Postgraduate Bursaries for Science and Engineering from the South African National Space Agency (SANSA).
Postgraduate Bursaries Available in South Africa
82 Bursaries for Honours Degrees
List of Government and SETA Bursaries for Honours:
- Agricultural Research Council (ARC) Bursary
- BANKSETA / UKZN Outstanding Student Debt Fund
- Council for Geoscience Bursary
- CPGR Bursary
- Critical Food Studies Postgraduate Scholarship
- CSIR Bursary
- Dept. of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) Bursary
- The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) Bursary
- Dept. of Sport, Arts and Culture (DSAC) Bursary
- Department of Tourism Bursary
- Department of Transport Bursary
- Dept of Water & Sanitation Bursary
- DSI-CSIR Bursary
- DSI-NRF Postgraduate Scholarship
- Energy Mobility Education Trust Scholarship
- HWSETA Postgraduate Bursary
- Imfundo Enhle Education Trust Bursary
- INSETA Bursary
- LGSETA Bursary
- Mhlathuze Water Bursary
- Poliomyelitis Research Foundation Bursaries
- Railway Safety Regulator (RSR) Bursary
- SANBI Biological Invasion Bursary
- SANBI Joan Wrench Scholarship
- SANRAL Bursary
- SANSA Bursary
- South African National Energy Development Institute (SANEDI) Bursary
- Transport Education Training Authority (TETA) Bursary.
University Bursaries for Honours Degrees:
- The UCT Centre For African Studies: Jack Simons Bursary
- UCT Department of Information Systems Bursary
- UCT International and Refugee Scholarship
- UFS Honours Bursary
- UKZN Archbishop Denis E. Hurley Scholarship
- Unisa Postgraduate Bursary
- UWC/ INSETA Bursary.
Private and Corporate Bursaries for Honours Degrees:
- Ada & Bertie Levenstein Bursary Analyze Consulting Bursary
- Aon Bursary
- AWS Skills Development Bursary
- Babette Taute Scholarship
- Baker Hughes Bursary
- FirstRand Foundation Honours Bursary
- Fulbright Foreign Student Program South Africa
- Garden Cities Bursary
- Genesis Educational Foundation Trust (GEFT) Bursary
- Gold Fields Ltd Bursary
- Golder Bursary
- GreenMatter Fellowship PhD at University of Cape Town
- Guy Butler Research Award Scholarship
- Harry Crossley Foundation Research Fellowship
- HCI Foundation Bursary
- IIE-Vega School Bursary Competition
- Inscape Scholarship
- John Davidson Educational Trust Bursary
- Keaton Energy Mining Bursaries
- Mandela Rhodes Foundation Scholarship
- Mastercard Foundation Scholarship
- Minds Scholarship
- MiWay Bursary
- Netflix Scholarship
- Potato Industry Development Trust Bursaries
- Quantum Foods Bursary
- Rhodes Trust Scholarship
- Royal Bafokeng Holdings Bursary
- Rothschild & Co Foundation Scholarship
- RSM Education Trust Bursary
- SA Cultivar & Technology Agency (SACTA) Bursary
- SA WISE Angus Scholarship
- SAAFoST Aubrey Parsons Study Grant
- SAAFoST Foundation Bursary (for Part-Time Students)
- SAMAC Bursary
- Sibanye-Stillwater Bursary
- SKA South Africa Bursaries
- Tomorrow Trust Bursary
- Toyota Tsusho Africa Bursary.
Bursaries applicable for Masters degree studies
List of Government and SETA Bursaries for Masters:
- Agricultural Research Council (ARC) Bursary
- BANKSETA / UKZN Outstanding Student Debt Fund
- CETA Thapelo Madibeng Bursary
- Council for Geoscience Bursary
- CPGR Bursary
- Critical Food Studies Postgraduate Scholarship
- CSIR Bursary
- Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) Bursary
- Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) Bursary
- Dept. of Sport, Arts and Culture (DSAC) Bursary
- Department of Tourism Bursary
- DSI-CSIR Bursary
- DSI-NRF Postgraduate Scholarship
- HWSETA Postgraduate Bursary
- Mpumalanga Provincial Government Bursary
- National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) Bursary
- NRF Scholarship at UJ
- Paper Manufacturers Association of South Africa (PAMSA) Bursary
- Poliomyelitis Research Foundation Bursaries
- Potato Industry Development Trust Bursaries
- Railway Safety Regulator (RSR) Bursary
- SANBI Biological Invasion Bursary
- SANBI Joan Wrench Scholarship
- SANRAL Bursary
- SANSA Bursary
- South African National Seed Organization (SANSOR) Bursary
- South African Society for Animal Science (SASAS) Bursary
- Southern African Development Community (SADC) Scholarship
- SKA South Africa Bursaries
- South African Association of Botanists Scholarship
- South African National Energy Development Institute (SANEDI) Bursary
- Southern African Transport Conference (SATC) Bursary
- TETA Scholarship at WMU
- Transport Education Training Authority (TETA) Bursary
- Umgeni Water Postgraduate Bursary
- University of Johannesburg W&RSETA Bursary.
University Bursaries for Masters:
- African Institute for Mathematical Sciences Bursaries
- Imperial Stellenbosch University Bursary
- Mandela Rhodes Foundation Scholarship
- Master Builders Association Western Cape (MBAWC) Bursary
- Queen Elizabeth Commonwealth Scholarships (QECS)
- Stellenbosch University Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Scholarship
- UCT Archive and Public Culture Postgraduate Bursaries
- UCT International and Refugee Scholarship
- UKZN College of Agriculture, Engineering, and Science Bursary
- UKZN Ethekwini Maritime Cluster Bursary
- The UKZN Mellon Spatial Humanities Scholarship
- UKZN Richard AD Turner Bursary
- UWC Faculty of Education Bursary.
Private and Corporate Bursaries for Masters:
- Ada & Bertie Levenstein Bursary
- African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) Bursary
- Africa Wetu Foundation Bursary
- Agbiz Centenary Bursary
- Aon Bursary
- Astron Energy Bursary
- AWS Skills Development Bursary
- Canon Collins Trust Mail & Guardian Scholarship
- Canon Collins RMTF Scholarship
- Canon Collins Scholarship for Economic Justice
- The Canon Collins Sol Plaatje Scholarship
- Canon Collins Tom Queba Scholarship
- Canon Collins Trust and University of London Scholarships for Distance Learning
- Cecil Renaud International Scholarship
- Cenfri Bursary
- David and Elaine Potter Fellowship
- Dudley D’Ewes Scholarship
- Embassy of France Scholarship
- Energy Mobility Education Trust Scholarship
- Erika Theron Trust Scholarship
- Ernst & Ethel Eriksen Trust Bursary
- FoodBev SETA Bursary
- Fulbright Foreign Student Program South Africa
- Gates Cambridge International Scholarship
- Genesis Educational Foundation Trust (GEFT) Bursary
- GreenMatter Fellowship PhD at University of Cape Town
- Guy Butler Research Award Scholarship
- Harry Crossley Foundation Research Fellowship
- HENSOLDT South Africa Bursary
- Imfundo Enhle Education Trust Bursary
- John Davidson Educational Trust Bursary
- Kader Asmal Fellowship Programme
- KAS-SAIIA-Scholarship
- MANCOSA Bursary
- Mastercard Foundation Scholarship
- MINDS Scholarship
- Mintek Bursary
- Maize Trust Bursary
- Mastercard Foundation Scholarship
- Meat Industry Trust (MIT) Bursary
- NESP Scholarship
- Netflix Scholarship
- NMU/ AIDC Postgraduate Bursary
- NMU/ AIDC Postdoctoral Fellowship
- SARB Scholarship
- Sasol Bursary
- Sasol Agriculture Trust Bursary
- Scatec Bursary
- South Africa International Maritime Institute (SAIMI) Bursary
- South African Road Federation (SARF) Bursary
- SAAFoST Brian Koeppen Memorial Scholarship
- SA Cultivar & Technology Agency (SACTA) Bursary
- SACCCS Bursary
- SAMAC Bursary
- SAMRC Internship Scholarship.
SANSA Bursary For Science and Engineering
South African National Space Agency Bursary:
Application Closing Date was 30 September 2023
Who is a postgraduate student? Qualify for the SANSA Bursary
A postgraduate is a student who has completed a bachelor’s degree and is now pursuing further studies at a higher level.
Postgraduate studies typically involve more advanced coursework, research, and academic writing than undergraduate studies. You may be required to submit and defend a thesis or dissertation in order to complete the program. As a result, Postgraduate degrees can provide students with specialized knowledge and skills that can enhance their career prospects and earning potential.
SANSA Bursary: Postgraduate Science and Engineering Degrees
SANSA provides post-graduate degree bursaries to contribute to the national target for qualified post-graduates in Science and Engineering. The bursaries offered are listed below:
1. Earth Observation Degrees (Hons, MSc, PhD): Postgraduate Bursaries
- Remote Sensing
- Geospatial programming
- Earth system science with remote sensing
- Earth observations in ecosystems accounting
- Applications of remote sensing in environmental management. Including oceans and marine, agriculture and rangelands, water resource management, mineral resources and spatial planning.
2. Engineering Degrees (MEng, MTech, MSc, PHD, DTech): Postgraduate Bursaries
- Software and Software Systems Engineering
- Aeronautical, Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, Electronic, Mechatronic And Computer Engineering
- Space, Systems, Antenna and RF Engineering.
3. Space Science Degrees (Hons, MSc, MPhil, PhD): Postgraduate Bursaries
- Solar physics and space weather forecasting.
- Antarctic radar studies of atmosphere gravity waves.
- Multi-instrument studies of space weather.
- Modelling geomagnetically induced in power systems.
- Multi-scale ionospheric physics, structure and dynamics.
- Ionospheric and radio propagation modeling.
- Theory of waves and solutions in plasmas.
- Atmospheric radiation studies.
- Verification of space weather forecasting.
4. All SANSA Postgraduate Bursaries: Divisions (Hons, MSc, PHD)
- Computer science
- Information Systems
- Software and systems engineering
- Data Science
- Field of your choice related to key SANSA objectives.
Candidate SANSA Postgraduate Bursaries: Application Requirements
- Only applications within the mandated STEM fields will be considered.
- If you obtained a minimum average of 65% for your last academic year or qualification will be considered, in conjunction with the previous point.
- Click this link for SANSA projects. All proposal submissions in the related study areas will be submitted, for consideration, to their bursary committees.
- SANSA welcomes any new projects that relate to their listed projects and encourages applicants to contact their researchers for advice and assistance with their proposals.
- Masters and doctoral bursars MUST reapply every year for continued funding.
Postgraduate Bursaries: SANSA Bursary Criteria
The main criteria used in the selection of successful applicants are:
- Financial need,
- Academic potential and
- Career-oriented study programmes.
What the SANSA Bursary offers: Postgraduate Bursaries
How much is a SANSA bursary worth?
SANSA is currently revising the bursary values for 2024. SANSA funds the individual programmes as follows:
- Honours – one-year R100 000 (excluding allowance to be determined on a case-to-case basis)
- Masters – two years R120 000 (all inclusive)
- PhD – three years R140 000 (all inclusive).
NB. Applicants may not hold a combination of bursaries that exceed these amounts. Should an applicant have another bursary of lessor amount, SANSA will consider providing a top-up amount to the student. This is provided that the student meets the External Bursary Policy criteria.
How to Apply for SANSA Postgraduate Bursaries:
You should upload all relevant documentation:
- Full academic record
- Fee statement for ALL study years
- Proof of any undergraduate bursaries/funding
- Only fully completed applications will be considered.
- Documents that accompany the application form must be certified and uploaded.
- SANSA or university testimonial forms must be completed by the supervisor and uploaded to the application form.
All Proposals for the SANSA Bursary must be submitted to: students@sansa.org.za by no later than 30 September 2023.
Complete your Online Application at: South African National Space Agency (SANSA): Bursary Application 2024
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