Southern Africa Climate Finance Partnership (SACFP) 2021 Postgraduate Scholarships for African Students

The Southern Africa Climate Finance Partnership (SACFP) invites postgraduates to apply for scholarships that will begin in February 2021. The call for scholarships seeks to offer 4 postgraduate students to undertake postgraduate researched-based degrees focused on climate finance.

• Table of Content
• About SouthSouthNorth (SSN)
• SACFP Postgraduate Scholarships
• Aim and Benefits of SACFP Postgraduate Scholarships
• Requirements for SACFP Postgraduate Scholarships Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About SouthSouthNorth (SSN)

SouthSouthNorth (SSN) came into being in 1999 when Hélène Connor (HELIO International), Emilio La Rovere, (COPPE Federal University of Rio de Janeiro), Steve Thorne, and Stefan Raubenheimer met up during the inter-sessional  Subsidiary Body meeting of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Bonn, Germany, in late 1999. Steve and Emilio had been commissioned by Helio International to propose a set of criteria and indicators to appraise sustainable development attributes of Clean Development Mechanism projects and present them at a side ... continue reading

SACFP Postgraduate Scholarships

Aim and Benefits of SACFP Postgraduate Scholarships

The value of the master’s scholarship award is ZAR 117 000 pp/pa. The PhD scholarship award will be calculated based on the eligible expenses of the field of study. The scholarship will run for 2 years for Masters candidates and 3 years for PhD candidates starting in February 2021.

Requirements for SACFP Postgraduate Scholarships Qualification

1. Completed an Honours and/or Masters degree in related fields such as economics, natural resources management, finance, geography, or development studies within the last 5 years.
2. Must independently secure university admission prior to the scholarship being awarded.
3. The MSc or PhD thesis topic must be related to climate finance and approved by the SACFP Principal Investigator.
4. A minimum research output of two publications from the PhD candidate, and at least 1 publication from the Master’s candidates to be submitted to a peer-reviewed journal.
5. The student will be co-supervised by the SACFP Principal Investigator, in addition to an academic supervisor at the university.
6. Preference will be given to SADC citizens and permanent residents.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

To apply, please complete this Google Form. Only applications received via the google form will be considered.

For more details, visit SSN website.