Student Opportunities
Watch this page for opportunities for students from external bodies. These include bursaries, scholarships, funding and postdoctoral positions for students in the theoretical and computational sciences community. If you have a student opportunity that you would like to publish here, please upload your content here.
UKUDLA PhD scholarship grants 2026
02/06/2026
The African German Centre for Sustainable and Resilient Food Systems and Applied Agricultural & Food Data Science (UKUDLA) is offering PhD scholarships for German and African applicants to support research projects in Southern Africa.
PhD position in Theoretical Astrophysics at Stellenbosch University
02/06/2026
Applications are invited for a funded PhD position in Theoretical Physics at Stellenbosch University. The successful candidate will join the Theoretical Astrophysics Group under the supervision of Dr Anslyn John.
NITheCS Postdoctoral Fellowship (1-year bursary)
01/26/2026
The Stellenbosch hub of NITheCS has a postdoctoral vacancy available. The successful candidate will be associated with one of the current research programmes of NITheCS and preferably in the Research Focus of the Hub.
PhD Position in Mathematics (Graph Theory), Rhodes University
01/26/2026
The Department of Mathematics at Rhodes University invites applications for a funded PhD position in Graph Theory, with preference given to candidates whose academic background and research interests are in Extremal Graph Theory.
NITheCS Postdoctoral Fellowship (1-year bursary)
01/26/2026
The Stellenbosch hub of NITheCS has a postdoctoral vacancy available. The successful candidate will be associated with one of the current research programmes of NITheCS and preferably in the Research Focus of the Hub.
2nd Annual Open Size Prize
07/23/2025
This is an award (with monetary value) for those who present the best open source solution for a quantum simulation problem pertaining the Heisenberg model for a three particle system on IBM Quantum’s...
Bursaries from Gauteng City Region Academy (GCRA)
07/23/2025
Application deadline: 28 February 2022 The GCRA has bursaries available for the 2022 academic year. Eligibility: You must be a South African citizen You must reside within the Gauteng province You mus...
2022 Quantum Error Correction (QEC) Summer School
07/23/2025
New York, USA | 5 – 30 July 2022 This in-person school aims to give participants a working knowledge of QEC offered through a series of 10 mini-courses and invited talks from leading researchers in ...
International Day of Mathematics: Photo Challenge
07/23/2025
Entry deadline: 14 March 2022 (23:59 pm CET) High school and undergraduate students are invited to participate in a Photo Challenge in celebration of the International Day of Mathematics. By submittin...
