South African National Parks: Bursaries 2025

Call for 2025 intake – The South African National Parks (SANParks) is looking for aspiring youth entering their first year of undergraduate studies in the 2025 academic year to join our external bursary programme.

One of the strategic directions of SANParks is growing community support, providing access, benefit-sharing and benefiting local communities, thus the call for applications for the bursary opportunity.

Fields of study:

The Field of study applied for but not limited to, includes Degree & National Diploma in the field of:

• Environmental Sciences
• Nature Conservation,
• Environmental Management,
• Green Energy,
• Environmental Engineering,
• Sustainable Development
• Game ranch management
• Tourism
• Hospitality Management,
• Resort Management,
• Tour Guide,
• Events and Conference Management.
• Social Sciences
• Development,
• Economic Development,
• Socio-Economic Development
• and related Development studies

This is a Comprehensive Bursary

Academic merit will be considered during the selection process, as well as, the imperative to increase the participation of women, people living with disability and designated groups.

Requirements:

• Recipients of the SANParks bursary Scheme must be South African citizens.
• They must be learners from communities living adjacent to National Parks as defined in their management plans.
• Proof of application and admission to an accredited institution of Higher Education eligibility for funding.
• Must be entering post-matric study in 2025.
• The bursary is open to students who are pursuing a qualification in a TVET college.
• Must be youth, aged 18 – 35.
• For students currently registered at Institutions of Higher Education, they must have passed all the courses for which they are registered at the university for the study period already completed.