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A bursary is financial assistance awarded to a student for further study or training. These are awarded for numerous reasons, primarily academic merit and/or financial need. Some bursaries may have conditions attached, for example, performance targets, employment contracts or commitment to participation within the community.
Undergraduate bursaries
- FirstRand Fund Strategic Partners programme – support is offered for the further education of mine, energy and construction workers and their dependants through the JB Marks Education Trust, with a bias towards the sciences and engineering disciplines.
- The FNB Fund Tertiary Bursary programme – support is offered for studies in the fields of commerce, science and engineering. Support is offered at Honours level for accounting Honours only.
- Discovery Fund – Support for medicine and closely related disciplines.
Postgraduate bursaries
- The Momentum Fund Bursary programme – support is offered for full- or part-time postgraduate students with a disability. Bursaries may be awarded to graduates without a disability. These studies should be in any of the fields of social work, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy or disability studies.
- The FirstRand/Laurie Dippenaar Scholarship for International Post-Graduate Study – a scholarship to the value of R350 000 per annum for a maximum of two years is available to a South African citizen, for study outside South Africa in any discipline at the internationally recognized University of their choice. Excellence is the only criteria for selection.
- The Momentum/Dippenaar Scholarship.
- The Discovery Foundation Specialist postgraduate medical bursaries.
Potential applicants are advised to visit the various Fund pages by clicking the appropriate logos below for further information on the bursaries offered by Tshikululu’s clients.
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