Nurturing Emerging Scholars Programme

The Department of Higher Education and Training is pleased to announce the implementation of Phase 1 of the Nurturing Emerging Scholar’s Programme (NESP).  The NESP is a three-year programme that includes a 2 year Master’s scholarship followed immediately by a 1-year academic internship at a recruiting South African university.

Do you want to participate in a prestigious, structured, Post Graduate studies and development opportunity as a first step into an academic career that:

• Enables you to register and study for a full time Master’s degree at a University of your choice;
• Ensures that you are fully supported through a scholarship for up to a period of 2 years;
• Enables you to take up a 1-year internship position at a South African university after completion of the Master’s Degree;
• Ensures that you are fully supported by a mentor for the duration of your participation in the development programme;
• Provides an opportunity for exposure through support for a possible international mobility experience; and
• Enables you to develop your teaching and research abilities.

Then consider applying for one or more of the NESP positions listed below:

To be eligible for selection for the NESP, applicants must meet the following criteria, in addition to meeting the criteria specified by the University:

• Show interest in becoming an academic;
• Be 35 years or younger;
• Be a South African citizen;
• A minimum average of 65% attained in an appropriate Level 8 qualification e.g. Honour’s degree;
• Show evidence of eligibility to undertake postgraduate studies at Master’s level;
• Commitment to placement at the recruiting University for the full 3 years of the programme (2 years of studying at any University, and 1 year of internship at the recruiting University)