DAAD/NRF Masters and PhD Scholarship Programme 2024/2025 for South African Students and Permanant Residents

The DAAD/NRF Scholarship programme offers Postgraduate training in a field with strong relevance for national development, aiming at university staff development and public sector demand of academically trained personnel.

Application Deadlines: 

• Application deadline at the NRF: 19th July 2024
• Universities set their deadlines.

Eligible Countries: South Africa

To Be Taken At (Country): South Africa

About the Award: As part of the In-Country Scholarship Programme, in which more than two dozen African universities and university networks participate and which annually supports hundreds of African postgraduates, DAAD in partnership with the National Research Foundation (NRF) offers scholarships for postgraduate studies on a Master and PhD level to South Africans at South African universities in any field of study. This scholarship is only open to South African citizens or Permanent South African Residency Holders.

Type: Master, PhD.

Eligibility: 

• South African nationals or permanent residents.
• Female applicants are especially encouraged to apply.
• Applicants must be 30 (Masters) or 32 (PhD) years of age or younger in the year of application.
• The NRF’s minimum academic requirement for postgraduate funding is 65%.

Number of Awards: Not specified

Value of Award: 

• Fully funded scholarship for postgraduate studies in South Africa
• Mobility grant for a short-term research visit of 3 – 6 months to Germany
• Participation in one of six interdisciplinary summer schools on offer in Germany
• Participation in an annual networking conference in South Africa hosted by the DAAD Information Centre Johannesburg

Duration of Programme: 

• Up to two years for the Master’s, up to three years for the PhD.
• With this scholarship, the scholarship holder can also elect to do a Short-Term Research Visit to Germany for 2 – 6 months!

How to Apply: Applications have to be submitted to NRF only. Applications submitted elsewhere will not be considered. Final selection is made by a panel consisting of university professors and representatives of both NRF and DAAD. Successful candidates will be informed through NRF.

Visit the Programme Webpage for Details