centre for optical and infrared astronomy in SouthAfrica. Its primary role is to conduct fundamental research in astronomy and astrophysics by providing a world-class facility to scientists. The SAAO also promotes astronomy and astrophysics in southernAfrica, by sharing research findings and discoveries [...] outreach activities to enthuse citizens about physics and astronomy. The SAAO is a facility of the National Research Foundation , which operates under the South African Department of Science and Innovation . The SAAO is comprised of headquarters in the eponymous suburb of Observatory in Cape Town, and a dedicated
The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) came into being in December 2010, but SouthAfrica’s involvement with space research and activities started many decades earlier with helping early international space efforts in the second half of the 20th century, and observing the Earth’s magnetic field [...] field at stations around SouthernAfrica. SANSA was created to promote the use of space and strengthen cooperation in space-related activities while fostering research in space science, advancing scientific engineering through developing human capital, and supporting industrial development in space t
Ende der Apartheid, den vormals benachteiligten Bevölkerungsgruppen Zugang zu Bildung zu ermöglichen. Die „ Human Resource Development Strategy for SouthAfrica 2010 – 2030" ( HRDS-SA , S . 18 f .) benennt unter anderem das strategische Ziel 7, nach der die Bildungs- und Ausbildungsergebnisse in Bezug auf [...] wecken (DST 2015: „ Science Engagement Strategy “). 2016 veröffentlichte Südafrika erstmals eine Roadmap für Forschungsinfrastrukturen (DST 2016: „ South African Research Infrastructure Roadmap ", SARIR ). Um dem Mangel an Forschenden im postgradualen und im Post-Doc-Bereich zu begegnen, hat Südafrika [...] Innovation (STI) Decadal Plan “) für die Jahre 2022-32 fest (siehe unter Fachliche Stärken ). Zu den wichtigsten Förderprogrammen Südafrikas zählt die South African Research Chairs Initiative ( SARChI ). Sie wurde im Jahr 2006 vom Wissenschaftsministerium (DST, heute DSI) lanciert und wird seitdem von der
accelerate their genomics data analyses. SANBI aims to heighten awareness of bioinformatics in SouthAfrica and to assist the country in making optimal use of this technology. As the leading bioinformatics entity in Africa, SANBI continues to foster local and regional collaborations on health-related topics that [...] mathematics and computer science and is integral to modern biological research. Set up in 1996 by Winston Hide, a South African computational biologist who returned from the USA, the South African National Bioinformatics Institute (SANBI) is situated at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) in Cape
The South African Journal of Science is a multidisciplinary science journal published bimonthly by the Academy of Science of SouthAfrica. The mandate is to publish original research with an interdisciplinary or regional focus and to provide a forum for discussion of news and developments in research
Investigator at two or three institutes in SouthAfrica. Organisers of scientific conferences in SouthAfrica can apply for the support of an EMBO Plenary Lecturer or an EMBO Young Investigator lecturer. For the duration of the three-year cooperation agreement, SouthAfrica may attend EMBC meetings as an observer [...] Scientists in SouthAfrica will access the latest in European life sciences thinking and research following a cooperation agreement between EMBO, its intergovernmental funding body, EMBC, and the government of SouthAfrica. The agreement will allow South African scientists to participate in EMBO programmes [...] activities will take place in SouthAfrica. "EMBO promotes and encourages the development of the life sciences within Europe and beyond, and we welcome the exchange with South African scientists that this agreement will bring," said EMBO Director Maria Leptin. The South African Minister of Science and
Ministeriums für Wissenschaft und Technologie DST (26.04.2017): SouthAfrica and China launch cooperation agreements on science and technology AllAfrica .com (24.04.2017): SouthAfrica: Minister Naledi Pandor - Launch of SouthAfrica-China Science Park Cooperation [...] Vizeministerpräsidentin Chinas, Liu Yandong. Die Unterzeichnung war Teil des erstmalig ausgerichteten hochrangigen bilateralen Austauschtreffens " China-SouthAfrica High-Level People-to-People ". Neben der langfristigen industriellen Entwicklungspartnerschaft wurden auch kurz- und mittelfristige Möglichkeiten
a critical element for development and economic transformation, both in SouthAfrica and in the global context. The Department of Science and Technology (DST) oversees the production of this survey as a partner within the South African National Statistics System (SANSS).
and technological cooperation between Europe and SouthAfrica with a special focus on innovation. This was achieved firstly by supporting SouthAfrica’s participation in Horizon 2020, and also by promoting reciprocal European participation in South African programmes. It also enabled bilateral policy [...] Commission with contribution of the Department of Science and Technology of SouthAfrica under Horizon 2020. While the project has been terminated, the platform continues to operate , thereby supporting and strengthening the South African-EU STI relations.
third institute will open in Ghana in September 2012. The Next Einstein Initiative, a programme set up by AIMS-SouthAfrica to oversee to the setting up of 15 such institutes across Africa, will part-fund the Ethiopian institute. Ethiopia is expected to provide matching funds for construction and also [...] have received postgraduate degrees from AIMS-SouthAfrica. And in the past six years four Ethiopians per year, on average, have received scholarships from the institute. Ultimately it is hoped that there will be 15 such centres of excellence across Africa. [...] AIMS, the brainchild of Neil Turok, director of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, in Canada, was founded in Cape Town, SouthAfrica, in 2003 as a pan-African centre for postgraduate training and research, providing advanced, broadly applicable mathematical skills to talented students.