Grants for Visiting Postdoc, Advanced Doctoral Students or Master’s Students to AIMS South Africa

As part of the Heidelberg-Cape Town Network for Applied Mathematics and Scientific Computing (heiAIMS) project, four grants (2xPostDoc/PhD & 2xMSc) is currently available for visiting young researchers from Heidelberg to spend two months at AIMS South Africa, Cape Town.

Details of the call

Postdoc or Advanced Doctoral Students

  • Objective: Research stay at AIMS South Africa
  • Period: 2025
  • Duration: up to 2 months
  • Costs funded: Travel & accommodation costs plus 1,000 EUR/month (grant)

Master students

  • Eligible students: Master students in Scientific Computing, Mathematics, Computer Science or (Computational) Physics
  • Recommended Period: September-November 2025 (other times are possible, please mention the desired period in the comments section of the online application form)
  • Duration: up to 2 months
  • Costs funded: Travel & accommodation costs plus 800 EUR/month (grant)
  • Certificate: Proof of internship (up to 6 ECTS, e.g. for Fachübergreifende Kompetenzen)*

* Please contact the academic advisor for your program for crediting options.

How to apply

Please use the online application form to apply for a research visit to AIMS South Africa. The deadline for applications is March 10, 2025.

Online Applications Form

Further Information

Visa

For information about visa and passport requirements, visit the website of the Department of Home Affairs of the Republic of South Africa. If you need additional information please contact the Infocenter for Study and Internship Abroad of Heidelberg University.

Stays are possible in the following research groups

Anomaly Detection Algorithms for the ATLAS Trigger Systems

Near-vector spaces

FRB Cosmology with HIRAX

Property testing in a Quantum World (Master’s level)

Dequantizing Quantum Algorithms for Reinforcement Learning

Master’s exchanges to AIMSSEC South Africa (2025)