What we do

Geology, Geochemistry, Chemical Engineering, and Mining Engineering. These can be both at under graduate and post graduate level & the successful completion of these courses enables these students to then progress on to further their careers, which they would otherwise not have been able to do.

The scholarship was pioneered through a relationship with the Geology Department of Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa. The process works by the universities providing a shortlist of suitable candidates from those that have asked for financial assistance. The trustees of the Fund will then consider the CV’s of the applicants together with the comments from the relevant department before deciding on who should benefit from the scholarship.

We currently have relationships with the following universities: Rhodes University, University of Cape Town, University of the Witwatersrand, Pretoria University and University of Zambia. We will establish links & relationships with other universities as necessary.

Recently, JBSF has started to develop joint ventures with various mining companies, where both parties’ educational ambitions are aligned & these have led to successful cooperation. We co-sponsor students put forward by the joint venture mining companies that are sent to a particular university that suits their technical need

As is the case at all universities, students come from all backgrounds and have funding from many different sources but the intention of the trustees is to support those students that come from particularly disadvantaged backgrounds but at the same time demonstrate hard working, capable & deserving qualities.

For illustration, the cost of a full bursary for the 1 year post graduate course at Rhodes University is approx. £11,000/annum (R 132,000). This includes not only all the tuition fees but also accommodation, medical & ancillary costs together with a small stipend. Most of the bursaries that we grant cover just the tuition, books & field trips etc, where the approx. cost ranges from £7,000 - £9000/annum (R84,000-R108,000).