Scholarships and Bursaries in South Africa 2021-2022
Scholarships and Bursaries in South Africa – select choice of scholarship and bursary to apply now:
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF A SCHOLARSHIP
A scholarship is an award of financial aid for a student to further their education at a private elementary or secondary school, or a private or public post-secondary college, university, or other academic institution. Scholarships are awarded based upon various criteria, such as academic merit, diversity and inclusion, athletic skill, financial need, among others. Or some combination of these criteria. Scholarship criteria usually reflect the values and goals of the donor or founder of the award.
List of Scholarships for the year 2021-2022 are listed below. Click on any link of the listed scholarships of your choice to apply:
St Cyprians School Scholarships and Bursaries – APPLY NOW
St Johns College Centenary Scholarship – APPLY NOW
The George Bizos SAHETI Scholarship and Bursary – APPLY NOW
African Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarship – APPLY NOW
Western Province Preparatory School Scholarship – APPLY NOW
Students for a Better Future High School Scholarship – APPLY NOW
StudyTrust Bursary and Scholarship – APPLY NOW
CSIR Local Scholarship Programme – APPLY NOW
Redhill School Scholarships – APPLY NOW
Allan Gray Orbis Fellowship Programme Scholarship – APPLY NOW
Webber Wentzel Scholarships – APPLY NOW
Interdisciplinary Bilateral Master Scholarship – APPLY NOW
WHAT IS A BURSARY?
A bursary is a monetary award made by any educational institution or funding authority to individuals or groups. It is usually awarded to enable a student to attend school, university or college when they might not be able to, otherwise. Some awards are aimed at encouraging specific groups or individuals into study.
List of Bursaries for the year 2021-2022 are listed below. Click on any link of the listed Bursaries of your choice to apply:
Mintek Postgraduate Bursary Application – APPLY NOW
Basil Read Graduate Placement Bursary – APPLY NOW
St Cyprians School Scholarships and Bursaries – APPLY NOW
Air Traffic and Navigation Services ATNS Bursary – APPLY NOW
The George Bizos SAHETI Scholarship and Bursary – APPLY NOW
African Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarship – APPLY NOW
Mintek Undergraduate Bursary – APPLY NOW
Metropolitan Actuarial Bursary – APPLY NOW
Western Province Preparatory School Scholarship – APPLY NOW
TCTA Project Naledi Bursary – APPLY NOW
StudyTrust Bursary and Scholarship – APPLY NOW
Health Bursary KwaZulu Natal Nursing Applications – APPLY NOW
Samancor Bursary Scheme – APPLY NOW
Norah Taylor Bursary – APPLY NOW
Glencore Bursary Programme – APPLY NOW
Pan African Resources Bursary – APPLY NOW
Compensation Fund Bursary – APPLY NOW
Curtin University International Scholarship – APPLY NOW
AMASA Media Bursary – APPLY NOW
Bursaries for Heritage Related Studies – APPLY NOW
Harmony Gold Bursary Scheme – APPLY NOW
Maize Trust Bursary – APPLY NOW
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BURSARY AND SCHOLARSHIP
Bursaries are similar to but distinct from “scholarships” or “prizes”, which are based on performance or sponsorship. Scholarships and prizes are generally awarded for good performance in the study preceding course entrance in which the student achieves grades above the standard entry. These funders are usually education authorities, universities, companies and private trusts.
List of Scholarships and Bursaries for the year 2021-2022 are listed below. Click on any link of the listed scholarships and Bursaries of your choice to apply:
St Cyprians School Scholarships and Bursaries – APPLY NOW
The George Bizos SAHETI Scholarship and Bursary – APPLY NOW
StudyTrust Bursary and Scholarship – APPLY NOW
TYPES OF SCHOLARSHIPS
The most common scholarships may be classified as:
- Merit-based: These awards are based on a student’s academic, artistic, athletic or other abilities, and often factor in an applicant’s extracurricular activities and community service record. The most common merit-based scholarships, awarded by either private organizations or directly by a student’s intended college, recognize academic achievement or high scores on standardized tests. Most such merit-based scholarships are paid directly by the institution the student attends, rather than issued directly to the student.
- Need-based: Some private need-based awards are confusingly called scholarships, and require the results of a FAFSA (the family’s EFC). However, scholarships are often merit-based, while grants tend to be need-based.
- Student-specific: These are scholarships for which applicants must initially qualify based upon gender, race, religion, family, and medical history, or many other student-specific factors. Minority scholarships are the most common awards in this category. For example, students in Canada may qualify for a number of Indigenous scholarships, whether they study at home or abroad.
- Career-specific: These are scholarships a college or university awards to students who plan to pursue a specific field of study. Often, the most generous awards to students who pursue careers in high-need areas such as education or nursing. Many schools in the United States give future nurses full scholarships to enter the field, especially if the student intends to work in a high-need community.
- College-specific: College-specific scholarships are offered by individual colleges and universities to highly qualified applicants. These scholarships are given on the basis of academic and personal achievement. Some scholarships have a “bond” requirement. Recipients may be required to work for a particular employer for a specified period of time or to work in rural or remote areas; otherwise, they may be required to repay the value of the support they received from the scholarship. This is particularly the case with education and nursing scholarships for people prepared to work in rural and remote areas.
- Athletic: Awarded to students with exceptional skill in a sport. Often this is so that the student will be available to attend the school or college and play the sport on their team, although in some countries government-funded sports scholarships are available, allowing scholarship holders to train for international representation. School-based athletics scholarships can be controversial, as some believe that awarding scholarship money for athletic rather than academic or intellectual purposes is not in the institution’s best interest.
- Brand scholarships: These scholarships are sponsored by a corporation that is trying to gain attention to their brand, or a cause. Sometimes these scholarships are referred to as branded scholarships.
- Creative contest scholarships: These scholarships are awarded to students based on a creative submission. Contest scholarships are also called mini project based scholarships where students can submit entries based on unique and innovative ideas.
- “Last dollar” scholarships can be provided by private and government-based institutions, and are intended to cover the remaining fees charged to a student after the various grants are taken into account. To prohibit institutions from taking last dollar scholarships into account, and thereby removing other sources of funding, these scholarships are not offered until after financial aid has been offered in the form of a letter. Furthermore, last dollar scholarships may require families to have filed taxes for the most recent year; received their other sources of financial aid; and not yet received loans. Scholarships and Bursaries in South Africa
Scholarships made available with their deadlines stated. Check it Out:
Australia Awards Scholarships – 30 April 2021
Basil Read Bursary Programme – 30 December 2021
University of British Columbia Bursary – 31 December 2021
South African Veterinary Foundation Bursary – 31 December 2021
Leverhulme Mandela Rhodes Doctoral Scholarship – 01 January 2022
Investec CA Scholarship – 15 January 2022
Georgetown University Africa Scholarship – 15 January 2022
SAAFoST Foundation Bursary – 15 January 2022
Australia Awards Scholarship – 15 January 2022
Solomon Mahlangu Scholarship Fund – 16 January 2022
Funza Lushaka Bursary Programme – 18 January 2022
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