Tom Queba and Pegasys Scholarships for Social Change 2026 for South Africans (up to R85,000) – YOA

Deadline: September 2, 2025

Applications are open for the Tom Queba and Pegasys Scholarships for Social Change 2026. Canon Collins Trust in partnership with Tom Queba Memorial Fund and Pegasys invites purposes for scholarships for Honours and Masters study at South African universities in 2026. They will present funding for up to a most of two years and an OPPORTUNITY to improve your tutorial and management expertise by organised occasions.

Across all their scholarships, students show the potential to drive change in the direction of simply and equitable civil societies. The overriding requirement of the scholarship is that the proposed study contributes immediately to social and/or environmental improvement, and notably to the betterment of lives and livelihoods of the poorest individuals in South Africa.

They will award scholarships for social change throughout the following areas:

• Justice
• Education
• Humanities and the Arts
• Sciences and Applied Sciences

Benefits

• In 2026, the worth of the scholarship package deal is R85,000. Funding shall be supplied for up to a most of two years. They help each full and part-time study and will contemplate purposes from those that want to study by distance studying.
• They additionally organise an annual convention for present students and maintain a number of smaller occasions all year long. Scholarship holders are anticipated to take part in these actions and to turn into part of and contribute to our community.

Eligibility

You ought to:

• In phrases of definitions supplied in South African BEE regulation, be a black or colored South African nationwide residing in South Africa;
• be beneath 34 years of age on the graduation of your course;
• be in possession of a superb first diploma (minimal second class, higher division or equal) or about to graduate within the yr of application;
• be learning or making use of to study at Honours or Masters degree at a South African college.

Application

Application deadline is September 2, 2025. They shall be interviewing shortlisted candidates in October/November 2025 and will let you realize the end result of your application in December 2025.

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For extra info, go to Tom Queba and Pegasys Scholarships.