SANSA Bursary South Africa 2025
ABOUT THE BURSARY PROVIDER – 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 SANSA BURSARY PROGRAMME – FIELDS COVERED
The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) is inviting students to apply for their bursary programme, for the 2025 academic year.
SANSA will be awarding bursaries for Postgraduate degree studies, within 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
- 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 the space weather near-real-time products
- View our other Postgraduate Bursaries and Scholarships here.
- View our other Science Bursaries and Scholarships here.
- View our other Bursaries and Scholarships OPEN for application here.
MORE ABOUT THE SANSA BURSARY PROGRAMME – COVERAGE VALUE & RENEWAL
SANSA bursaries will be awarded to the following values (these amounts may be revised):
- 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 recipient may NOT be in receipt of bursaries that exceed the amount above – if applicants have another bursary of a lower amount amount, SANSA may provide a top-up bursary to the student and not the full bursary amount.
Masters and doctoral students must reapply for funding each year – bursaries will be renewed based on satisfactory progress during the previous year.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SANSA BURSARY
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):
- You must be a South African citizen
- You must be studying or intend on studying towards a postgraduate qualification, in one of the fields listed above
- You must have strong academic potential
- You must have proven financial need
- You must be interested in working within the space sector
- You must wish to bring positive benefits to society
- You must be driven and a forward thinker
HOW TO APPLY FOR THE SANSA BURSARY
Applications must be submitted online at: SANSA Bursary Application 2025
Submit clear copies of the following supporting documentation along with your online application (the submission of these documents is compulsory – if any items are missing, your application may be disqualified):
- ID document (certified copy, in pdf format)
- Full academic record (certified copy, in pdf format)
- Fee statement for ALL study years (certified copy, in pdf format)
- Completed SANSA testimonial by education official (in pdf format)
- Proof of any undergraduate bursaries/ funding, if applicable
CLOSING DATE FOR THE SANSA BURSARY
30 September 2024.
(Applications submitted after this date will not be accepted – please apply before the closing date to ensure your application is considered.)
CONTACT THE BURSARY PROVIDER
For any queries related to this bursary programme, please contact SANSA directly:
Email: grants@sansa.org.za
This bursary listing was last updated in June 2024.