SA-CERN Programme Excellence MSc/PhD Bursary for South Africans
About the Programme
The SA-CERN Programme provides South African researchers, engineers, technicians, and students with opportunities to participate in research activities at CERN, the world's largest particle physics research facility.
Participants gain access to CERN facilities, including the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and ISOLDE, while contributing to world-class scientific research, technology development, innovation, and human capacity building.
The programme supports research collaboration between South African institutions and CERN, providing training in advanced scientific and technological fields.
Programme Areas
SA-ALICE (A Large Ion Collider Experiment)
Research into quark-gluon plasma and heavy-ion physics.
Investigation of matter under extreme temperatures and conditions.
Projects involving charm and beauty quarks, thermal photons, detector upgrades, and software development.
Project Areas
High Energy Physics Projects.
Technical Hardware Projects.
Technical Software Projects.
SA-ATLAS (A Toroidal LHC ApparatuS)
Participation in the ATLAS detector operations, upgrades, and data analysis.
Research focused on fundamental particle interactions and searches for new physics beyond the Standard Model.
Research Areas
Rare Standard Model process measurements.
Hidden sector and gauge boson searches.
Dark matter and machine-learning-based physics searches.
Quantum chromodynamics (QCD) measurements and simulations.
Technical Contributions
Inner Tracker (ITk) developments.
Radiation-hard sensor technologies.
Electronics commissioning systems.
Tile Calorimeter upgrade technologies.
SA-ISOLDE
Nuclear physics research using radioactive ion beams.
Studies of nuclear structure, nuclear astrophysics, and fundamental physics.
Applications extending to materials science, biophysics, medicine, and life sciences.
Research Areas
Precision mass measurements.
Laser spectroscopy.
Decay studies and gamma-ray spectroscopy.
Nuclear orientation measurements.
Weak interaction and fundamental physics experiments.
SA-Theory
High-energy physics and nuclear physics theoretical research related to CERN activities.
SA-Technology Transfer (SA-TT)
Technology development and innovation initiatives that complement CERN-related research activities and create opportunities for industrial applications.
Benefits
Access to world-class research facilities and international scientific collaborations.
Participation in cutting-edge experiments at CERN.
Exposure to advanced technologies, big data, electronics, artificial intelligence, instrumentation, and software development.
Opportunities for international collaboration and training.
Skills development that supports careers in both academia and industry.
Opportunities for technology transfer and innovation.
Who Can Apply
South African undergraduate and
postgraduate students.
Researchers and academics.
Engineers and technicians.
Individuals interested in particle physics, nuclear physics, accelerator science, instrumentation, electronics, software development, materials science, or related disciplines.
Research Contacts
SA-ALICE
Prof. Zinhle Buthelezi (iThemba LABS/Wits University)
Dr. Siegfried Förtsch (iThemba LABS)
Dr. Bharati Naik (iThemba LABS/Wits University)
Prof. Simon Winberg (University of Cape Town)
Dr. Zeblon Vilakazi (University of the Witwatersrand)
SA-ATLAS
Prof. Betty Kibirige (UNIZULU)
Prof. Simon Connell (University of Johannesburg)
Prof. Deepak Kar (University of the Witwatersrand)
Prof. James Keaveney (University of Cape Town)
Additional ATLAS supervisors are available across participating South African universities.
SA-ISOLDE
Dr. Rob Bark (iThemba LABS)
Dr. Pete Jones (iThemba LABS)
Prof. Sifiso Senzo Ntshangase (UNIZULU)
Prof. Nico Orce (University of the Western Cape)
Dr. Christine Steenkamp (Stellenbosch University)
Fields of Study
Physics
Nuclear Physics
High Energy Physics
Astrophysics
Electronics
Computer Science
Software Engineering
Artificial Intelligence
Materials Science
Biophysics
Data Science
Engineering
How to Apply
For More Information and Application Details, See; SA-CERN Programme Excellence MSc/PhD Bursary for South Africans
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