Funding

Personal Scholarships

• Mastercard Foundation Scholarship (2022–2023) — Full scholarship for my MSc in Project Management at the University of Pretoria, covering tuition, accommodation, and living expenses.
• General Electric (GE) Scholarship (2016–2017) — Covered tuition, residential fees, and a stipend for the final two years of my BSc in Earth Science at the University of Ghana.
• NRF Doctoral PCS Funding (2025) — Won but declined; could not hold alongside University of Pretoria employment.
• University of Pretoria PhD Doctoral Funding (2025) — Won but declined; same reason.

Grants

• Utforsk Research Trip to Norway (2025) — Two-week funded research visit; approximately NOK 35,000.

Research Programme Funding

I act as project manager for the FP&M SETA fund under the York Timbers Chair in Wood Structural Engineering at the University of Pretoria. This includes sourcing the funding by applying to FP&M SETA on behalf of the Chair.

• 2025: R965,000
• 2026: R1,000,000
• 2027: R1,000,000