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Subject: FW: DAAD-NRF In-Country Masters and Doctoral Scholarships for 2015

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Please distribute to current and prospective full time masters and PhD students meeting the criteria below.

WITS DEADLINE: 31 JULY 2014. No late applications will be accepted.

Applications must be completed and submitted at https://nrfsubmission.nrf.ac.za
The first field of the application has all the call documents attached. Please download and read before continuing with the application.





Key eligibility criteria:



 Applicants must be South African citizens. Permanent residents may apply (for PhD funding) only if they are employed in an academic capacity at a higher education institution.

  Applicants must have obtained a minimum accumulative grade average of 65% (calculating all undergraduate marks for masters) and includes honours marks for PhD.

 Applicants’ last qualification should not be obtained longer than six years prior to year of application.

 Humanities applications will be considered if the research has a development related focus.



 Applicants who already hold a qualification for the level of funding they are applying for are not eligible.



 The scholarship must not be held simultaneously with a bursary/scholarship from any other NRF source, NRF administered source, and DAAD administered source or other government sources without prior NRF / DAAD permission.

Submitted applications will be routed to the institutional authority. In the case of Wits, to Waheeda Bala. Only applications meeting the DAAD criteria will be submitted to the NRF. This is competitive funding so submission to the NRF does not guarantee an award.

DAAD-NRF IN-COUNTRY MASTERS AND DOCTORAL SCHOLARSHIP

PROGRAMME

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR 2015


The DAAD  and  NRF are pleased to announce its Joint In-Country Scholarship programme for Masters and PhD students studying at South African universities in 2015.  The programme is based on a partnership between DAAD and the NRF. The In-Country Scholarship Programme offers a maximum of 100 new scholarship awards for Masters’ and Doctoral candidates per annum.

Applicants must apply online at: https://nrfsubmission.nrf.ac.za and follow the application procedure set out in the call document and funding manual

Please check when the internal deadline is at the university of your choice.

Should you have any queries with regards to the scholarship requirements or application procedure, please do not hesitate to contact us on the details below:

DAAD Information Centre Johannesburg
Ms Kerynn Dahl
Email: daad at wits.ac.za<mailto:daad at wits.ac.za>

or

NRF Scholarships and Fellowships
Ms Thashni Maistry- Pillay
E-mail: Thashni.maistry at nrf.ac.za<mailto:Thashni.maistry at nrf.ac.za>

or

For technical problems:
The NRF Supportdesk: 08:00-13:00 and 13:30-16:30
Email: Supportdesk at nrf.ac.za<mailto:Supportdesk at nrf.ac.za>


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