Research scholarships

The major sources of merit-based awards are the 2 state-funded research councils:

• National Research Foundation (NRF)
• Medical Research Council (MRC)

National Research Foundation

The NRF offers the following honours, master's and doctoral opportunities:

• 2020 Call for Applications NRF Postgraduate Scholarships for Full-time Studies in 2020 for Honours, Master’s & Doctoral study

  Categories	UCT Internal Closing Dates
  Honours	31 October 2019
  Masters (first time applicant)	1 August 2019 (DATE CHANGE)
  Doctoral (first time applicant)	05 July 2019
  Masters and Doctoral Extension	05 July 2019
  Doctoral Abroad (NRF-Nuffic)	31 May 2019

• NRF bursary and scholarship calls
• NRF Application and Funding Guide
• NRF travel grant linked to NRF scholarships and fellowships

  Applicants travelling between:	UCT Closing Date	Application Outcomes
  March - June	15 March 2019	31 March 2019
  July - September	31 May 2019	30 June 2019
  October - December	30 August 2019	30 September 2019

• The South African Radio Astronomy Observatory invites suitably qualified students to apply for Masters Scholarships for 2020 - Closing 23 September 2019
• The South African Radio Astronomy Observatory invites suitably qualified students to apply for Doctoral Scholarships for 2020 - Closing 23 September 2019
• The South African Radio Astronomy Observatory invites supervisors to submit Project Proposals for Postgraduate Research for 2020 - Closing 23 September 2019
• NRF grantholder claim form – PG001
• Agreement for grantholder-linked student support

Medical Research Council (MRC)

For more information regarding the requirements for the MRC's 2 scholarships, please visit the Medical Research Council's website.

CSIR - DST Inter- Programme

Application closed

UCT research scholarships

UCT research scholarships are intended for students who are eligible for NRF (SET), NRF (SSH) and MRC bursaries but are unsuccessful with their applications.

Students who are eligible but fail to apply in time for the appropriate research council bursary will not be considered for UCT bursary assistance.

Please refer to booklet 14 (see Downloads) for full details.