Fulbright is an aggressive scholarship program that gives South African residents and everlasting residents the chance to finish a grasp’s or doctoral diploma at any accredited tertiary establishment in America. The program is now accepting scholarship applications. The deadline is on May 14th 2021.
The scholarships cover the tuition fees as well as bills the student incurs within the US for as long as two years. Since 1953, more than 2,100 South Africans have pursued research and analysis within the US using the Fulbright program.
South Africans wishing to pursue a grasp’s diploma are required to have accomplished a four-year B-Tech diploma or a three-year bachelor’s diploma with an Honors diploma. Potential doctoral college students should have efficiently obtained a Grasp’s diploma. The scholarship, however, doesn’t cover Medical and MBA research students.
Fulbright has partnered with the Nationwide Analysis Basis (NRF), to make the scholarships accessible to NRF-funded South African PhD college students, who are currently enrolled in a South African college or tertiary institute, and who intend to conduct one 12 month’s analysis at a tertiary institute in the USA.
Costs covered by the scholarship include:
- Grasp’s or doctoral diploma: 2 years of funding in direction of one diploma. For doctoral levels, no less than 2-3 years of research are required past the preliminary two years.
- Doctoral candidates have to save their very own private or different funding to proceed finding out in the USA.
- Non-Diploma: Participation in a visiting analysis program for one educational 12 months (9-10 months).
Totally funded awards usually cover the costs given below. However, this can fluctuate based on every grantee’s program:
- Journey allowance and transportation from South Africa to the licensed US vacation spot;
- Well being advantages;
- Settling in allowance upon arrival within the US;
- Month-to-month upkeep allowance (to cowl residing bills);
- Tuition and charges;
- E book and laptop allowance;
- J-1 visa sponsorship.
The eligibility criteria for the Fulbright scholarship is as given:
- Be a South African citizen OR a permanent resident with a minimum of 5 years of permanent residency status in South Africa (Please note: S.A. nationals with dual citizenship from the U.S. are not eligible for the program);
- For Non-Degree (Visiting Student Researcher) studies: Must be registered for a PhD with a South African university;
- Have a four-year bachelor’s degree, or a three-year bachelor’s degree plus honours year, or a four-year B-Tech degree when applying for master’s;
- Have a master’s degree when applying for a Doctoral degree.
