This article contains information on the National Research Foundation’s (NRF) Postgraduate Scholarship for the year 2024.
The DSI and NRF are pleased to announce a call for new applications for NRF Postgraduate Student Funding for the 2024–2025 academic year. Scholarships are intended to support honours candidates to pursue studies in all areas of science, engineering, technology, social sciences, and the humanities. The NRF has phased out the block grant nomination process as well as the grant-holder-linked modalities of funding postgraduate students in 2024.
NRF POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS ELIGIBILITY
The NRF minimum academic requirement for postgraduate funding is 65%. Applicants for honours, masters, and doctoral funding must be 28 years of age or younger in the year of application. Successful applicants will be funded either at full-cost study (FCS) or partial-cost study (PCS). The FCS funding will be awarded to South African citizens and permanent residents only who are either financially needy (i.e., those whose combined household family income is less than or equal to R350 000 per annum), living with a disability, or exceptional academic achievers. However, the PCS funding will be awarded to 5% of international students, including South African citizens and permanent residents, who could not be funded under FCS but meet other minimum requirements for the NRF scholarship funding criteria.
NRF POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
As of the 2024 funding year, all postgraduate students will be expected to apply on the NRF Online Submission System by accessing the link on the page. No manual applications will be accepted.
The University of Venda (UNIVEN) has set its own internal cut-off date for applications, and the applicants must abide by these dates as follows:
Please refer to the application and funding documents when completing the online application form at every step of the process.
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