iThemba LABS: SAINTS Prestigious Masters and Doctoral Scholarships 2023 

iThemba LABS (www.tlabs.ac.za) is a national facility of the National Research Foundation (NRF) with its main campus close to Somerset West, Western Cape and its satellite campus close to the University of the Witwatersrand.

The Southern African Institute for Nuclear Technology and Sciences (SAINTS) is a division of iThemba LABS focusing on the provision of education, training and professional development for students and staff linked in the first instance to iThemba LABS.

The SAINTS is inviting academically outstanding students to apply for full–cost Masters and Doctoral scholarships (in fields of Science and Engineering) to do their research full-time in one of the following fields:

• Basic nuclear physics (study of nuclear reactions, shapes and more),
• Applied nuclear physics (study of radiation effects on matter, environmental radiation, accelerator mass spectrometry and more),
• Materials science (materials characterization),
• Nanoscience (new materials development),
• Radiobiology (studying effects of radiation on the body),
• Radiochemistry (development of novel radioisotopes for use in nuclear medicine and more), and
• Advanced control systems for accelerator components and detector instrumentation (Engineering, Computer science).

NB. A list of available projects and associated research supervisors at iThemba LABS for 2023 is available at the following link: https://tinyurl.com/SAINTS-2023-AvailableProjects

Requirements:

• An above-average academic record, especially for the degree before the one planned to be pursued in 2023,
• Must be a South African citizen,
• Must register at a South African University for full-time studies from 2023
• Must be supervised/co-supervised