Friday, 11 October 2013

Where/How to find Geospatial/Geomatics Bursaries

If you are seeking Geospatial/Geomatics related bursaries, please see the brief description of where and how to find bursaries from industry professional bodies and government organisations:

"Plato as the Geomatics professional body co-ordinate all bursary applications on behalf of the institutes ie. IMSSA, SAGI and GISSA. IMSSA and SAGI contribute funds for bursaries towards undergraduate studies and GISSA (Geomatics Development Fund) towards bursaries for post graduate studies.
Various Government Departments and municipalities specially in the big metropolitan(s) takes interns and also make funds available for bursaries. 

Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) is one of the biggest supporters of bursaries towards the geomatics programmes. Bursaries only apply for studies at accredited universities and universities of technology.

Persons applying for bursaries can send their applications to PLATO, or the DRDLR, other government departments and large municipalities. Universities normally also have a list of institutions providing bursaries. Calls for bursaries are normally widely advertised.

Provincial Departments as well as the National Department of COGTA and Treasury has started to support GISc development and capacity building in rural Municipalities in recognition of the scarce skills and need to retain resources in the rural areas to assist with the IDP(s) and NDP(s) for infrastructure development announced by Government."

Here are the links to the mentioned organisations:

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