Fellowship
Our programme
Fellowship Programme
The 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. The Fellowship recipients receive needs-based funding for university and access to support and development aimed at cultivating an entrepreneurial mindset.
Applications are currently open and will close on 30 April 2025
Fellowship Application for gr.12 learners Requirements and Process
Requirements
- 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
Process
- Submit your application form and supporting documentation online or via post before or on 30 April 2025, 17:00 SAST
- Successful applicant candidates will be invited for an interview in July 2025
- Successful interview candidates will be invited to a selection camp in September 2025
- To ensure that we offer you the best possible support and customer service, please ensure that you give yourself enough time to complete the application form before the closing date. We recommend dedicating at least 2 days to it
What The Fellowship Covers

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)
WAYS TO APPLY:
- Online
- Hand Deliver
- Post
Hand Deliver:
Cape Town
46 Hof Street,
Oranjezicht,
Cape Town
Johannesburg
1st Floor, Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr,
1 Protea Place, Cnr of Fredman
Drive and Protea Place,
Sandton, Johannesburg
Post:
Allan Gray Orbis Foundation
Freepost no: CB 11349
Kloof Street, 8008
Required Documentation:
- Certified copy of your final
Grade 11 report (most recent) - Certified copy of your ID
Our offer to you
The Aim of Our Fellowship Programme

- Choosing Entrepreneurship as a Viable Career Path
Our 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 (our 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.
First-year University Campaign
The 2025 first-year university campaign is open for public applications. Each university will have the opportunity to nominate entrepreneurially minded first-year students who meet the Foundation’s first requirements listed below to apply.
- Must currently be in their 1st year of study (expanded degree programmes welcome)
- Must have an academic average of 65% after the first semester of 2024
- Turning no older than 22 years in 2025
Currently Studying Toward a Degree in the Following Faculties:
- Arts
- Humanities
- Law
- Science
- Commerce
- Engineering
- Health Science(excl. Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Sciences)
Currently Enrolled at one of Our 11 Partner Universities:













