NSBP has received a major grant from the
Kellogg foundation to fund American students, who would like to study in South Africa's National
Astrophysics and Space Sciences Program (NASSP) South
Africa
occupies a unique geographical position relative to locations of most of the
telescopes in the world. Recognizing this strategic advantage the South African
government has decided to invest heavily in astronomy/astrophysics. The Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) is located in South Africa. It is the largest single optical telescope in the southern hemisphere. South Africa is bidding to host the Square Kilometer Array (SKA), which will operate in the radiowave region. In preparation South Africa is planning to
construct a powerful SKA Pathfinder telescope. In addition to these facilities
other countries (most notably Japan, Korea, Germany and France) are putting telescopes in South Africa. These and other projects will allow astronomers
based in South
Africa to
make significant contributions to Astronomy and Astrophysics.
As a response to
this increase in facilities, a new graduate training program, The NASSP was formed, which takes students
through the course work and research for master’s degrees as a stepping stone to
a Ph.D.
NASSP is based at the University of Cape Town, however, it is a
collaboration of South African universities and research institutions www.star.ac.za/links.php. It takes
students from all over Africa. The master’s program starts in February.
If you are interested, please send a detailed
transcripts, a resume, along with the names,
addresses and telephone numbers of people who could recommend you for this
program to
Dr. Charles H. McGruder, III
William McCormack Professor of Physics
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Western Kentucky University
1906 College Heights Blvd #1077
Bowling Green, KY 42101-1077
Tel: 270-745-5277
Fax: 270-745-2014
Email: mcgruder@wku.edu
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