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Programmes
ARS runs a small number of programmes and runs them properly: evenings with Nobel Laureates, a six-month mentored apprenticeship, a hands-on week in the laboratory, and an interdisciplinary gathering still being built. Each page below says who it is for, what you actually do, and the honest route in.
The flagships
Our “Inside the Researcher’s Mindset” series puts laureates in a room with African students. The 2024 edition featured Prof. Joachim Frank at UCT.
One evening, in person. Editions are announced as they are confirmed.
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A six-month mentored programme pairing undergraduates with researchers and supervisors on real projects — a practical on-ramp into research.
Six months, mentored, alongside your studies.
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A week of hands-on laboratory exposure, shadowing postdocs and PhD researchers, run with UCT partners.
One week, in person, hosted with UCT partners.
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A multi-day, interdisciplinary gathering in development — convening science, technology, culture and policy around how to build healthier, more resilient African societies.
Multi-day, in person. The programme is still being built.
Read the programmeFollow the work
Short films profiling African researchers and the work they are actually doing — made with the researchers themselves.
Watch the seriesProjects, hackathons and studies you can apply to online. You do not have to be at UCT to take part — join a project, not just a chapter.
Browse open callsWhere these run
Partners fund the lab camps, apprenticeships and evenings — laboratory access, venues, equipment, travel or expert time.