The Allan Gray Scholarship Programme offers high school entrepreneurial scholarships to learners who have a curious, entrepreneurial mindset; have the potential to excel academically and are financially deserving.
About Allan Gray Scholarship Programme for Entrepreneurial Development
Opportunity Details
The Allan Gray Scholarship Programme offers high school entrepreneurial scholarships to learners who have a curious, entrepreneurial mindset; have the potential to excel academically and are financially deserving. Scholarship recipients receive funding to enrol at leading high schools across the country in addition to support and interventions that develop their entrepreneurial mindset.
Benefits of Allan Gray Scholarship Programme for Entrepreneurial Development
- Tuition and boarding
- A monthly allowance
- Toiletries, uniforms and casual clothing
- Support for extra murals
- Stationery and textbooks
- Workshops
- Annual entrepreneurial conference
- Online Learning Campus
- Programme Officer (mentorship)
- Like-minded community
- Gain confidence
- Develop entrepreneurial mindset
- Growth mindset
- Develop leadership qualities
- Access to interactive online learning
- Access to speakers and seminars
- Entrepreneurial mindset development through collaboration and a community of like-minded individuals
Allan Gray Scholarship Programme for Entrepreneurial Development Requirements
- Applicant must be a current Grade 6 learner in the year of application
- Applicant must be a South African citizen
- Applicant must not be older than 12 and not younger than 11 in Grade 6 (Applicants must be born in 2013 or 2014)
- Applicant must demonstrate financial need
- Applicant must obtain a minimum of 70% for both English and Mathematics
Application Date and Process
- Submit a copy of your application form and supporting documentation
- Successful applicants will be required to write the Foundation assessment in English and Mathematics for Grade 6 in December 2025
- After the Foundation assessment, successful candidates will be invited for interviews in early 2026
- Recommended candidates will be invited to the placement schools for interviews
- Candidates whose recommendations are approved by the placement schools will be awarded the Allan Gray Scholarship in May 2026
- Once the Allan Gray Scholarship is awarded, the Foundation, placement school, and the Scholar’s custodian sign a Memorandum of Agreement.
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Application Deadline
15 September, 2025
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