SANBI Biological Invasion Bursary 2025

Deadline: 01 November 2024

Location: South Africa

About SANBI Biological Invasion Bursary

SANBI is currently accepting applications for 2025 academic year Biological Invasion bursaries.

The bursary will be awarded for Honours, Masters and Doctoral projects relevant to SANBI’s focus areas (status report and monitoring; incursion detection and response planning; eradication planning and co ordination; risk analysis; and taxonomy). Bursary recipients will conduct research as part of the South African National Biodiversity Institute’s work on biological invasions.

Awarding of the bursary is on condition that students successfully register in to an approved programme at university.

SANBI will be awarding the following bursaries:

1 bursary for Honours studies, valued at R60 000 plus fees
3 bursaries for Masters studies, valued at R115 000 plus fees
4 bursaries for Doctoral studies, valued at R161 000 plus fees

The bursary may cover the cost of registration of part-time studies or running costs of other projects, if the project is strongly aligned to SANBI’s mandate and all documents are provided.

Bursary funds are paid directly to the student and academic fees are paid directly to the host institution on receipt of an invoice.

Masters and Doctoral applicants may be considered for a 1 year project development internship, if they are unlikely to complete their studies within the allocated period of time. Project development interns will be required to re-apply for a bursary the following year.

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Shortlisted candidates will be contacted within 28 working days after of the closing date. If you do not receive any feedback within this time frame, please regard your application as unsuccessful. SANBI reserves the right not to award bursaries if no suitable candidates are selected.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

Applicants must satisfy the following minimum entry criteria before applying:

You must be a South African citizen
You must be registered to study towards a postgraduate (Honours, Masters or Doctoral) qualification, in one of the approved research projects areas
You must be registered to study at a recognised university in South Africa
You must be enthusiastic, pro-active, and keen to conduct research that will help improve understanding and management of biological invasions

How to apply

Submit clear copies of the following supporting documentation along with your completed cover sheet (the submission of these documents is compulsory – if any items are missing, your application may be disqualified):

ID document (certified copy)
Academic record for courses studied (certified copy)
Highest qualification completed (certified copy/ certified translation if required)
Full Curriculum Vitae
2 reference letters from academic supervisors
Statement of support from a prospective academic supervisor
Statement of support from a SANBI staff member who is to act as a contact or co-supervisor
Honours applicants: 1 page project outline
Masters and Doctoral applicants: 2 page project outline

Applications must be submitted via email to: students@sanbi.org.za AND sanbi.dbi.bursaries@gmail.com
(Insert the words “SANBI Biological Invasions Bursary Application” in the email subject line).

All supporting documents should be named correctly and preferably compiled into 1 single pdf document (including the cover sheet).

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