Deadline: April 30, 2025
The Allan Gray Fellowship Programme looks for young achievers transitioning into university – people who want to make a big impact in their own lives and the lives of their community, city and country. The Fellowship recipients receive needs-based funding for university and access to support and development to cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset.
Allan Gray Fellowship Programme focuses on cultivating entrepreneurship in Candidate Allan Gray Fellows by ensuring that by the end of the Allan Gray Fellowship Programme, they desire to create value through responsible entrepreneurship, see entrepreneurship as a viable career path, can take an idea and develop it into a viable opportunity, understand the value proposition of the Foundation and E Squared (their business venture funding partner), and value the culture of community and collaboration. Furthermore, their entrepreneurial mindset development curriculum is disseminated via the AGOF Online Campus.
Benefits
Academic & Financial Support
- Applicants with a combined annual household income of R1 million and below will receive full funding (university accommodation meals, textbooks & tutoring allowance, and a monthly stipend).
- Applicants with a combined annual household income above R1 million will receive needs-based funding.
- Potential funding will be communicated to successful candidates after camp stage.
Entrepreneurial Support
- Mentorship from an individually assigned foundation staff member as well as a business mentor
- Access to the Foundation’s online entrepreneurial curriculum
- Annual entrepreneurship conference, seminars and workshops
- Access to a community of like-minded individuals
- Access to business incubation
- Access to business/venture funding via e squared, an Allan Gray Orbis Foundation sister entity (available to students on the IVC programme and graduates depending on the business idea viability)
Eligibility
- A Minimum of 60% in Pure Mathematics OR a minimum of 80% in Mathematical Literacy for final grade 11 results
- A Minimum average of 70% for the final Grade 11 results (excluding Life Orientation)
- The Applicant must be under the age of 21 in the year of their application
- The Applicant must be a South African citizen
- An Intention to study towards a Commerce, Science, Engineering, Law, Humanities, Arts & Health Science (Excluding Medicine, Veterinary Science and Dentistry) degree at WITS, UJ, UCT, NMU, RU, UWC, SU, UP, UFS, UKZN or TSiBA
Application
- Submit your application form and supporting documentation online or via post before or on 30 April 2025, 17:00 SAST
- Successful applicant candidates will be invited for an interview in July 2025
- Successful interview candidates will be invited to a selection camp in September 2025
- To ensure that they offer you the best possible support and customer service, please ensure that you give yourself enough time to complete the application form before the closing date.
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