BUSINESS NEWS - It’s the start of a new academic year and if you have big plans for the future and dream of ideas that could better the world, then this opportunity is for you.
The Allan Gray Orbis Foundation is calling on all young, entrepreneurially-minded grade 12 learners to apply for the Fellowship opportunity - applications opened on 1 February 2022.
The Fellowship is one of four distinct programmes that the Foundation offers in pursuit of creating a pipeline of high-impact responsible entrepreneurs.
Fellowship recipients, known as Candidate Allan Gray Fellows, receive access to entrepreneurial mindset development interventions, funding for university studies as well as personal and academic development support.
The Fellowship gives students a stepping-stone to nurture their entrepreneurial potential and to grow into well-rounded, high-impact responsible entrepreneurs.
Fellowship Applications Requirements:
- South African citizenship
- 21 years of age or younger in 2022
- Minimum of 60% in Pure Mathematics or a minimum of 80% in Mathematical Literacy for final grade 11 results
- Minimum average of 70% for final grade 11 results (excluding Life Orientation)
- Intention to study towards a Commerce, Science (excluding Medicine, Veterinary Science and Dentistry); Engineering, Law, Humanities or Arts Degree at the University of the Witwatersrand, University of Johannesburg, University of Cape Town, Nelson Mandela University, Rhodes University, University of the Western Cape, Stellenbosch University, University of Pretoria, University of the Free State and University of KwaZulu-Natal
- Indications of an entrepreneurial mindset
- Belief in the future of South Africa
Applicants with a combined annual household income of R1 million and below will receive full funding. Applicants with a combined household income above R1 million will receive needs-based funding.
If you think you have what it takes to be a future boss entrepreneur, then apply to join the Fellowship and be part of a community of current and future high-impact, responsible entrepreneurs.
Applications accepted between 1 February and 29 April 2022, 17:00 SAST.
Visit www.allangrayorbis.org to download an application form, or to apply online.
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