AIMS for Africa

Neil TurokPerimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

IDRC, February 2010

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our most valuable treasure

key to our future

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furthest-seeing telescope: WMAP

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spacetime energy

“Setting an example is not the main means of influencing others; it is the only means.”

A. Einstein

African Institute for

Mathematical Scienceswww.aims.ac.za

an African Institute

* pan-African student body* outstanding international lecturers* students, tutors, lecturers live in* a 24-hour learning environment

Relevant Innovative Cost-Effective High Quality

200420052006200720082009

applied admitted graduated

AIMS 2008

goal:

To create 15 AIMS Centres, across Africa, within a decade

Why this is important

launch of AIMS Next Einstein Initiative

www.nexteinstein.org

Daphne

African Mathematical Institutes Network (AMI-Net) endorses Next Einstein Initiative

Africa is the world’s greatest untapped pool of scientific and technical talent

It is also the continent in greatest need Developing Africa’s brightest minds is vital to her future

Only Africans can fix Africa “Smart Aid” proposal for G8

Thank you!

for more information, contact:

AIMS-NEI@aims.ac.za

Also, seewww.aims.ac.zawww.nexteinstein.org

One for Many

AIMS Scholarships Plan• if your University pays the cost of ONE graduate scholarship on your campus to an AIMS Centre each year

• it will support 4-5 full scholarships at an AIMS Centre

• this will grow strong links - faculty and student exchanges: making your University more attractive

• recruit 3-4 AIMS grads to your PhD programs per year

• 10 US Universities can in this way support the entire scholarship costs of an AIMS centre, forever

• A sustainable plan for “science diplomacy”

Waterloo and Guelph have already signed up

Shehu Abdussalam

“We will open centers of scientific excellence in Africa, the Middle East and Asia, and appoint new Science Envoys to collaborate on programs that develop new sources of energy, create green jobs, digitize records, clean water and grow new crops”

(Obama speech, 2009, Cairo)

Sasa ni Sawa

6 years 255 graduates from 30 countries

Last year: 267 applications received 50 admitted 50 graduated 38% women 96% proceeded to Masters/PhDs 22 international lecturers This year: 54 students from 18 countries, including 20 women

AIMS in numbers

Proposed Sites:

AIMS Cape Town (2003)

AIMS Abuja (2008, AUST)

AIMS Senegal

AIMS Ghana

AIMS Ethiopia

Ghana

Nigeria

Madagascar

Uganda

Sudan

Cape Town

Senegal

Ethiopia

AIMS Impact: Tanzania

Teresia Marijani PhD at SACEMA, SAAngelina Lutambi PhD, Institute of Malaria Research, Tanzania BaselGasper Mwanga Lecturer at Dar es Salaam Univ. College of EducationJefta Sunzu Masters at KZN, Lecturer at Dodoma Univ.Sara Makongo Lecturer at Mwenge Univ. Geomira Sanga Masters at SACEMA, SA