Harvard South Africa Fellowship Program in USA 2021:
Harvard University is requesting applications from qualified candidates for the Harvard South Africa Fellowship Program (HSAFP) for postgraduate programs in 2021. This program targets those students who could not advance their education due to the apartheid system.
Worth of Harvard South Africa Fellowship Program
- The Harvard South Africa Fellowship Program covers payment of all fees for the full period of enlistment at Harvard.
- The fellowship programs also fund return trip between the fellow’s home and Boston.
- A monthly allowance is offered to fellows, apart from those enlisted in the Executive Education Programs. This allowance provides the cost of accommodation and other living costs; housing is typically in university graduate dormitories.
Eligibility For The Fellowship Program
- The HSAFP was founded largely to offer academic enrichment for men and women in mid-career. That is, persons in different occupations who have displayed considerable aptitude and leadership in their selected careers. They are anticipated to gain from advanced training.
- Thus, applicants who have just concluded, or who have not yet concluded, a first degree are not considered. This is unless the degree program has been pursued alongside, or after, experience in the workplace.
- Fellows typically range in age from 30 to 45 years.
- They have to be South African nationals.
- Candidates must decide well in advance whether, if granted a fellowship, they can be given leave by their employers for Harvard’s academic session.
- They should typically plan to be present at Harvard from September until June. However, some programs allow fellows to commence residence on July 1st.
- No applicant should accept an interview unless guaranteed that such leave will be given.
- The Center does not aim to award fellowships to anyone who later finds it impossible to make use of the opportunity.
How to Apply for Fellowship Program
- Fellows hand in their applications straight to the Harvard South Africa Fellowship Program at Harvard University.
- A panel of HSAFP old students, Center staff and the CAS Faculty Director will interview the short-listed candidates in South Africa.
- Chosen applicants must then apply to and be granted admission to the specific Harvard school where they plan to study.
Application Deadline: April 30, 2021, at 11:59 pm EST.