The Postgraduate Funds Management (PGFM) within the Postgraduate support Centre (PGSC) focuses on two key goals: generating income from external funders to supplement postgraduate scholarships, and ensuring effective management of externally funded scholarships in compliance with institutional and funder requirements.
The PGFM Office works to secure funding that supports postgraduate students.
We:
- Identify and pursue new funding opportunities.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with funders and donors.
- Ensure funding proposals align with national priorities and the university’s strengths.
- Track and evaluate fundraising outcomes to maximize impact.
Our goal is to increase access to scholarships and success of postgraduate student.
Management of External Postgraduate Scholarships
Primarily handles NRF pre- and post-award support by:
- Guiding grant applications
- Reviewing submissions for compliance
- Offering funding strategy training
- Managing fund disbursement to students
- Ensuring adherence to funder conditions
For Pre-Award related queries (Application support), contact: PGPreAwards@nwu.ac.za
For Post-Award related queries (Award Support), contact: queries (Award Support), contact: PGPostAward@nwu.ac.za
Generating income from external funders
Income generation is responsible for sourcing funds or bursaries to support postgraduate students by engaging with external funders, building strategic partnerships, and identifying new funding opportunities.
For external postgraduate funding enquiries please contact : PGFundingHub@nwu.ac.za
For fellowship/research grant enquiries please contact : ResearchFundingHub@nwu.ac.za.