1. Overview 2 Types of Student Funding Funding Opportunities
Eligibility Criteria Conditions of Grant E How to Apply
2. Grantholder-linked: Nomination for an award linked to the
grantholders NRF funded research project Free-standing: Individual
applied and obtained funding
3. Funding Opportunities 4 Free-standing Value: R20 000
Eligibility: SA Citizens and SA PERM Innovation Value: R40 000
Eligibility: SA Citizens, SA PERM and International students
ScarceSkills Values: R40 000 Eligibility: SA citizens only Download
Form 10E on www.uct.ac.za/applications NRF Hons Funding
Application: Form 10E Closing date: 31 October 2014
4. Funding Opportunities 5 Free-standing Value: R40 000 (M) R60
000 (D) Eligibility: SA Citizens and SA PERM Innovation Value: R80
000 (M) R110 000 (D) Eligibility: SA Citizens, SA PERM and
International students ScarceSkills Values: R70 000 (M) R100 000
(D) Eligibility: SA citizens only Application must be completed on
https://nrfsubmission.nrf.ac.za NRF Masters and Doctoral Funding
Application: Online Application Internal Closing date: 04th August
2014
5. Funding Opportunities 6 Master Value: R70 000 Eligibility:
SA Citizens Doctoral Value: R100 000 Eligibility: SA Citizens
Application must be completed on https://nrfsubmission.nrf.ac.za
DAAD-NRF In-Country Funding Application (German Academic Exchange
Service): Online Application Internal Closing date: 04th August
2014
6. Funding Opportunities 7 Master Value: R85 000 Eligibility:
SA Citizens and SA permanent resident Doctoral Value: R100 000
Eligibility: SA Citizens and SA permanent resident Application must
be completed on https://nrfsubmission.nrf.ac.za NRF Renewable &
Sustainable Energy Funding Application (RSES): Online Application
Internal Closing date: 11th August 2014
7. Funding Opportunities 8 Undergraduate Value: R95 000
Eligibility: SA Citizens Honours Value: R95 000 Eligibility: SA
Citizens Application must be completed on
https://nrfsubmission.nrf.ac.za South African Square Kilometre
Array Funding Application (SKA): Online Application Closing date:
15th August 2014
8. Funding Opportunities 9 Masters Value: R92 000 Eligibility:
SA Citizens, SA PERM and NON- SA citizens Doctoral Value: R117 000
Eligibility: SA Citizens, SA PERM and Citizens from African
countries Application must be completed on
https://nrfsubmission.nrf.ac.za South African Square Kilometre
Array Funding Application (SKA): Online Application Internal
Closing date: 29 August 2014
9. Honours level: 1 year not renewable Masters level: 2 years -
renewable Doctoral level: 3 years renewable Annual Progress
Report(APR) to be completed by the student and the supervisor
Renewal of funding is based on satisfactory progress and
recommendation by supervisor.
10. SA citizens and SA PERM(Free-standing) open to all field of
study. All Nationalities (Innovation) open to all fields of study
SA citizens only (Scarce Skills) - field of study (Accounting,
Actuarial Science, Auditing, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Computer
Science, Demography, Geology, Information Systems, Mathematical
Science, Statistics, Transportation Studies and Tourism.) SA
citizens (DAAD-NRF) SA citizens and SA permanent resident (RSES)
Focus Areas: - Cleaner fossil fuel development, including clean
coal technologies; - Renewable energy(bioenergy including
bio-fuels, solar energy, wind energy,etc) - Energy impact on the
environment; - Energy for socio economic development - Energy
system planning and modelling; - Energy policy research.
11. SA citizens (SKA U/G and Honours) Focus Areas: - BSc
degree, majoring in Physics and Mathematics, - BSc Hons in
Astronomy/Astrophysics majored in Physics and Mathemiatics at the
undergraduate level. - BEng in Electronic Engineering ONLY. SKA
Masters and Doctoral level South African citizens, and permanent
residents of South Africa, who wish to complete a relevant PhD or
MSc degree at a South African university. Citizens of Namibia,
Zambia, Botswana, Mozambique, Madagascar, Mauritius, Kenya and
Ghana, who wish to complete a relevant PhD or MSc degree at a South
African university. South African citizens and citizens of Namibia,
Zambia, Botswana, Mozambique, Madagascar, Mauritius, Kenya and
Ghana, who wish to complete a relevant PhD or MSc degree at a
university in an SKA SA partner country (Namibia, Zambia, Botswana,
Mozambique, Madagascar, Mauritius, Kenya and Ghana).
12. Applicants that already hold a degree at a level for which
they are applying are not eligible.. Full time enrolled during the
tenure of award No full time salaried employment
13. Scholarship must not be held simultaneously with a
bursary/scholarship from any other government or NRF source or NRF
administered source. Scholarship-holders are allowed to hold
non-binding supplementary grants or emoluments to half the value of
the NRF award or should the host university have an institutional
capped value, the award can be supplemented to the university
capped value for the level of study. Scholarship-holders must not
hold full-time employment during the tenure of the award.
Scholarship-holders will be allowed to undertake a maximum of 12
hours of teaching, tutorials , assistance or demonstration duties
per week.
14. The following selection criteria are taken into
consideration The award of scholarship to a student will be based
on past, current and potential academic performance The academic
merit Promise of research ability Leadership prizes Feasibility and
merit of the applicants research project proposal Reference reports
from the supervisor and referees.
15. How to Apply 16 https://nrfsubmission.nrf.ac.za
16. Completing an online application 17 Step 1: Register or
login with your ID/Passport number and Password Register and
login
17. Completing an online application 18 Step 2:Once login you
will see a landing page, on the left select My Profile and complete
the CV sections of the application Complete contact details
complete all the listed sections under CV
18. Completing an online application 19 Step 3: To complete an
application click on My Application and then Create application. Go
to My Application to create an application If already created, go
to List of Applications
19. Completing an online application 20 Step 4: List of all
open calls should appear click on Apply icon next to the
application you applying for.
20. Completing an online application 21 Step 5: list all
section on the CV and application CV part Application part Submit
Button
21. Completing an online application 22 Disability
Section:
22. Completing an online application 23 Degree to be funded
Section:
23. Completing an online application 24 Research Project
Information Section
24. Completing an online application 25 Preferred Panel
Section
25. Completing an online application 26 Academic Achievements
Section:
26. Completing an online application 27 Research Details
Section: Include all your project or proposed project
information
27. Completing an online application 28 Attachment Section: All
required documents to be uploaded as ONE PDF document(ID/Passport
copy, certified full academic transcript, proof of acceptance)
28. Completing an online application 29 Reference Section: Add
minimum of 3 and maximum of 4 references)
29. Completing an online application 30 Declaration
Section:
30. Completing an online application 31 Checklist Section:
31. Completing an online application 32 Application
complete
32. Completing an online application 33 Submit Application
Online: Make sure you click on Submit button at the bottom.
33. Completing an online application 34 Referee and Supervisor
Report
34. Contact Details 35 Ms Bongiwe Ndamane Email:
[email protected] Tel 021 650 3926 Ms Olivia Barron
Email:[email protected] Tel: 021 650 1920
35. Any Questions?
36. Enkosi, Thank you, Re a leboga, Siyabonga, Dankie