In order to facilitate the international mobility of South African students and researchers, the French government offers a number of bursaries to South African MSc and PhD candidates, as well as post-doc research grants and internships.
The French Embassy bursary programme is currently proposing grants to facilitate international academic and scientific mobility for South African researchers towards French institutions of higher education.
The programme offers the opportunity for doctoral students to integrate establishments in France for specified periods of time in order to participate in a collaborative research project as part of their doctoral thesis programme.
The goal of integrating South African students and researchers into French academic institutions and the deepening of the South African knowledge-pool is being realised by means of the following elements:
– The Franco-South African Institute of Technology (F’SATI), based in Pretoria and Cape Town, had 168 MTec and MSc students; and 35 PhD candidates enrolled for specialised programmes at the institute in 2010.
– Bursary programmes made available to post-graduate South African students enrolled in South African universities.
– Training conducted by French researchers seconded to South African universities.
– Bursaries for MSc studies in France ; and
– Bursaries for short-term research and internships in French laboratories.
Terms and conditions for current bursary program
Applicants must hold a Master’s degree or its equivalent for the research program. The duration of the grant is 3 months per year with the option of renewing the next 2 years. The bursary includes visa expenses, social and medical insurance and the round-trip flight ticket.
Applications for the doctoral research programme are open throughout the year.
For further information and details, please visit this link.
