Freestanding Masters bursaries are released as block grants to South African public Universities.

Eligibility Requirements:

These Scholarships are awarded to South African citizens, South African permanent residents as well as to a limited percentage of non-South African citizens registered at a South African public university for full-time studies.
In addition, the NRF makes funds available to support a small number of scholarships for full-time doctoral studies abroad, to South African citizens and permanent residents.
South African citizens and South African permanent residents living with a disability are encouraged to apply.

Applcation Procedure:

Applicants must apply on the NRF Online system at: https://nrfsubmission.nrf.ac.za and follow the application process set out in the Application and Funding Guide.
All applicants must consult with his/her proposed supervisor in the process of submitting an application to ensure that the supervisor is in agreement with the scientific aspects contained in the application and, the proposed work plan for completion of the degree.
The submission deadline for applicants is 29 July 2016 for funding in 2017.
The Designated Authority (DA) closing date for validations is 12 August 2016. Please consult your Research Office or Postgraduate Office for your institutions internal closing date, to ensure validation by institutional DAs prior to submission to the NRF.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Innovation and Scarce Skills Development Masters and Doctoral Scholarships 2017

The SANBI Honours, Masters and Doctoral Scholarships 2024 for South Africans.

National Research Foundation (NRF) Freestanding, Innovation & Scarce Skills Development Masters and Doctoral Scholarships 2017 – South Africa.