Student Opportunities

Opportunities

A list of training opportunities for early and mid-career professionals in fields relating to marine science. For internship and postdoctoral opportunities, please have a look at the Vacancies page.

	Opportunity	Institution	Closing Date
	Masters and PhD Funding The DSTI and NRF have announced a call for new Master's and Doctoral funding applications for the 2026 academic year, with continuing eligible students required to submit progress reports. Funding is available at Full Cost of Study (FCS) for eligible South African citizens and permanent residents (financially needy, disabled, or exceptional academic achievers) and Partial Cost of Study (PCS) for a limited number of international students and other qualifying South Africans. Applications across Science, Engineering, Technology, Social Sciences, and Humanities must be submitted online via the NRF Connect System, with specific opening and closing dates for students at different study levels. Closing dates: Honours (General): 21 November 2025 NRF-SARAO Honours: 31 August 2025 First-time Master’s: 04 July 2025 First-time Doctoral: 04 July 2025 Master’s and Doctoral Extension Support: 15 August 2025	NRF	11/21/2025
	Free MOOC on Marine Spatial Planning The Institute for Coastal and Marine Research (and collaborators) is offering a free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) to share lessons learnt in developing the Algoa Bay Marine Spatial Plan (MSP). The MOOC will be available for free on the Nelson Mandela University's Engage platform and can be accessed at any time by anybody around the World! Click here for further details, if you are interested in doing this Course, kindly register here. YouTube details: https://youtu.be/_g2PxfPKVOQ	NMU	12/31/2025

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