Council for Geoscience Bursary 2025
Deadline: 21 March 2025
Location: South Africa
About Council for Geoscience Bursary
Council for Geoscience is accepting applications for 2025 academic year bursaries.
Bursaries will be awarded for undergraduate and postgraduate (BSc, BSc Hon, MSC, PhD) studies within the following fields:
- Computational Geosciences
- Economic Geology
- Engineering Geology
- Environmental Geology
- Environmental Science
- Exploration Geology, and other related geoscience disciplines
- Geo-informatics
- Geochemistry
- Geochronology
- Geohazards
- Geology
- Geomagnetism
- Geophysics
- Geotechnical Investigations
- Hydrogeology (focus on groundwater modeling)
- Marine Geology
- Mineral Economics
- Mining Seismology
- Paleontology
- Remote Sensing
- Seismology
Bursaries will be awarded for research topics defined by the CGS.
The bursary will provide cover for the following expenses: registration fees, tuition fees, prescribed books, meals, accommodation/ transport allowance, field excursions and analysis and a once-off laptop allowance for first-time bursary recipients.
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Bursary recipients may be required to partake in vocational work at the company, during university holidays. They may also be required to work for the CGS after graduation, as part of the work back contract.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Applicants must satisfy the following minimum entry criteria before applying:
- You must be a South African citizen
- You must have completed Matric
- You must have achieved a minimum of level 6 for Mathematics and Physical Science in Matric
- You must be studying or intend on studying full-time, towards a qualification in one of the fields listed above, in 2025
- You must be studying or registered/ enrolled to study at a recognised tertiary institution in South Africa
- You must have passed all the courses you have registered for, if currently studying
- You must NOT be currently employed and you must be willing and able to work for the CGS after graduation, when required
How to apply
Applications must be submitted via email to: bursaries@geoscience.org.za. Insert the following in the email subject line: BursaryFT-2025.
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Applications submitted after this date will not be accepted.
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