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Education enabled Kalpana to achieve her dreams of a career in
aerospace and ultimately attain great success in the
field. She had the benefit of a supportive family with
resources to provide for her education; nevertheless, she always
strived to make her way with her own efforts. Following up on
Kalpana's example, Montsu, Inc. provides higher
education opportunities to promising students who do not have the
necessary resources available, i.e. students who have no other means
of obtaining higher education without sponsorship.
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Sponsorship eligibility
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Sponsorship ineligibility
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Sponsorship application procedure
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Sponsorship recipients
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Sponsorship Eligibility
The applicant must show:
- Fluency in oral and written English.
- Demonstrated potential for successfully completing a course of higher education.
- Necessary resources are not available to pursue higher education.
- Attendance at a course of higher education is possible only
with the assistance of Montsu, Inc.
- Intent to pursue a science-based career, including both pure and applied sciences.
- Recommendation letters on behalf of the student submitted
by two separate disinterested parties.
- Advanced higher education may be sponsored for unusually promising students.
- Practical plan submitted by recipient to personally sponsor the higher
education of at least one promising student from the recipient's
home region within five years of completion of the
recipient's higher education.
- Students from all areas of the world are eligible, with preference given to those from developing regions.
- Scholarships are awarded for study in the applicant's home country only.
- Montsu, Inc. makes the final decision regarding
sponsored students (not including item 8 above).
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Sponsorship Ineligibility
The following are ineligible for sponsorship:
- Students who hold the equivalent of a Bachelor's degree or
have completed a course of vocational/technical training (see 7
above for exception).
- Students who have failed to complete a previous course of
higher education or vocational/technical training due to
inadequate academic performance.
- Students with access to the resources necessary to pursue
higher education, including personal and/or family funds, grants,
scholarships, loans, employment opportunities, etc.
- Applications submitted directly to Montsu, Inc. by the intended beneficiary
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Sponsorship Application Procedure
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The applicant must provide the following completed documents:
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Student biographical data.
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Authenticated copy of student high school
transcripts/report/graduation certificate as applicable.
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Student essay of at least 1,000 words, typewritten or
printed, detailing educational goals, objectives and
plans for utilizing academic qualifications to the benefit
of his/her community after graduation. Handwritten essays
are not accepted.
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Letters of recommendation from two unrelated disinterested parties on behalf of the student. Each
letter must include at least the following information:
- Background information on the letter author.
- Statement affirming that no relationship of any kind
exists between the letter author and the student that
could possibly produce a bias towards that student, e.g. no family or business relationships exist.
- Number of years the letter author has been personally
acquainted with the student.
- Statement affirming that the student and his/her
family has absolutely no means of financing a university education.
- Reasons why the student should receive a scholarship,
considering his/her prior educational achievements.
- Benefits to the community arising from
providing the student with a scholarship.
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Sponsorship Recipients
- 2003: Vusumuzi Nathi Vilakazi:
BS Geology at
University of Witswatersrand.
- 2004: Ndumiso Stanley Mkholo:
BS Astronomy at
University of South Africa.
- 2005: Nkosinathi Alfonce Mahwai:
BS Biology at
University of Pretoria.
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