South African National Space Agency (SANSA) Bursary 2019

ABOUT THE COMPANY – SANSA

The South African National Space Agency (SANSA), established in 2010, are a public entity and government agency operating under the National Department of Science and Technology (DST).

SANSA are responsible developing and promoting aeronautics and aerospace space research, with the companies main focus on utilising data acquired from remote sensing via satellites and other projects to provide assessment about fires, flooding, environmental phenomena and resource management both within the country and throughout Africa.

ABOUT THE BURSARY PROGRAMME – FIELDS COVERED

Each year SANSA provides bursaries to postgraduate Science and Engineering students, who are passionate and want to excel in their chosen field of study.

Bursaries will be awarded to Postgraduate students in the following fields of study:
Earth Observation (Hons/ PhD/ MSc):

Earth Systems Science with Remote Sensing
Earth Observations in Ecosystems Accounting
Remote Sensing
Geospatial Programming
Remote Sensing in Environmental Management (including Agriculture and Rangelands, Water Resource Management, Marine and Oceans, Mineral Resourcing and Spatial Planning)

Space Science (Hons/ PhD/ MSc/ MPhil):

Modelling geomagnetically induced currents in power systems
Ionospheric and radio propagation modeling
Multi-scale ionospheric physics, structure and dynamics
Multi-instrument studies of space weather
Antarctic radar studies of climate change
Theory of waves and solitons in plasma

Engineering (PhD/ MSc/ MTech/ MEng/ DTech):

Aerospace Engineering
Aeronautical Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Electronic Engineering
Computer Engineering
Mechatronic Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Software Engineering
Software Systems Engineering
Systems Engineering
Space Engineering
Antenna and Radio Frequency Systems Engineering

All divisions (Hons/ PhD/ MSc):

Computer Science and Engineering
Information Systems
Software and Systems Engineering
Data Science
Field related to key SANSA objectives

MORE ABOUT THE BURSARY PROGRAMME – COVERAGE VALUE

Bursaries will be awarded to the value of the following amounts:
Honours students: R75 000 per annum
Masters students: R100 000 per annum, for 2 years
PhD students: R130 000 per annum, for 3 years

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

Applicants must satisfy the following minimum entry criteria before applying (please note that failure to satisfy all the requirements will lead to your application not being considered):

South African citizen
Strong academic potential
Studying or intend on studying towards one of the aforementioned postgraduate degree qualifications
Satisfy the minimum entry criteria for acceptance into one of the aforementioned fields of study at a recognised South African University
Interested in working within the space sector
Driven and forward thinking
Proven financial need

HOW TO APPLY FOR THE BURSARY

Applications must be done online at: https://www.sansa.org.za/careers/bursaries/application/

Submit clear copies of the following supporting documentation along with your completed application form (the submission of these documents is compulsory – if any items are missing, your application be disregarded):

ID document (certified copy)
Full tertiary academic record (certified copy)
Completed SANSA testimonial by education official (.pdf)
MSc and PhD students must add their research proposal

CLOSING DATE

15 September 2019.
(Applications submitted after this date will not be accepted – please apply before the closing date to ensure your application is considered.)