Council for Geoscience (CGS): Bursaries 2025

The Council for Geoscience (CGS) herewith invites University students to apply for a full-time CGS bursary for the 2025 academic year. The objective of the CGS bursary is to create, enhance and support expertise in the geosciences and related technical fields.

The CGS awards full-time bursaries in the following fields of study:

• Geology
• Computational Geosciences
• Economic Geology
• Engineering Geology
• Environmental Geology
• Environmental Science
• Exploration Geology and other related geoscience disciplines
• Geo-informatics
• Geochemistry
• Geochronology
• Geohazards
• Geology
• Geomagnetism
• Geophysics
• Geotechnical Investigations
• Hydrogeology (focus on groundwater modeling)
• Marine Geology
• Mineral Economics
• Mining Seismology
• Paleontology
• Remote Sensing
• Seismology

The bursary covers:

• Registration and tuition fees
• Accommodation/Transport allowance
• Prescribed Books
• Meals
• Field excursions and analysis
• Once-off laptop allowance for first-time

Eligibility Requirements:

• Be a South African
• Not employed and available for vocational work during studies and work back upon completion of studies, when required.
• Has enrolled full-time at a South African institution of higher learning for the 2025 academic year.
• For students currently at an institution of higher learning, must have passed all the modules of the previous year/semester.