HSRC, Human Sciences Research Council, is the statutory research agency in South Africa where most science researches are conducted. Fortunately, when you are interested in working within this research agency, you can apply for HSRC Master’s NRF project bursary. As this bursary is available in the duration of 24 months, you need to ensure that you have the ability to complete the duration.

Furthermore, Human Sciences Research Council has grown to be the largest research institute that focuses in social sciences and humanities. Moreover, its presence has a lot of impacts for the country development. When you are interested to apply, you can check these following details.

Programme Description

Job Title: HSRC Master’s NRF Project Bursary

Recruiter: Human Sciences Research Council

Location: Nationwide, South Africa

Salary: Market Related

Reference number: 08/2021

Type of work: 24 months contract

Duties

Furthermore, those who wish to participate in HSRC Master’s NRF project bursary, they must have understood these followings as some of the key responsibilities.

• Conceptualizing their studies around the broad research area
• Participating in the research project in a mutually beneficial agreement with the project leader
• Also, undertaking policy-oriented research projects and programmes from its offices in Cape Town, Durban

Requirements

In addition, to be able to qualify for HSRC Master’s NRF project bursary, you must have had these following standards. Please do apply only when you have met all of these requirements.

• Having completed or graduated with an Honours degree and have registered for a Master’s degree in the Social Sciences or relevant field at a public higher education institution in South Africa is mandatory
• The applicants must have the background of Public Health specifically has relations to Nutrition
• The applicants must be willing to participate in the broader research project when necessary including participating in data collection and analysis
• All applicants must be curious and enthusiastic about a research career including qualitative and quantitative data analysis
• Having interpersonal skills and communication skills in both verbal and written is compulsory
• Lastly, the applicants must have a sound grounding in research methods, qualitative and quantitative and growing conceptual ability

Application

Accordingly, having completed the requirements means nothing unless you also complete these compulsory documents, as follows.

• A comprehensive Curriculum Vitae (CV)
• An identity document
• Copies of qualifications (academic reports & certificate)
• Proof of registration
• A two-page research interest summary including proposed research questions, aim, objectives, and research methodology

Moreover, in applying for the HSRC Master’s NRF project bursary, you need to quote the references number NRF-BRICS Project Master’s Bursary 08/2021. For applying, you can send your application through this link. Please note that you can only apply through computer or laptop. After that, you can only attach your CV on the first page. Thus, once you have registered yourself, you can upload all the documents on your profile. Keep in mind that the attachments cannot be larger than 2 MB.

Contact

Further, for further information you can visit www.hsrc.ac.za.

Closing Date

Finally, the closing date of HSRC Master’s NRF project bursary will be on 23 August 2021.