Deadline- 15 September 2013
All eligible applicants are invited to apply for NRF Free-standing Masters and Doctoral Scholarships. The objective of this program is 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.
Objectives-
- Contribute towards the increase in the number and quality of South African postgraduate students at masters and doctoral levels in South Africa
- Enable South African doctoral students to pursue research study opportunities at international universities.
Thematic areas-
- Science
- Engineering and Technology (SET)
- Social Sciences
- Humanities
Eligibility & Criteria-
- Scholarships are open to full-time registered South African citizens and permanent residents.
- Full- time employees of Higher Education Institutions (HEI’s) are not eligible to apply.
- Scholarship-holders must not hold full-time salaried employment during the tenure of the award.
- Scholarship-holders are allowed to hold non- binding supplementary grants or emoluments up to the university capped value for the level of study.
- Scholarship-holders must not hold full-time salaried employment during the tenure of the scholarship. Scholarship- holders will be allowed to undertake a maximum of 12 hours of teaching, tutorials, assistance or demonstrations duties per week on average during the year of study and may be remunerated for these duties, provided that they are reimbursed at a rate not exceeding the normal institution tariff for services rendered.
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