Research body seals agreement to send PhD students to US
South Africa’s National Research Foundation (NRF) has partnered with the Fulbright Foreign Student Program (FFSP) to support NRF-funded PhD students registered with a South African university to travel to the United States to conduct research towards their doctorates at a host US institution or university, writes Schalk Burger for
Engineering News.
This partnership is aligned with the NRF’s Global Knowledge Partnerships Programme and will contribute to the foundation’s efforts to increase the number of South African PhD-qualified faculty that fully represent South Africa’s diverse demographics.
This cost-sharing agreement will accelerate the career pathways of exceptional early career researchers and post-doctoral fellows to become leading international researchers with strengthened academic rigour and competitiveness, through increased international exposure, collaboration and mentorship opportunities, the NRF st
Home / News & Events / NRF Formalizes Agreement To Send PhD Students To The USA Chargé d’Affaires Todd Haskell joined NRF CEO Dr Fulufhelo Nelwamondo to celebrate this partnership that will support NRF-funded PhD students to conduct research towards their doctorates in the United States as part of the Fulbright Program.
Press Release | April 21, 2021
The United States Mission to South Africa is pleased to announce the formal partnership between the Fulbright Program and the National Research Foundation (NRF) that will support NRF-funded PhD students registered with a South African university to travel to the United States to conduct research towards their doctorates at a host U.S. institution or university, as part of the Fulbright Foreign Student Program (FFSP).