1.0 INTRODUCTION

The Fellowship, Internship, Bursaries, Scholarship and Studentship (FIBSS) Program is a vital instrument that targets progressive volunteers who are identified as being vital during  implementation phases of community based programs.

The primary mission of the FIBSS Program is to link progressive scholars from under-served communities with potential providers of academic support. Being that the FIBSS Program largely deals with donor funds, HEED has deemed it absolutely necessary to draft and ratify FIBSS Regulations that are intended to guide and direct all matters that are pertinent to the administration of Fellowships, Internships, Bursaries, Scholarships and Studentships and include the following:

• Receiving of application forms from applicants
• Conduct selection for short listing purposes
• Forwarding of pertinent short lists to potential providers of funds

2.0 AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR FELLOWSHIPS, INTERNSHIPS, BURSARIES, SCHOLARSHIPS AND STUDENTSHIPS

Funds to be disbursed to successful applicants for Bursaries, Scholarships and Studentships depend on factors such as available funds from different donors and fees structure for Certificate, Diploma, Undergraduate and Post Graduate courses that are offered at different tertiary institutions

Funds to be disbursed to successful applicants for Internships and Research Fellowships will depend on available funds versus the budget that applicants will submit for Internships and Research Fellowships. Annual revision of disbursable amounts will be the preserve of individual providers of such funds.

3.0 WHO MAY APPLY FOR FELLOWSHIP, INTERNSHIP, BURSARIES, SCHOLARSHIP AND STUDENTSHIP

Any individual who, according to our assessment, has overall results at graduation (at the immediate lower level) that reflect a Grade Point Average that is Meritorious (i.e. Grade C or 60-69% or above) may apply for Fellowships, Internships, Bursaries, Scholarships and Studentships.

Additionally, applicants for Research Fellowships must demonstrate that they have contribution to science through their own independent research.

4.0 SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION FORMS

All applications for Fellowships, Internships, Bursaries, Scholarships and Studentships must be submitted by 20th January every year. Applications must be effected using form FIBSS 101 which must be sent to our Academic Co-ordination office on rewico@heed.org.za

5.0 PROCESS AFTER WE RECEIVE YOUR FORM FIBSS 101

The table below depicts the 7 steps that comprise the due process that all applications will be subjected to after being received by HEED Administrator.

6.0 FIBSS INDEMNITY, DISCIPLINARY CODE OF CONDUCT AND ITS PENAL CODE

Before being awarded any Fellowship, Internship, Bursary, Scholarship or Studentship, successful applicants will have to sign a contract bearing Performance Targets and Indemnity and General Disciplinary Code of Conduct that will inter alia contain the following:

6.1 The FIBSS beneficiary will acknowledge that he/she has in his/her possession the current edition of Heedmorine Municipal Institute Rules and Regulations (or those of pertinent Institutions) including the rules and regulations that govern operations at all Learning Resources and evaluation processes which include Tests,  Practical  Assessments, Examinations etc.

6.2 The FIBSS beneficiary will acknowledges that he/she has read and understood all the Rules and Regulations that govern Heedmorine Municipal Institute (or those of pertinent Institutions)

6.3 That the FIBSS beneficiary will also acknowledge that in the event that he/she loses the rules contemplated above in point (6.1), he/she will be duty bound and obliged to collect  replacements from the Office of the Registrar for Academic Support (or the relevant office at his/her pertinent institution).

6.4 That the FIBSS beneficiary will obey all instructions that the management of Heedmorine Municipal Institute (or pertinent Institution) and Student Representative Council (SRC) members will issue in good faith.

6.5 That the FIBSS beneficiary will not engage in any conduct that will bring Heedmorine Municipal Institute image (or image of pertinent Institution) into disrepute. The potential student will acknowledge and accept that the management of Heedmorine Municipal Institute (or pertinent Institution) will determine what constitutes disrepute using standards from peer institutions and public perception.

6.6 FIBSS beneficiaries (who are minors) will acknowledge that they have consulted their parents and that the parents have indicated that they are not in favour of the FIBSS beneficiary partaking in vices such as bribery, extortion, blackmail, alcohol imbibition, possession of dangerous weapons, possession of drugs, violence, theft, fraud, dishonesty etc. As a related matter, the FIBSS beneficiary will accept that he/she will be forbidden to bring dangerous weapons,  drugs, alcohol or empty bottles to Municipal Institute campus (or pertinent Institution)

6.7 The FIBSS beneficiary will accept that dishonest conduct (on his/her part) of any kind at Heedmorine Municipal Institute (or pertinent Institution), during evaluations or elsewhere will lead to disciplinary action against him/her and if proven to be true will lead to his/her expulsion from Heedmorine Municipal Institute (or pertinent Institution)

6.8 FIBSS beneficiaries will have to accept that enlisted FIBSS beneficiaries who qualify to be evaluated academically at Heedmorine Municipal Institute or any other institution via a particular Test, or via attending a specific Assessment Session or via sitting for a particular Examination will be duty bound to fill the “Proof of Evaluation Attendance form.” As a related matter, the FIBSS beneficiary will accept that he/she will be duty bound to hand in his/her “Proof of Evaluation Attendance” form to the assigned invigilator(s) at the end of all evaluation(s) together with the pertinent evaluation script(s) and/or evaluation materials. The FIBSS beneficiary will further accept that evaluation script(s) and/or evaluation materials that are not handed in to the assigned invigilator(s) at the end of the Evaluation Session(s) will not be accepted as “Valid Evaluation Documents”

6.9 The FIBSS beneficiary will affirm that he/she will accept corrective measures that the management of Heedmorine Municipal Institute will interpret from its Disciplinary Penal Code and impose should the potential student disobey instructions contemplated in 6.4 and/or bring the name of Heedmorine Municipal Institute (or pertinent Institution) into disrepute that is contemplated in 6.5

6.10 The FIBSS beneficiary will undertake that he/she, directly or through members of his/her family or through his/her friends or through his/her representatives will not lay claim (legal or otherwise) to Heedmorine Municipal Institute and/or associates and/or joint strategic partners of Heedmorine Municipal Institute and joint strategic partners of Heedmorine Municipal Institute for any or a combination of the following:

(a) Any loss or damage to the property of the potential student and/or belongings during training and/or training related activities (including during travel to and from training and research venues)

(b) Any injury sustained to the potential student during training and/or training related activities (including during travel to and from training and research venues)

(c) Loss of life of the potential student during training and/or training related activities (including during travel to and from training and research venues)

7.0 APPEALS

Applicants who are dissatisfied with outcomes of their application may appeal to the Rewico office on rewico@heed.org.za