On Friday 5th of November 2010,  Dr Thulani Dlamini,  Group Executive for Research and Development at the  the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, and Prof Barry Green (Director) of AIMS signed a memorandum of understanding at the CSIR premises in Pretoria. The two institutes have agreed to cooperate in the following areas:

– Linking of AIMS essay topics to specific programmes at CSIR
– Teaching of courses by CSIR employees
– Bridging courses for CSIR students/employees
– Visiting scientists
– Scholarship funding
– Internship programmes