Eligibility: Applicants are encouraged to please carefully read through the eligibility criteria on the call documents and funding manual before applying.
Innovation Fellowships: include but are not limited to biotechnology, cellular and molecular biology, engineering disciplines, computing science, physics and astronomy, mathematical sciences, nanotechnology, chemistry, earth sciences, ecology and medical sciences.
NRF Free-standing Fellowships: areas such as social and human sciences, economic and management sciences (EMS), natural and applied sciences as well as engineering and technology.
Scarce Skills Development Fund Fellowships: Financial Management, Accounting, Auditing, Statistics, Actuarial Science, Biotechnology, Mathematical Sciences, Physics, Geology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Chemistry, Engineering (all fields), Agricultural Sciences, Transportation Studies, Tourism and Demography
Applications should be submitted electronically at: http:/nrfinterim.nrf.ac.za
Should you have any queries with regards to the fellowship requirements or application procedure, please do not hesitate to contact Cathy Sandis at 012 420 4023 or [email protected]
Please find attached:
Guideline for applicants
Innovation postdoctoral research fellowship call
NRF freestanding postdoctoral research fellowship
Funding manual
SSDF postdoctoral research fellowship call
How to apply for all the above:
Applicants can apply by following the steps below:
Application:
http:/nrfinterim.nrf.ac.za and Update CV information on:
http:/nrfonline.nrf.ac.za
- Login using your registered username (ID number) and password for the above systems.
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PLEASE NOTE: First time users should register with the same ID and password on both systems.
- Carefully read through the Scholarships and Fellowships funding manual and guidelines for applicants.
- Select the call for which you wish to apply for (refer to step by step guideline for applicants).
- Remember to complete all sections of the application and attach all the necessary documentation including certified full academic transcripts, certificates and identity documents.
- Applicants must also update their CV on the NRF online system.
- Provide and updated or completed list of your research outputs on the CV section on the NRF online system.
- Remember to submit your application on completion.
- Complete applications will go to the host university for verification before being forwarded to the NRF for further processing.
- Incomplete applications that do not include updated CV information will not be considered.
- Applications that do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be considered (please refer to funding manual for details on eligibility of fellowship programmes).
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