There are various funding opportunities for which students can apply to support their studies at the NWU. Below is a list of different funding opportunities that are available to those candidates who comply with the minimum requirements.
Candidates are advised to secure additional support, as the bursaries or scholarships are only a contribution and do not always cover the full costs of a postgraduate student.
Applicants must submit their applications on the National Research Foundation (NRF) online submission system at: https://nrfsubmission.nrf.ac.za.
Please note: there are downloadable PDF documents that vary in file size available on this page.
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Funding Calls Updated 2020/01/06
| NRF & Other Funding Calls | NWU Closing Date | NRF Closing Date | Designated Authority |
|---|---|---|---|
| NRF-Nuffic Doctoral Scholarship | tba | tba | Heide Goedhals |
| NRF Extension Support for Masters and Doctoral Scholarships for 2021 | tba | tba | Heide Goedhals |
| NRF Doctoral Scholarships for 2021 (First time applicant) | tba | tba | Heide Goedhals |
| NRF Masters Scholarships for 2021 (First time applicant) | tba | tba | Heide Goedhals |
| NRF Honours and final year B Tech Bursaries for 2021 | tba | tba | Heide Goedhals |
Calls for Annual Progress Reports
This call is now open.
Emerging Researchers Development Programme
This call is now closed. Please visit the website regularly for any updates that may follow.
SARChI
This call is now closed. Please visit the website regularly for any updates that may follow.
CV update
Grant holders are requested to update their 2019 research outputs on their CV on the NRF online submission system at https://nrfsubmission.nrf.ac.za
The 2019 outputs will be listed in the annual progress reports and grant holders will be able to select the ones they wish to have included in the relevant annual progress report.
Post-Funding
All students who received funding for master’s or doctoral degrees need to provide the NRF with information regarding their completed degree, as stated in the M&D agreement form that all grant holders sign before the NRF funds are released.
Once you have graduated, the following steps need to be taken to complete the post-funding NRF requirements:
1. Obtain your Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETC) link.
All NWU theses and dissertations are loaded onto Boloka, the NWU Institutional Repository.
Link to Boloka: https://repository.nwu.ac.za/.
The process works as follows:
1.1 You hand in hard and electronic copies of your thesis/dissertation at the M&D offices.
1.2 After processing, the thesis/dissertation is sent to the library’s cataloguing section.
1.3 After the graduation ceremonies, the library’s cataloguing section receives the graduation booklet. With this booklet they start cataloguing the electronic theses and dissertations.
1.4 After theses and dissertations have been catalogued, they are loaded onto Boloka, which is where you will find your ETD link.
1.5 You have to search for your title on Boloka and obtain your ETD link.