Scholarship Details: The Department of Science and Technology (DST) has identified a key objective linked to the National Research and Development Strategy of 2002, to promote and support research through funding and human capacity development by creating a robust National System of Innovation (NSI) in South Africa. The DST has therefore made available financial support [...]

Scholarship Details: The GreenMatter Fellowship brings together a cohort of dynamic, talented and committed Biodiversity practitioners, with the objective of developing and unlocking their potential. It affords participants (champions, associates and fellows) the opportunity to fully engage in tackling biodiversity issues through their study and career paths, alongside peers who share in that commitment.

Scholarship Details: Scholarships of up to R50, 000 per academic year for scholars at Masters and PhD level. We support both full and part-time study and will consider applications for those who wish to study by distance learning.

Scholarship Details: The Rhodes University Centre for Radio Astronomy Techniques and Technologies (RATT) invites high-flying students looking to get involved in radio astronomy, MeerKAT and the SKA to apply for postgraduate scholarships for 2013.The Square Kilometre Array is coming to Africa? How would you like to be involved in one of the biggest projects in [...]

Scholarship Details: The A W Mellon Foundation has provided a grant to support scholarships to be awarded to graduate students who will register for full-time study for the Masters’ and Doctoral degrees in the Centre for Rhetoric Studies at the University of Cape Town. Applications for the scholarships are invited from excellent Honours and Master’s [...]

Scholarship Details: We invite applications for 2 Fellowship in the Wits Art Museum at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. These fellowships are funded by The Andrew W Mellon Foundation and will be situated in the Wits Art Museum. The positions will preferably be filled by Postdoctoral candidates, but we will consider strong applications from [...]

Scholarship Details: The CSIR is pleased to announce a comprehensive bursary programme that is aimed at providing support for talented students in selected fields of science, engineering and technology (SET). The bursary is designed to be especially attractive to those students who are considering a career in research, with a value that will comprehensively cover [...]

Scholarship Details: The Department of Science and Technology is calling for nominations to recognize and award excellence by women scientists and researchers. UCT encourages participation in these awards, and the Research Office will provide assistance with reviewing nominations if required. The awards are aimed at profiling women scientists and researchers as role models for younger [...]

Scholarship Details: The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET commits grant funds from the National Skills Fund (NSF) towards the Scarce Skills Development Fund Programme (SSDF), which targets students and fellows. The management of the SSDF programme is performed in accordance with the memorandum of agreement (MoA) between the National Research Foundation (NRF) and [...]

Scholarship Details: South Africa has a long history of excellence in astronomy, a sound high-tech infrastructure and clear skies. Researchers from around the region have joined forces to create a cooperative, combined graduate programme, hosted at the University of Cape Town where South African students and students from around Africa and the rest of the [...]

Scholarship Details: The Thuthuka Programme falls within the Human and Institutional Capacity Development (HICD) Directorate of the NRF. The goal of the HICD Directorate is to develop institutional research capabilities and infrastructure in parallel with human capital to drive the research and development strategies within the National System of Innovation.

Scholarship Details: The TBA small grant targets TBA Alumni Groups who have identified specific conservation projects they wish to carry out. Grants are for a maximum of £1,500. Preference will be for collaborative conservation, research or education projects with clear and measurable impacts. We are particularly interested in cost effective approaches that can be replicated [...]

Scholarship Details: The RFGI is a joint programme CODESRIA, the Social Dimensions of Environmental Policy (SDEP) Initiative of the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). It is an Africa-wide environmental-governance research and training program focusing on enabling responsive and accountable decentralization* to strengthen the representation of forest-based [...]

Scholarship Details: As part of strengthening the scientific partnership Ivorian-Switzerland, a project of scholarships to the attention of Swiss researchers wishing to conduct research in Ivory Coast has been entrusted to the Swiss Center for Scientific Research in Côte Ivory (CSRS). The project planned for a period of two years is funded from the unexpended [...]

Scholarship Details: Bursaries to 1st year students studying BSc Forestry at Stellenbosch University Bursary covers tuition, accommodation, meals and books.

Scholarship Details: Selection for 1st year is based on the application and successful completion of the Forestry Traineeship by community youth. No “outside” students are considered initially 2nd yr practical is recorded under “Forestry Practical – Work Experience opportunities” where “outside” students are considered.

Scholarship Details: The University of Pretoria’s Human Economy project is part of a network of international scholars engaged in researching the possibility of alternatives to the models by which economies were organised in the 20th century.The value of the Human Economy doctoral scholarships is R120 000 per annum, to include research funds, for a maximum [...]

Scholarship Details: 2012 /2013 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Position Are you interested in the field of stem cell, medicinal chemist in tissue regeneration of articular cartilage in South Africa? POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP POSITIONS are available at the Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Science staring from January 2012.

Scholarship Details: CSIR Defence, Peace, Safety and Security (DPSS) unit has a vacancy for a Senior Researcher in Infrared Modelling and Simulation within the Optronic Sensor Systems (OSS) competency area. This is a permanent position based at the CSIR’s head office in Pretoria and the incumbent will report directly to the research group leader of [...]

Scholarship Details: During the 2012/2013 academic year, the CARTA program is planning to offer up to 25 PhD fellowships. The Fellowship, which is tenable at one of the participating African universities, includes the cost of fellows’ participation in the advanced seminars; a modest monthly stipend; small grants for research activities; a laptop loaded with relevant [...]

Scholarship Details: The University of Pretoria Research Development Programme (RDP) is a programme that is used to provide special recognition for new researchers with potential. Financial assistance is granted annually on a competitive basis to promising academic staff members who are at the beginning of their research careers, or who have recently joined the University. [...]