DST/NRF Innovation Bursary Scheme
Course(s) Offered: Science, Engineering, Technology
Course Level: Undergraduate (honours), Grauate (masters, phd)
Provider: DST, NRF
Country to Study in: South Africa
Scholarship Description
The Department of Science in addition to Technology (DST) inward partnership amongst the National Research Foundation (NRF) introduced the Bursary Scheme for the provision of fiscal back upwards to students at Honours, Masters in addition to Doctoral written report levels.
The system seeks to address blockages (including depression memory in addition to throughput rates) inward the Science, Engineering in addition to Technology (SET) human uppercase development.
In particular, to increment the base of operations for the render of Honours graduates eligible for entry into Masters Degrees. The envisaged acquit upon is an increased render of students for the Doctoral programmes, leading to a pregnant increment inward the release of PhD graduates across all economical sectors, necessary for a robust National System of Innovation (NSI).
Eligibility
The bursaries volition move awarded to South African citizens in addition to permanent residents studying full-time at South African Universities in addition to Universities of Technology inward the next categories:
Course(s) Offered: Science, Engineering, Technology
Course Level: Undergraduate (honours), Grauate (masters, phd)
Provider: DST, NRF
Country to Study in: South Africa
Scholarship Description
The Department of Science in addition to Technology (DST) inward partnership amongst the National Research Foundation (NRF) introduced the Bursary Scheme for the provision of fiscal back upwards to students at Honours, Masters in addition to Doctoral written report levels.
The system seeks to address blockages (including depression memory in addition to throughput rates) inward the Science, Engineering in addition to Technology (SET) human uppercase development.
In particular, to increment the base of operations for the render of Honours graduates eligible for entry into Masters Degrees. The envisaged acquit upon is an increased render of students for the Doctoral programmes, leading to a pregnant increment inward the release of PhD graduates across all economical sectors, necessary for a robust National System of Innovation (NSI).
Eligibility
The bursaries volition move awarded to South African citizens in addition to permanent residents studying full-time at South African Universities in addition to Universities of Technology inward the next categories:
- Students registered for Honours’, finally twelvemonth of written report for a four-year degree, Masters or Doctoral degrees.
- Qualifying students who bring received the Innovation bursaries at Honours or Master’s marker bird volition move given preference to come about amongst their studies for a higher query degree.
- Students who volition move inward their finally twelvemonth of written report for a four-year marker in addition to bring given an project to pursue a Master’s marker upon completion.
- Students who volition move completing an Honours marker in addition to bring given an project to pursue a Master’s marker upon completion.
Citizens in addition to permanent residents of South Africa
Participating Institutions
Any recognized University and/or University of Technology inward South Africa
Fields of study
Support volition move provided to students studying inward Science, Engineering in addition to Technology written report areas aligned amongst national priorities in addition to the DST’s Grand Challenges. These volition include exactly non express to biotechnology, cellular in addition to molecular biology, engineering disciplines, computing science, physics in addition to astronomy, mathematical sciences, nanotechnology, chemistry, Blue Planet sciences, ecology in addition to medical sciences.
Number of awards
Not specified because several volition move given
Sponsorship duration
This is a former fiscal assistance towards offsetting tuition in addition to other written report fees
Scholarship benefits
The bursary value volition move laid upwards at a sufficiently attractive bird to provide an incentive to persuade students to pursue postgraduate studies inward the lite of fiscal challenges in addition to expectations. The value of the awards volition initially move laid upwards equally follows:
- Honours’ students volition have R35 000 for i academic year.
- Master’s students volition move receiving R60 000 per annum for 2 years. In add-on each educatee may access a once- off allotment of R10 000 for conference attendance or a written report view during the course of education of the 2 years.
- Doctoral students volition have R90 000 per annum for iii years. In add-on each educatee may access a maximum of R40 000 for international written report visits or conference presentations, in addition to upwards to R15 000 for local conference attendance inside the three-year period.
Applications for back upwards are invited from students who wishing to enrol for Honours, Masters in addition to Doctoral studies at world Higher Education Institutions inward the IBS written report areas for the 2011 academic year.
DEADLINES:
The deadline appointment for the electrical current twelvemonth is 10th of August 2010
NOTE:
Funding of postgraduate students in addition to the preparation of researchers is telephone substitution for addressing the human uppercase evolution challenges inward South Africa. To address the challenge of human resources renewal inward SET the Innovation Bursary Scheme aims to:
- increase educatee enrolment at Honours’, Masters in addition to Doctoral levels;
- address skills shortages inward the fields of Science Engineering in addition to Technology (SET) past times increasing the workforce that has postgraduate degrees inward SET; and
- increase the puddle of suitably qualified young, women in addition to dark scientists in addition to noesis workers inward the NSI from which academic staff at Higher Education Institutions (HEI’s) may move recruited.
Open to International students: No (ONLY South Africans)
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