The National Research Foundation (NRF) has opened the above call for applications.
The NRF is mandated by an Act of Parliament, the National Research Foundation Act (Act No 23 of 1998) to "support and promote research through funding, human capacity development and the provision of the necessary research facilities, in order to facilitate the creation of knowledge, innovation and development in all fields of science and technology, including indigenous knowledge". In support of this mandate, the NRF makes funds available to support honours and final-year BTech students for the 2019 academic year. These bursaries are released as block grants to South African public universities (Table 1). In addition, the block grant awards for qualifying students are made to universities depending on the availability of the budget as well as in line with the Ministerial guidelines for improving equity in the distribution of DST / NRF Bursaries and Fellowships (Ministerial Guidelines on Bursaries and Fellowships, 2013).
Freestanding |
Innovation, including DST priority research areas |
Scarce Skills Development Fund / NSFAS (Hons & BTech) |
Students with disabilities |
The bursary is intended to support full-time honours and final-year BTech candidates to pursue research studies in all areas of (i) Science, (ii) Engineering and (iii) Technology, and in the (iv) Social Sciences and (v) Humanities, at public universities and research institutions in South Africa. The percentage of supported students will be 80% from the Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) disciplines, and 20 % from the Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH). | Astronomy; Bioinformatics; Biotechnology; Cellular and Molecular Biology; Chemistry; Climate Change; Computer Science; Drug Discovery and Development; Earth Sciences; Earth Observation; Ecology; Engineering; Functional Genomics; Global Change, Society and Sustainability; Indigenous Knowledge Systems; Mathematical Sciences; Material Sciences; Marine Sciences; Medicinal Plant; Medical sciences; Nanotechnology; Nuclear Science; Nuclear Technologies in Medicine and Biosciences; Palaeosciences; Physics; Renewable Energy; Social Science and Humanities; and Space Science. The percentage of supported students will be 80% from SET and 20% from the SSH disciplines. | Accounting; Actuarial Studies; Agriculture; Architecture; Auditing; Biotechnology; Business Management; Chemistry; Computer Science; Demography; Economics; Engineering; Forestry; Financial Management; Geology; Health Science; Information Systems; Mathematical Sciences; Physical Sciences; Statistics; Sport Science; Transportation Studies; Tourism. |
The bursary is intended to support honours and final-year BTech students, with a physical or mental impairment, to pursue research degrees in all areas of (i) Science, (ii) Engineering and (iii) Technology, and in the (iv) Social Sciences and (v) Humanities, at public universities and research institutions in South Africa. |
The following students are NOT eligible to apply:
All applications must be submitted on the NRF Online system: www.nrfsubmission.nrf.ac.za
Late or Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Please click here for framework document and click here for the application guide.
Publish date: 2018-10-05 00:00:00.0