{"id":78221,"date":"2025-05-21T08:18:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T06:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/?p=78221"},"modified":"2025-05-21T08:28:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T06:28:19","slug":"postgraduate-funding-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/postgraduate-funding-rally\/","title":{"rendered":"Postgraduate Funding Rally"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"78221\" class=\"elementor elementor-78221\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1e6ba3b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1e6ba3b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a62979e\" data-id=\"a62979e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad319c2 elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ad319c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\">Sol Plaatje University<\/a><\/span> (SPU) grows its research capacity, it will have to simultaneously increase its postgraduate programmes, especially at Master\u2019s and Doctoral levels. It is therefore one of the strategic goals of the University to grow and promote research, innovation, and postgraduate development, with a specific objective of postgraduate advancement and support. To this end, on 9 May 2025, the Research Office at SPU hosted a Postgraduate Funding Rally at which they showcased funding opportunities for the 2026 academic year.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In an environment where sourcing funding is often challenging due to limited resources, and it being highly competitive, postgraduate students must consider various options to fund their studies. At the Postgraduate Funding Rally different funders discussed their approaches to postgraduate funding and presented opportunities available through their organisations:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul style=\"text-align: justify;\"><li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A key priority of the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhet.gov.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Higher Education and Training<\/a><\/span> is to foster advanced research and innovation which is crucial for the country&#8217;s development.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul style=\"text-align: justify;\"><li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The core mission of the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omt.org.za\/postgraduate-study\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oppenheimer Memorial Trust Scholarship<\/a><\/span> is to fund and connect excellent individuals to rebuild and sustain South Africa\u2019s academic excellence and lead in South African society and beyond.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mr Romney Veli from the Northern Cape Premier\u2019s Office stressed the importance of utilising funding responsibly to strengthen research capacity growth, programmes, and ensuring long-term impact for both the province and the country. The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrf.ac.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Research Fund<\/a><\/span>\u2019s Ms Celumusa Kunene stated that they support academic excellence and drive transformation, to empower future leaders that shape their communities.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7461114 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7461114\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the Sol Plaatje University (SPU) grows its research capacity, it will have to simultaneously increase its postgraduate programmes, especially at Master\u2019s and Doctoral levels. 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