The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) Internship Programme 2025/2027 for unemployed South African graduates (monthly stipends available)

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Application Deadline: March 17, 2025

Applications are actually open for the 2025/2027 Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) Internship Programme. The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) Internship Programme gives a chance to unemployed graduates in Science, Engineering and Technology (SET),  Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) in addition to Research Development and Innovation fields to:

• Gain expertise in analysis administration, analysis assist, and administration at public greater schooling establishments and analysis establishments at giant.
• Acquire sensible work expertise by means of mentoring and publicity; and
• Promote an setting by which the interns purchase the required expertise wanted to ease entry into the related sector/job market;
• Transfer their data to host establishments and contribute to the objectives of the establishment;

Unemployed Graduates that meet the next standards:

• South African citizen or South African Permanent Resident (with a sound South African Identity Document).
• Graduates which can be 35 years of age or youthful on the time of appointment to the internship programme
• Hold a NQF stage 7 to 9 qualification from a DHET – accredited greater schooling establishment.

To be eligible, interns MUST meet the next minimal necessities: 

• Be a South African citizen or South African Permanent Resident (with a sound South African Identity Document). 
• Non-South Africans aren’t eligible to apply;
  • Should be presently unemployed and 35 years of age or youthful on the time of appointment to the internship programme; A graduate holding any of the next: 
• NQF Level 7 Bachelor’s, Advanced Diploma, or B-Tech Degree; 
• NQF Level 8 Bachelor’s Hons Degree and Postgraduate Diploma; 
• NQF Level 9 Master’s Degree or M-Tech. 
• Hold a qualification in Science, Engineering and Technology, Research, Development, Innovation, Social Sciences and Humanities or associated disciplines and SHOULD HAVE COMPLETED THEIR STUDY on the time of submitting the application.

The following applies to candidates who’re NOT ELIGIBLE to be appointed as DSI-HSRC interns: 

• Candidates who maintain a Diploma at BELOW NQF stage 7 in addition to PhD at

NQF stage 10; 

• Candidates who could be registered full-time for study 
• Registered Doctoral (PhD, DPhil and DTech) college students; and 
• Candidates who maintain DSI-funded scholarships or bursaries through the internship yr. 
• Candidates who’re previous beneficiaries of the DSI-NRF or DSI-HSRC Internship programme 

Host Institutions

• In the Science, Engineering, Technology (SET), Research, Development and Innovation, Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) disciplines;Able to determine mentors who’ve been employed within the host establishment on a long-term contract (at the least 2 years) or in a everlasting place.
• Have mentors keen to allocate time for mentoring, coaching and assist for interns
• Have infrastructure for the interns to work particularly workstations, computer systems and different sources together with platforms for working remotely to make sure satisfactory work publicity for the interns
• Willing to take part within the mentor boards and coaching programmes supplied by the internship programme

Remuneration

The internship gives month-to-month stipends for contributors all through the length of the internship, administered by means of the HSRC.

Duration of the Internship

The internship programme is obtainable for a interval of 24 months.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) Internship Programme