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AIMS AI FOR SCIENCE MASTERS

Application Deadline: 11:59 PM on 29 March 2024

LOCATION: South Africa

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. 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.

ELIGIBILITY:

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.

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

BENEFIT:

Forty students will be selected for the 2024 intake, and each will be supported at AIMS with a full Google DeepMind scholarship

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YOUTH IN TOURISM INNOVATION CHALLENGE

Application Deadline: 01 March 2024.

LOCATION: South Africa

This is an exclusive platform being provided to innovative African youth in travel and tourism looking for funding, partnership and mentorship opportunities to present their projects to the global market place in order to find the required support for their programmes.

ELIGIBILITY:

The vision, uniqueness, authenticity and rationale.

Evidence of innovation in travel & tourism or related industry challenge being solved in Africa – COVID 19 era and into the future (such as technological, social entrepreneurship, educational, youth empowerment and job creation, environmental sustainability, community development, etc.)

The sustainability of the impact of the project on travel and tourism, local communities and/or related industries.

Timelines for the project.

The kind of support required – funding, investors, mentorship, partnerships, etc.

Conclusion/additional, but relevant information of not more than 500 words.

Competitor required to show a demo/Minimum Viable Product (MVP) (5 min) during the presentation.

Age limit – 35 years.

BENEFIT:

$1000.00 grant seed for the winner.

$500.00 grant seed for 1st & 2nd runner up.

Complimentary enrolment for short courses provided by UNWTO.

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