AIMS South Africa/DeepMind AI for Science Master’s Scholarship Program

Application Deadline: 11:59 PM SAST on 29 March 2024.

Applications are now open for the 2024/2025 AIMS South Africa/DeepMind AI for Science Master’s Scholarship Program.

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.

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 2024 (or December 2024 for southern African applicants; see FAQ).

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

Online selection round

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 DeepMind Scholars at AIMS South Africa to start applying early!

Interviews

The final round consists of short online interviews in April 2024.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the AIMS South Africa/DeepMind AI for Science Master’s Scholarship Program

Application Deadline:11:59 PM SAST on 8 April, 2023

AI for Science is a new stream in AIMS South Africa‘s Master’s degree in Mathematical Science, made possible through a partnership with DeepMind. The program sits at the exciting intersection of AI and the Sciences. It is a fully residential one-year taught masters with a research component.

A DeepMind donation will fund 40 scholars per year for the next four years.

Beyond scholarships, the program will draw on DeepMind’s world-leading expertise in AI for Science.

Benefits

The funding covers full scholarships, equipment and computation costs for students.
The scholars will be DeepMind scholars, and have opportunities to connect with DeepMind’s researchers and engineers for mentoring and support.

Requirements

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.

Application Procedure

AIMS South Africa invite students from across Africa to apply to be part of the August 2023 cohort and become one of our 40 DeepMind Scholars for the 2023-24 academic year!

The deadline for the first round of the application process is 11:59 PM SAST on 8 April.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the AIMS South Africa/DeepMind AI for Science Master’s Scholarship Program 2023

AIMS South Africa/DeepMind AI for Science Master’s Scholarship Program

AIMS South Africa/DeepMind AI for Science Master’s Scholarship Program 2024/2025 for young Africans. (Fully Funded)

Online selection round

Interviews

AIMS South Africa/DeepMind AI for Science Master’s Scholarship Program 2023 for young Africans. (Fully Funded)