SANSA 2023 Postgraduate Bursaries for Graduate Students

South Africa needs an increase in science and engineering graduates if we are to effectively resource the country with necessary and scarce skills to achieve goals of the National Development Plan and ensure a successful and sustainable future for our citizens. SANSA provides post graduate degree bursaries to contribute to the national target for qualified post-graduates in science and engineering.

Our Space Science project mandate includes but is not limited to the following:

SPACE SCIENCE (HONS, MSC, MPHIL, PHD)

• Solar physics
• Space Weather forecasting and verification aligned to navigation and radiation applications
• Antarctic radar studies of climate change
• Multi-instrument studies of space weather
• Modelling geomagnetically induced currents in power systems
• Multi scale ionospheric physics, structure and dynamics
• Ionospheric and radio propagation modelling
• Theory of waves and solutions in plasmas
• Computer Science
• Information Systems
• Software and systems engineering
• Data Science
• Field of your choice related to key SANSA objectives
• Space, systems, antenna and RF engineering

• Table of Content
• About South African National Space Agency (SANSA)
• SANSA Postgraduate Bursaries
• Aim and Benefits of SANSA Postgraduate Bursaries
• Requirements for SANSA Postgraduate Bursaries Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About South African National Space Agency (SANSA)

The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) came into being in December 2010, but South Africa’s involvement with space research and activities started many decades earlier with helping early international space efforts in the second half of the 20th century, and observing the Earth’s magnetic field at stations around Southern Africa. SANSA was created to promote the use of space and strengthen cooperation in space-related activities while fostering research in space science, advancing scientific engineering through developing human capital, and supporting industrial developme... continue reading

SANSA Postgraduate Bursaries

Aim and Benefits of SANSA Postgraduate Bursaries

For the 2024 academic year successful applicants will receive bursaries with values as stated below:

• Hons – R100 000 (one year).
• Masters – R120 000 per year for two years.
• PhD – R140 000 per year for three years.

Applicants may not hold a combination of bursaries that exceed these amounts. Should an applicant have another bursary of lessor amount, SANSA will consider providing a top-up amount to the student provided the student meets the criteria mentioned above.

Support for continuing years is not guaranteed and will depend on satisfactory progress during the previous year.

Requirements for SANSA Postgraduate Bursaries Qualification

The main criteria used in the selection of successful applicants are financial need, academic potential and career-oriented study programmes.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

For more details, visit SANSA website.