Third Call For Applications For AIMS-MS4CR Internship Opportunities

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The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences – Next Einstein Initiative (AIMS-NEI) launched the Mathematical Sciences for Climate Resilience (MS4CR) program in August 2017 with support from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). The goal of the MS4CR program at AIMS is to increase the contribution of African mathematical scientists to finding solutions to climate change-related challenges in Africa through training, research and internships. AIMS-NEI will be providing 100 internships in the field of climate change for promising AIMS students and alumni over a period of 5 years.

The first two calls for applications have allowed us to facilitate 33 internships for AIMS alumni who are making a great impact in the different projects they have been assigned to. Below is one of the testimonies we received from an industry partner.

"The AIMS-NEI Mathematical Sciences for Climate Resilience (MS4CR) is an important instrument to build Africa’s capacity to quantify climate risk, understand its impacts on development and help transform entire economic sectors. At Manobi Africa and with our strategic partners ICRISAT and CCAFS, MS4CR interns engage in the development of innovative agCelerant products and services to de-risk investments in smallholder agriculture through improved yield forecasts, credit risk scores, reduced basis risk and cost of financing. We look forward to welcoming more AIMS-NEI alumni yet to also address urgent and growing challenges in the water sector with UtilitY85, and to demonstrate the value of embedding artificial intelligence, machine learning and advanced computational skills in a bottom-up, demand-driven approach led by the African private sector - Pierre C. Sibiry Traoré – Director R&D, Manobi Africa & Principal in Business Researcher, ICRISAT (Digital Agriculture)."

AIMS students and alumni who are interested in applying for one of the Open AIMS-MS4CR Internship Opportunities should click here (or link below) to find more information about internship opportunities and their respective application requirements. Please use your AIMS email address to submit your application to help validate your eligibility!

The MS4CR Internship Program team has secured some funds to support a MS4CR Mobility Program that is aimed to support selected candidates who will need financial support to cover their travel costs when the internship host institution is located outside their country of citizenship or residence. If your application is successful, the project team will discuss these opportunities and provide the required mobility support on a case-by-case basis.

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Deadline for applications: January 20th, 2020 – 11:59 PM (EAT).

All inquiries about these internship opportunities should be sent to this email address.