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AIMS South Africa's Master’s degree in Mathematical Science - 40 Google Scholarship

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DEADLINE: 21 MARCH 2025


AI for Science is a stream in AIMS South Africa's Master’s degree in Mathematical Science, made possible through a partnership with Google DeepMind. The program sits at the exciting intersection of AI and the Sciences. This exciting program started with its first intake of students in September 2023. It is a fully residential one-year taught masters with a research component. Applications are open to students from across Africa who are passionate about mathematics, artificial intelligence and machine learning. We are looking for students who gaze at the stars and the world around them in wonder, and who want to use their talents to accelerate scientific discovery.


A Google DeepMind donation funds 40 scholars per year for the four years starting September 2023. The funding covers full scholarships, equipment and computation costs for students. Our scholars are Google DeepMind scholars, and have opportunities to connect with Google DeepMind’s researchers and engineers for mentoring and support.


The program benefits from the expertise of the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO) and its South African partner, the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO), the Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation (CERI), and the South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (SACEMA).

The initial focus areas of the program is AI and machine learning in cosmology, epidemiology and ecology.


SCHOLARSHIP BENEFITS

The scholarship covers everything: flights to and from South Africa, tuition, accommodation, living expenses, medical insurance, and costs for running AI experiments and doing research. There are also opportunities to connect with Google DeepMind’s researchers and engineers for mentoring and support.


ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS


To be eligible to apply for the AI for Science program, you have to:

  • be a resident in Africa at time of application*,

  • be a citizen of any country in Africa,

  • have completed a four-year undergraduate degree or a three-year undergraduate degree with an honours year by August 2025 (or December 2025 for southern African applicants; see FAQ),

  • not have held a previous scholarship to study at an AIMS centre.


Your undergraduate degree could be in physics, mathematics, statistics, computer science, engineering or any other discipline with a strong computational and mathematical component.


The requirement of having completed either a four-year undergraduate degree or a three-year undergraduate degree with an additional honours year is a requirement for enrolling as a Master’s degree student in South Africa.


APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

Applications and selection will happen in two rounds:


  1. Online selection round

Register at apply.aims.ac.za and upload the following documents there before 11:59 PM on 21 March 2025:


  • Your curriculum vitae

  • A motivation letter of around 500 words

  • Academic transcripts

  • Written mathematics questions (to be found on the application site)

  • Coding problem (to be found on the application site)


The online application includes a dozen short mathematics questions and one coding problem. It’s not an exam, but the questions give the selection panel some insight into how you approach problems. A full application can’t be completed at the last minute, and we encourage prospective Google DeepMind Scholars at AIMS South Africa to start applying early!


  1. Interviews

The final round consists of short online interviews in May 2025.


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