SANSA Postgraduate Bursary 2023/2024 | How to Apply

SANSA Postgraduate Bursary Application 2023/2024, See How to apply for SANSA Postgraduate leadership program 2023/2024 here, requirements, eligibility, and application closing date 2023/2024.

SANSA Postgraduate Bursaries for 2023

South Africa needs an increase in science and engineering graduates. If we are to effectively resource the country with necessary and scarce skills to achieve the goals of the National Development Plan and ensure a successful and sustainable future for our citizens.

SANSA provides post-graduate degree bursaries to contribute to the national target for qualified post-graduates in science and engineering.

Scope of our projects:

Our project mandate includes but is not limited to the following:

Earth Observation (Hons, MSc, PhD)

• Remote sensing
• Full-stack software development for geospatial applications
• 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 resource, and spatial planning

Engineering (MEng, MTech, MSc, PHD, DTech)

• Software and software systems engineering
• Aeronautical, aerospace, mechanical, electrical, electronic, mechatronics and computer engineering
• Space, systems, antenna, and RF engineering

Space Science (Hons, MSc, MPhil, PhD)

• Solar physics and space weather forecasting
• Antarctic radar studies of atmospheric gravity waves
• Multi-instrument studies of space weather
• Modeling geomagnetically induced currents in power systems
• Multiscale 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

All SANSA divisions (Hons, MSc, PhD)

• Computer Science
• Information systems
• Software and systems engineering
• Data science
• Field of your choice related to key SANSA objectives

Please visit our research portal https://research.sansa.org.za/ for further information

Bursary criteria

The main criteria used in the selection of successful applicants are financial need, academic potential, and career-oriented study programmes.

Please note the following:

• An application will only be considered if it has been completed properly and in full.
• Documents that accompany the application form must be uploaded and certified.
• The testimonial form must be completed by the supervisor and uploaded to the application form.

For the 2023 academic year successful applicants will receive bursaries with values as stated below:

• Hons – R90 000 (one year).
• Masters – R100 000 per year for two years.
• Ph.D. – R130 000 per year for three years.

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 provided the student meets the criteria mentioned above. Support for continuing years is not guaranteed and will depend on satisfactory progress during the previous year.