The Allan Gray Orbis Foundation is calling on young, entrepreneurially-minded Grade 12 learners to apply for its fellowship opportunity.
The fellowship is one of four distinct programmes 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.
It also gives students a stepping stone to nurturing their entrepreneurial potential and to grow into well-rounded, high-impact responsible entrepreneurs.
Fellowship applicants must have South African citizenship and be 21 years of age or younger in 2022. They need to have achieved a minimum of 60% in pure mathematics or a minimum of 80% in mathematical literacy for their final Grade 11 results as well as a minimum average of 70% for Grade 11 results (excluding life orientation).
Applicants also need to intend to study towards a commerce, science (excluding medicine, veterinary science and dentistry), engineering, law, humanities or arts degree at the UCT, UWC, SU, Wits, UJ, NMU, Rhodes, UP, Free State or University of KwaZulu-Natal and have an entrepreneurial mindset. Applicants with a total annual household income of under R1 million will receive full funding, above R1 million will get needs-based funding.
Applications close at 17:00 on Friday 29 April. Visit www.allangrayorbis.org to download a form, or apply online.
