{"id":14054,"date":"2013-09-04T12:00:57","date_gmt":"2013-09-04T10:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joblistsouthafrica.com\/?p=14054"},"modified":"2016-11-11T12:41:04","modified_gmt":"2016-11-11T10:41:04","slug":"ict-bursary-programme-2014-undergraduate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joblistsouthafrica.com\/ict-bursary-programme-2014-undergraduate.html","title":{"rendered":"ICT Bursary Programme 2014 &#8211; Undergraduate"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>ICT Bursary: BSc\/BEng undergraduate\u00a0 studies in the ICT field<\/h2>\n<p>The CSIR is pleased to announce a comprehensive bursary programme that is aimed at providing support for talented students in selected fields of science, engineering and technology (SET). The bursary is designed to be especially attractive to those students that are considering a career in research, with a value that will comprehensively cover all the normal costs associated with university studies, such as registration, tuition, books, accommodation, meals, laptop, etc. A generous living expenses allowance is an additional part of the package, to assist all selected students with incidental costs. Both academic merit and financial need will be considered during the selection process, as well as the imperative to increase the participation of women and black people in SET.<\/p>\n<p>The CSIR Meraka Institute is a national strategic initiative that aims to accelerate South Africa\u2019s growth towards an Information Society and addresses three critical areas in information and communication technology (ICT):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Human capital development<\/strong>(HCD) in ICT forms a critical thread throughout the Institute\u2019s activities and ensures continued development, growth and sustainability<\/li>\n<li><strong>Innovation\u00a0<\/strong>in ICT that leads to applications able to address development challenges facing South Africa, the continent and the developing world<\/li>\n<li><strong>Advanced technology research<\/strong>that enables indigenous ICT leadership, through critical mass and focus on ICT research and development.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Research fields include: real-time video coding; remote sensing; knowledge representation and reasoning; ontologies and the semantic web; enterprise engineering; human language technologies; advanced sensor networks; wireless mesh networks; earth observation; mobile platforms; Internet of Things; and living labs, trusted networks and security.<\/p>\n<p>The CSIR invites applications from students wishing to register for\u00a0 the 2014 academic year in the following\u00a0 fields:<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>BSc\/BEng undergraduate \u00a0studies in the ICT field:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Electronic Engineering<\/li>\n<li>Software Engineering and Computer Engineering<\/li>\n<li>Computer Science\/Information Systems\/ Computational Linguistics\/Information Technology<\/li>\n<li>Remote Sensing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Requirements: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 A South African citizen<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Enrolment at a South African university in 2014<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 An average of 65% for the current academic year<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Interested in pursuing a research career<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Willingness to work in a diverse environment.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Your application must include: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 A copy of your Identity Document<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 A copy of your CV<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Latest academic results.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Preference will be given to applicants from previously disadvantaged backgrounds and people living with disabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Should you not be contacted within one month of the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>How to Apply for\u00a0ICT Bursary Programme 2014<\/h4>\n<p>Click on the <strong>Apply Now<\/strong> button at the end of this page to apply online<\/p>\n<p><strong>Closing date: 13 September 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Should you experience any problems in submitting your application, please contact the CSIR Recruitment Centre at\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Recruitmentqueries@csir.co.za<\/span>. Please\u00a0<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">do not<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0submit your application to this mailbox.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ICT Bursary: BSc\/BEng undergraduate\u00a0 studies in the ICT field The CSIR is pleased to announce a comprehensive bursary programme that is aimed at providing support for talented students in selected&#8230;..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[334],"tags":[1860],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - 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