SANSA Bursary South Africa 2025

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SANSA Bursary South Africa 2025

ABOUT THE BURSARY PROVIDER – SANSA

The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) was established in 2010 as a public entity and government agency under the National Department of Science and Technology (DST). SANSA is tasked with developing and promoting aeronautics and aerospace research, with a focus on utilizing data from satellites for various assessments, including fires, flooding, environmental phenomena, and resource management in South Africa and across Africa.

ABOUT THE SANSA BURSARY PROGRAMME – FIELDS COVERED

SANSA invites students to apply for their bursary programme for the 2025 academic year. The bursary supports postgraduate degree studies in the following fields:

Earth Observation (Hons, MSc, PhD)
- Remote sensing
- Geospatial programme
- Earth system science with remote sensing
- Earth observations in ecosystems accounting
- Applications of remote sensing in environmental management, including oceans and marine, agricultural and rangelands, water resource management, mineral resource and spatial planning, air quality and climate science
Engineering (MEng, MTech, MSc, PhD, DTech)
- Software and software systems engineering
- Aeronautical, aerospace, mechanical, material, process, electronic, mechatronic, and computer engineering
- Space, systems, antenna, and RF engineering
- Electromagnetic compatibility
- Digital signal processing, onboard earth observation mission management, onboard data analysis and reaction, ground operations, earth observation, and science data analysis reporting
Space Science (Hons, MSc, MPhil, PhD)
- Solar physics and space weather forecasting
- Antarctic radar studies of atmospheric gravity waves
- Multi-instrument studies of space weather
- Multi-scale ionospheric physics, structure, and dynamics
- Ionospheric and radio propagation modelling
- Theory of waves (solitons) in plasmas
- Atmospheric radiation studies
- Verification of space weather forecasting
- Modelling geomagnetically induced currents in power systems
All SANSA divisions (Hons, MSc, PhD)
- Computer science
- Information systems
- Software and systems engineering
- Data science
- Field of your choice related to key SANSA objectives
- Space Weather impacts on global navigation satellite systems
- Evaluation of space weather near-real-time products

MORE ABOUT THE SANSA BURSARY PROGRAMME – COVERAGE VALUE & RENEWAL

Honours studies: R100,000 for 1 year of study
Masters studies: R120,000 for 2 years of study
PhD studies: R140,000 for 3 years of study

Bursary recipients may not receive other bursaries exceeding these amounts. SANSA may provide a top-up bursary if another bursary is of a lower amount. Masters and doctoral students must reapply for funding each year, and bursary renewal is based on satisfactory progress.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

Applicants must meet the following criteria:

South African citizen
Studying or intending to study towards a postgraduate qualification in the specified fields
Strong academic potential
Proven financial need
Interest in working within the space sector
Desire to bring positive benefits to society
Driven and forward-thinking

HOW TO APPLY

Applications must be submitted online at: SANSA Bursary Application 2025.

Submit the following supporting documents in PDF format: