Tom Queba Scholarships 2024: Free & All Inclusive

The Tom Queba Scholarships 2024 is now open and accepting applications across the country.

Canon Collins Trust, in partnership with Tom Queba Memorial Fund, invites applications for Masters and Doctoral scholarships at South African universities in 2024. We will provide funding for up to a maximum of two years and an opportunity to enhance your academic and leadership skills through organised events.

Across all our scholarships, our scholars demonstrate the potential to drive change towards just and equitable civil societies. The overriding requirement of the scholarship is that the proposed study contributes directly to social and/or environmental development, and particularly to the betterment of lives and livelihoods of the poorest people in South Africa.

We will award scholarships for social change within the following areas:
• Justice
• Education
• Humanities and the Arts
• Sciences and Applied Sciences

The Scholarship will provide funding for up to a maximum of two years and an opportunity to enhance academic and leadership skills through organized events. Successful scholars demonstrate the potential to drive change towards just and equitable civil societies.

What The Tom Queba Scholarships 2024 Offers

In 2024, the value of the scholarship package will be R85,000. Funding will be provided for up to a maximum of two years. We support both full and part-time study and will consider applications from those who wish to study by distance learning.

We also organise an annual conference for current scholars and hold several smaller events throughout the year. Scholarship holders are expected to participate in these activities and to become part of and contribute to our network.

Tom Queba Scholarships 2024 Summary

Scholarship Sponsor(s): Canon Collins Trust and Tom Queba Memorial Fund

Scholarship Type: Full Funding

Host Institution(s): South African universities

Scholarship Worth: See Scholarship benefits

Number of Awards: Several

Study Level: Postgraduate (Masters and PhD)

Nationality: South Africans

Tom Queba Scholarships 2024 Eligibility Criteria

To be considered for the Tom Queba Scholarships 2024, applicants are to meet the following criteria:

• be a black South African female national, normally residing in South Africa
• be in possession of a good first degree (minimum second class, upper division or equivalent) or about to graduate in the year of application
• be studying or applying to study at a Masters or doctoral level at a South African university.

How To Apply For The Tom Queba Scholarships 2024

Interested applicants for the Tom Queba Scholarships 2024 are to complete an online application on or before the application deadline, as a late or incomplete application will not be accepted.

Guidelines For Filling Application Form

FILLING IN THE FORM

Please remember that someone else will read your application. Therefore:

Please do:

1. Pay attention to grammar and presentation
2. Complete all sections
3. Attach all necessary documents
4. Submit your application in a timely manner

Please do not:

5. Repeat answers
6. Write in capital letters
7. Attach unnecessary documents

Incomplete applications will not be considered.

REFERENCES

We DO NOT ask you to attach references to your application form. However, if you are shortlisted, we will ask you for two references as well as a supporting statement from your supervisor if you are applying for PhD study. You will need to be able to provide these quickly. Ideally, one reference

should be from your current or most recent academic supervisor, and one reference from an employer.

If you have never been employed, we will accept a reference from voluntary work, or two academic references. You should ask your referees to write a reference that relates to your suitability for this scholarship.

GETTING A PLACE ON YOUR COURSE

You must apply to the universities you wish to study at for a place on your chosen course(s). If you

are offered a scholarship but fail to get a place in a course, we will withdraw the offer.

SELECTION CRITERIA

In selecting scholars, the Trust will apply a number of criteria, including academic merit, financial need

and the potential to contribute to open and just societies in southern Africa.

Applicants will be assessed on the basis of the information that they supply on their application form against the criteria outlined below:

1. Academic Record and References

Applicants should have a minimum of an upper second-class (merit) undergraduate or Honours

degree and excellent references.

2. Future impact

All applicants need to articulate how the scholarship and their studies will enable them to contribute to

open and just societies in southern Africa.

3. Work Experience

We favour applications where there is a demonstrable continuity between the applicant’s past study and

career and their proposed course of study.

4. Leadership Competencies

Canon Collins places a great deal of emphasis upon the leadership potential of individuals. Applicants

will be asked to demonstrate how they have developed their leadership skills in the workplace, academia or in their personal life. Priority will be given to those who can describe an occasion/s in which they have used their skills to formulate a shared vision or strategy, build strategic relationships and networks, support peers and mentor others, and deliver results.

5. Alignment with the Trust’s priorities

We will favour applicants who most clearly demonstrate that their proposed course and future plans align with the Trust’s priorities.

Application Deadline: 22^nd August 2024 at 15:00 BST

See more about the guidelines by clicking the link below

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Click on the link below to apply for the Tom Queba Scholarships 2024

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