South African Association of Botanists Scholarship 2021/2022 | How to apply for the UNIUYO bursaries program online, requirements, application form, and application closing date 2021-2022.
Want to apply for Bursaries in South Africa 2021? The South African Association of Botanists invites an application from suitably and qualifies students for their bursary program 2021-2022.
About South African Association of Botanists
The South African Association of Botanists (SAAB) was founded for the promotion and development of Botany. It aims to support and sustain the state of this industry in all sectors of the population. The association promotes diversity and is committed to removing any restrictions to the practice of the profession.
SAAB represents a variety of academic botanical disciplines and its members are located at different South African universities, academic and research institutions. Members are actively involved in various aspects related to botany in their home institutions.
The association has an active organization of student members which are encouraged to participate on the annual congress. Students who attended the SAAB Conference become automatic members of SAAB and receive the SAABNet emails for the year in which they participated in the congress. SAABnet serves as the communication medium of SAAB matters. Only subscribed members will be able to send and receive emails via SAABNet.
South African Association of Botanists Scholarship
The South African Association of Botanists grants SAAB Scholarships to SADEC graduates with 70% or above grade average every year. In 2021, three awards of R12 000 for 1 year of tertiary study at Honours level (or 4th year level of study) in any botanically-related science will be granted to three registered students, on a competitive basis. This will only be given to learners who are studying at a South African institution and are a member or applying to become a member of SAAB. The applicant’s supervisor must be a paid-up member of SAAB.
The SAAB Council also gives one MSc scholarship worth R40 000 each year which is subject to satisfactory academic progress of the recipient. The same terms and conditions apply as for the Honours scholarship.
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Scholarship Requirements and Eligibility
- South African citizen
- Graduated with a BSc/MSc Honours degree with a minimum grade average of 70%
- Applicants should study in any botanically-related science at a South African institution
- Should be or apply to become a member of SAAB
- Supervisor of the student must be a paid-up member of SAAB
How to Apply and Application Details
How to apply (please include with application):
- Submit a curriculum vitae with names of two referees.
- Provide a letter of motivation from your supervisor.
- Submit certified academic transcripts.
- Provide a one page motivation, including a description of your proposed research interests.
- Disclose name(s) of other bursaries/scholarships applied for and amount(s).
- Fill out the SAAB Bursary Cover Form provided in the link here and send it with your application. Please take note that applications submitted without the SAAB Bursary Cover Form will not be accepted.
- Post your application by the deadline: 26 February 2021.
No late applications will be considered. The Council also reserves the rights not to make any awards should the candidates not fulfil all criteria. Successful candidates will be notified mid-March of the year of the award. The decision of the adjudicating committee is final, and no correspondence will be entered into.
Please post applications electronically (in .pdf format) to the Secretary: SAABsecretary@gmail.com
Opening & Closing Date
26 February 2021
Contact Details
For any queries related to this scholarship programme, please contact the South African Association of Botanists directly:
Prof Stephen Boatwright
Email: jboatwright@uwc.ac.za
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