Program Summary
From the University’s annual budget allocation FY 2020/21, the Directorate of Research and Graduate Training (DRGT) has established the PhD Thesis Completion Grants Program to support outstanding doctoral candidates on the verge of finalizing their thesis/dissertation, who have no other source of funding for the requested period.
The scheme is intended to help candidates make significant progress toward the completion of their thesis/dissertation and/or substantial improvement in the quality of their dissertation.  The scheme is designed to enable candidates to focus full time on the writing of their Theses, improving the quality of the dissertation and shortening the time required to complete the doctoral degree.
In effect, the grant is intended to decrease time to degree and to support higher quality outcomes among students nearing graduation where relatively modest resources will make a large difference.
Applications from PhD candidates who demonstrate a clear ability to impact mainstream academia and whose projects reflect, and contribute to, the aims of the DRGT are welcomed to apply.
·         Applicants should review the eligibility criteria specified below as those not meeting these criteria will not be considered.
·         No grant will be awarded for a Thesis/dissertation which has already been submitted for preliminary examination.
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