Western Cape Department of Agriculture External Bursary and Young Professional Persons Programme

Bursary and scholarship

• Registration and tuition fees.
• Prescribed books.
• Hostel fees and meals where required.
• School uniforms for scholarship learners, if required.

Young Professional Persons Programme

• Honours (Pre-YPP): full bursary and a monthly stipend, plus a mentor.
• Masters and Doctorate (YPP): allowance or stipend; bursary covering registration, tuition, research materials and prescribed books; access to research infrastructure; mentorship; exposure to strategic meetings and symposiums.
• Programme length for YPP is three to five years, starting each February.
• After completion: possible career with the Department or sector, possible identification for a doctorate, and eligibility to apply for advertised posts through fair recruitment.

The bursary and scholarship, YPP and APFYD advertisements are marked closed. The Honours and Masters/Doctorate programmes start each February. Applications for the related PAY internship open each January.

1. Watch for the Department's advertisement for the bursary, scholarship or YPP call on the EDI page and download the bursary or YPP application form from the Elsenburg website.
2. Complete the departmental application form and write a letter of application.
3. Attach a certified ID copy, certified matric certificate, certified qualification or academic record from your institution, and a comprehensive CV.
4. Submit by email or post as the advertisement directs, or online where offered. Missing supporting documents lead to disqualification.
5. Shortlisted YPP candidates go through personal suitability checks. Only shortlisted candidates, or successful candidates for bursaries, are contacted.
6. Successful candidates sign a contractual agreement with the Department.

Enquiries: 021 808 5111 or [email protected].

• Departmental application form (bursary or YPP form).
• Letter of application.
• Certified copy of ID.
• Certified matric certificate.
• Certified higher education qualification or academic record.
• Comprehensive CV.
• Proof of (provisional) admission to a higher education institution (bursary).

Preference goes to previously disadvantaged unemployed youth, rural youth and agri-worker children, women and people with disabilities. Applicants are shortlisted from the documents submitted and shortlisted candidates undergo personal suitability checks. Successful bursary applicants are notified and sign a contract.