Open Call: Allan Gray Orbis Foundation Fellowship Programme (South Africa)

The Allan Gray Orbis Foundation Fellowship Programme looks for young achievers transitioning into university – people who want to make a big impact: not only in their own lives but also in the lives of their community, city, and country.

Aims

• Choosing Entrepreneurship as a Viable Career Path:
  • Their Fellowship Programme focuses on cultivating entrepreneurship in Candidate Fellows by ensuring that by the end of the Fellowship Programme, they desire to create value through responsible entrepreneurship, see entrepreneurship as a viable career path, are able to take an idea and develop it into a viable opportunity, understand the value proposition of the Foundation and E Squared (their business venture funding partner), and value the culture of community and collaboration. Furthermore, their entrepreneurial mindset development curriculum is disseminated via the AGOF Online Campus.
• Deepening the Understanding of Entrepreneurship:
  • In addition to financial and academic support, each candidate is allocated a Personal Development Officer to help them get to grips with the transition into a new environment; an Entrepreneurial Leadership Officer, who probes them to flex their entrepreneurial muscles; as well as an industry mentor, who deepens their understanding of entrepreneurial traits and concepts in the working world.

What’s Covered?

• Academic & Financial Support:
  • Applicants with a combined annual household income of R1 million and below will receive full funding (university accommodation meals, textbooks & tutoring allowance, and a monthly stipend)
  • Applicants with a combined annual household income of above R1 million will receive needs based funding.
  • Potential funding will be communicated to successful candidates after camp stage.
• Entrepreneurial Support:
  • Mentorship from an individually assigned foundation staff member as well as a business mentor
  • Access to the foundation’s online entrepreneurial curriculum
  • Annual entrepreneurship conference, seminars and workshops
  • Access to a community of like minded individuals
  • Access to business incubation
  • Access to business/venture funding via e squared, an Allan Gray Orbis Foundation sister entity (available to students on ivc programme and graduates depending on business idea viability)

Eligibility Criteria

• A Minimum of 60% in Pure Mathematics OR a minimum of 80% in Mathematical Literacy for final grade 11 results
• A Minimum average of 70% for final Grade 11 results (excluding Life Orientation)
• The Applicant must be under the age of 21 in the year of their application
• The Applicant must be a South African citizen
• An Intention to study towards a Commerce, Science, Engineering, Law, Humanities, Arts & Health Science (Excluding Medicine, Veterinary Science and Dentistry) degree at WITS, UJ, UCT, NMU, RU, UWC, SU, UP, UFS, UKZN or TSiBA

For more information, visit Allan Gray Orbis Foundation.