Bursaries are available to post-graduate South African students studying on a full-time basis in Renewable Energy. These bursaries would be :
R80 000 per year for a maximum period of two years (Master's degrees)
R100 000 per year for a maximum period of three years (Doctoral degrees)
From these fees students should pay their tuition fees, books, accommodation, travel and all other living expenses. Note that students should re-apply for a bursary after every academic year. Continuation of the bursary is subject to the student's satisfactory performance.
BURSARY CONDITIONS:
1) Bursaries are only awarded to South African citizens and permanent residents and preference will be given to candidates from the designated groups, including female students. Proof of permanent residence permit must be submitted with application for bursary.
2) Bursaries are only available for full-time, on-campus students.
3) You must be admitted to the degree programme as indicated on your application before any bursary payments will be made. If you want to change your programme or research project you will have to apply in writing to do so and may forfeit your bursary if it is decided that the new programme/project is no longer part of the focus of the Postgraduate Programme in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Studies.
4) You may not hold any other bursaries in conjunction with this bursary except for university awarded merit bursaries. This restriction will apply to all bursaries from the National Research Foundation, employers such as Eskom and SASOL, and bursaries from trusts or other donor agencies.
5) All merit bursaries that you receive must be reported to the Centre as soon as they are awarded, including the amount of said bursaries.
6) You may not commit more than eight hours per week to any additional income generating work. Any such work, and the amount of income you will receive from it, must be declared to and approved by your supervisor and the Director of the Centre.
To apply for the Centre's bursary, please complete the following form: Centre's Application Form and forward it to the Bursary Administrator at the Centre, email address: crses@sun.ac.za or fax it to: +27 - (0)21 - 808 4277.
The closing date for the bursaries for 2012 is 30 September 2011
For more information on other bursaries available, students are referred to the Post Graduate Bursary Department of the University should they want to enquire about other bursaries offered by the Stellenbosch University.
