NRF-Nuffic Doctoral Scholarships 2018

• Funding of full-time doctoral studies at a Dutch HEI
• Applicant Eligibility: Be South African citizens or permanent residents, although South African citizens will be prioritised; Provide a Master’s degree certificate or an official document from the university certifying that all requirements for the Master’s degree have been met and that they will be graduating; Be intending to pursue full-time doctoral studies; Not hold full-time salaried employment during the tenure of the award.
• Supervisor Eligibility (TU Delft researcher): Dutch HEIs will cover the cost of tuition, access to research infrastructure and research running costs: Supervisors must commit to evaluate the academic suitability of the applicant and endorse the research proposal (including timeframes) before the application is submitted to the NRF for merit review; Supervisors may do this through email correspondence with the applicant and via other electronic media such as Skype or video conferencing;
• Area of Support: (i) Science, (ii) Engineering (iii) Technology, (iv) the Social Sciences and (v) Humanities. The percentage of supported students will be 80% from STEM disciplines and 20% from the Social Sciences and Humanities. Preference will also be given to vulnerable discipline such as Statistics, Mathematics and Nursing, emerging research areas or where there exists a paucity of research infrastructure and/or suitably qualified supervisors in South Africa.
• Selection Criteria: Rationale and Literature; Aims and Objectives; Methodology and proposed research plan; Anticipated outputs; Potential impact; Alignment to National Research Strategies; Motivation; Academic Merit
• Equity targets: 80% blacks, 55% women and 4% students with disability.
• Expected # of scholarships to be awarded in this round: 10
• NRF Scholarship budget for 4 years: Total 67 k€: = Scholarship (subsistence) 60 k€ + Health Insurance  5.2k€ + Airfare 1.6 k€ + Visa 0.3k€
• Deadline: 14 May 2018

More information:
http://www.nrf.ac.za/content/nrf-nuffic-doctoral-scholarships-2018

Before a South-African MSc student can apply for a scholarship, he/she has to find a supervisor in one of the participating Dutch Higher Education Institutions.

Interested supervisors at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands:

• Water management:
  prof. Nick van de Giesen, prof. Huub Savenij
  See: https://www.tudelft.nl/citg/over-faculteit/afdelingen/watermanagement/research/), https://www.tudelft.nl/en/ceg/about-faculty/departments/watermanagement/research/chairs/water-resources/
• Water sanitation:
  Dr. ir. S.G.J. Heijman, Prof. dr. ir. L.C. Rietveld, Dr. ir. D. van Halem, prof. dr. Ir. M.K. de Kreuk, prof. dr. Ir. J.B van Lier, dr. Ir. R.E.F. Lindeboom
  See: <link citg over-faculteit afdelingen watermanagement research>www.tudelft.nl/citg/over-faculteit/afdelingen/watermanagement/research/,  https://www.tudelft.nl/en/ceg/about-faculty/departments/watermanagement/research/chairs/sanitary-engineering/
• Coastal Engineering:
  Prof. Jill Slinger
  See: https://www.tudelft.nl/en/tpm/about-the-faculty/departments/multi-actor-systems/people/associate-professors/jill-slinger/
• Urbanisation and Global Housing:
  dr. Roberto Rocco, prof. Dick van Gameren, prof. Andy van den Dobbelsteen, prof. Vincent Nadin
  See: https://www.tudelft.nl/en/architecture-and-the-built-environment/about-the-faculty/departments/urbanism/research/ and <link en architecture-and-the-built-environment about-the-faculty departments architecture organisation chairs dwelling staff>www.tudelft.nl/en/architecture-and-the-built-environment/about-the-faculty/departments/architecture/organisation/chairs/dwelling/staff/ and https://www.tudelft.nl/bk/over-faculteit/hoogleraren/profdrir-aajf-van-den-dobbelsteen/
• Policy Analyses and engineering:
  dr. Erik Pruyt, prof. Bartel Van De Walle, dr. Bert Enserink
  https://www.tudelft.nl/en/tpm/about-the-faculty/departments/multi-actor-systems/people/ and https://www.tudelft.nl/tbm/over-de-faculteit/afdelingen/multi-actor-systems/research/humtech-lab/humtech-lab/
• Systems Engineering:
  prof dr Frances Brazier, dr Martijn Warnier, dr. Stephan Lukosch, dr. Tina Comes (resilience), dr. Yilin Huang, dr. Iulia Lefter
  https://www.tudelft.nl/en/tpm/about-the-faculty/departments/multi-actor-systems/people/
• Healthcare:
  Prof. Jenny Dankelman, dr. Jan-Carel Diehl, dr. Thomas Abeel.<link over-3me organisatie afdelingen biomechanical-engineering people dankelman-profdr-j-jenny>
  www.tudelft.nl/3me/over-3me/organisatie/afdelingen/biomechanical-engineering/people/dankelman-profdr-j-jenny/, http://www.jcdiehl.nl/, <link en eemcs the-faculty departments intelligent-systems pattern-recognition-bioinformatics pattern-recognition-bioinformatics-the-delft-bioinformatics-lab people thomas-abeel>www.tudelft.nl/en/eemcs/the-faculty/departments/intelligent-systems/pattern-recognition-bioinformatics/pattern-recognition-bioinformatics-the-delft-bioinformatics-lab/people/thomas-abeel/
• Energy:
  Prof. Braham Ferreira, prof. Pavol Bauer, dr. Jan-Carel Diehl
  https://www.tudelft.nl/en/eemcs/the-faculty/departments/electrical-sustainable-energy/dc-systems-energy-conversion-storage/staff/, http://www.jcdiehl.nl/,https://www.tudelft.nl/io/over-de-faculteit/persoonlijke-profielen/universitair-hoofddocenten/diehl-jc/
• Mine waste/Geosciences:
  Dr Mike Buxton
  https://www.tudelft.nl/citg/over-faculteit/afdelingen/geoscience-engineering/sections/resource-engineering/staff/dr-mwn-mike-buxton/