Dear Staff and Students
NB:
The NRF has phased out the block grant nomination process as well as
the grant-holder linked modalities of funding postgraduate students in
2020. All the postgraduate students will be expected to apply on the NRF
Online Submission System by accessing the link: https://nrfsubmission.nrf.ac.za/
See attachments for further information.
Applicants
that have been recruited by a supervisor to be part of an NRF funded
project should provide an NRF 5 or six-digit grant UID (unique
identification number). If there is an application submitted to the NRF
for the project an applicant is recruited to be part of, the applicant
should provide an NRF application reference number in the section shown
below. You can get the UID or the NRF application reference number from
your supervisor.
The DSI and NRF are pleased to announce a call of new applications for NRF Postgraduate Student Funding for the 2021 Academic year. 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%. Applicants for honours, masters and doctoral funding must be 28, 30 and 32 years of age or younger respectively in the year of application. Successful applicants will be funded either at Full Cost 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 or equal 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.
Scholarships are intended to support honours, masters and doctoral candidates to pursue studies in all areas of Science, Engineering, Technology, Social Sciences, and Humanities.
The NRF has phased out the block grant nomination process as well as the grant-holder linked modalities
of funding postgraduate students in 2020. As from 2021 funding year,
all the postgraduate students will be expected to apply on the NRF
Online Submission System by accessing the link: https://nrfsubmission.nrf.ac.za/, no manual applications will be accepted. Universities will set their own internal cut-off dates for applications, and the applicants must abide by those dates.
INTERNAL CLOSING DATES HAS BEEN SET AS FOLLOWS:
Honours Applications: 18 NOVEMBER 2020
Please refer to the application and funding documents when completing the online application form at every step of the process.
For
enquiries, applicants’ are encouraged to contact the Research or
Postgraduate offices at their universities (Ms Hlengiwe Zondo
(ZondoH@ukzn.ac.za or Abongile Mpofu – MpofuA@ukzn.ac.za)