The SABINA network which is funded under the
Carnegie-IAS Regional Initiative in Science and Education (RISE) is inviting
application from prospective students who are interested in studying towards
MSc and PhD degrees.
Applications are invited from prospective students
who are citizens or permanent residents of Tanzania, Malawi, Namibia or South
Africa and who are interested in studying towards MSc and PhD degrees in
chemistry, biochemistry, molecular biology/functional genomics, synthetic
chemistry and bioinformatics of natural products; or food science. Female
candidates are strongly encouraged to participate in this regional initiative.
Candidates who are already in the employment of an academic or research
institution in one of the partner countries and wish to upgrade their
qualifications, will be favourably considered.
Candidates should have appropriate qualifications
(at least equivalent to a credit pass (60) rate) with specialization in at
least one of the following fields:
Natural product chemistry
Synthetic chemistry
Biochemistry
Food science
Bioinformatics.
Applicants should give an indication of their
preferred field of study. Successful applicants will be considered for
registration at the Universities of Dar es Salaam, Namibia, Malawi, Pretoria
and the Witwatersrand. They may be expected to spend up to 50 of their time in
the laboratories of one of the other network partners.
The SABINA scholarship covers tuition fees, a
student bursary/stipend and research costs (see attached conditions of grant).
Interested applicants should submit details of
their interest, a convincing letter of motivation, full curriculum vitae and
details of three traceable referees (current e-mail, telephone or fax number),
including at least two academic professionals, together with certified copies
of complete academic records to: SABINA Network Coordinator (Att: Dr John
Becker); African Centre for Gene Technologies (jbecker@csir.co.za).
Applicants
are encouraged to submit the required documents at their earliest convenience,
but no later than 30 September 2013.
