DSI-NRF Master’s, Doctoral & Post-doctoral Fellowships 2025 – Wits University

Applications for 2025 bursaries and post-doctoral fellowships have opened.

Application Deadline:

• Honours (General): 22nd November 2024
• Master’s: 5th July 2024
• First-time Doctoral: 5th July 2024
• Master’s and Doctoral Extension Support: 15th September 2024

About the Award: The DSI and NRF are pleased to announce a call for new applications for DSI-NRF Postgraduate Student Funding for the academic year 2025. All continuing students who are eligible for a second or third year of funding must submit a Progress Report and not a new application.

The NRF minimum academic requirement for postgraduate funding is 65%. The entry age requirement is 28, 30 and 32 years or younger for honours, master’s and doctoral studies respectively, in the year of application, regardless of the first year of registration. Successful applicants will be funded either at Full Cost of Study (FCS) or Partial Cost of 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 equals 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. The scholarships are intended to support honours, master’s and doctoral candidates to pursue studies in all areas of Science, Engineering, Technology, Social Sciences, and Humanities.

Type: Master’s, Doctoral & Post-doctoral

Eligibility:

• That Master’s students must fulfil the requirements for their degree within two years and have at least one co-authored paper in a peer-reviewed journal accepted for publication;
• That Doctoral students must fulfil the requirements for their degrees within three years and have at least two first-authored papers accepted for publication or published;
• That Post-Doctoral Fellows must have at least two first- or co-authored papers accepted for publication, in press or published in each year of the three-year fellowship.

Eligible Countries: Any

To be Taken at (Country): South Africa

Number of Awards: Not specified

Value & Duration of Award:

• Master’s students are funded for two years at R70 000 a year
• Doctoral students are funded for three years at R100 000 a year
• Post-Doctoral Fellows are funded for three years at R200 000 a year

How to Apply: Applications may be made by students directly or by supervisors on behalf of students. The grant and bursary rules can be found here.

PLEASE USE THE EMAIL SUBJECT LINE: BURSARY APPLICATION 2022

• It is important to go through all application requirements in the Award Webpage (see Link below) before applying.
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