Maize Trust Bursary Scheme
Students are invited to apply for bursaries to further their studies from the Maize Trust. The most important conditions of the bursaries are as follows:
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Please note that applications must be submitted to the Trust before 31 January 2010.
- Students must be South African citizens and busy with fulltime study.
- The bursaries are only for Masters and Doctoral studies.
- The field of study must be relevant to the South African maize industry.
- The topic for the thesis must be approved by the Maize Trust.
- The Trust requires a curriculum vitae, the full past study particulars, a short summary of the intended thesis and a copy of the ID of every applicant.
- A mentor for the study programme must be nominated and, together with the university where the study will be undertaken, must be approved by the Maize Trust.
- Students will be expected to work in the South African maize industry for a period that is the same length as the period for which a bursary was awarded.
- The total bursary amount is R55 226 per year for two years for MSc students and R66 853.50 per year for three years for PhD students.
For full details of the bursary agreement, please contact L&L Agricultural Services, the Administrators of the Maize Trust.
