January 2022 — Announcement
2022 CALL FOR GLOBAL EXCELLENCE STATURE (GES) 4.0
POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS AND POSTDOTORAL FELLOWSHIPS FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION (MULTI-DISCIPLINARY CALL)
As of January 2022, the Director of the Visual Art and Design Research Centre, Prof Leora Farber, will be offering Masters, PhD and post-doctoral supervision in the emergent field of bio-art/design.
This new, developing research programme is focused on theoretical and practical interactions between the life sciences, biotechnology, visual art and certain design forms. Working under the umbrella term ‘bio-art/design’ artists and designers engage with scientific processes, using non/living matter as media. Biological materials such as cells, tissues, organisms, bacteria, yeasts, and fungi are explored using a combination of artmaking /design processes and scientific procedures, protocols, and tools.
Given this, bio-art/design may be considered as a form of interdisciplinary praxis: a critical and creative visual response to the development and presence of biotechnologies and related procedures, and theoretical debates currently taking place in contemporary scientific and popular-scientific discourses, as well as in cultural imaginaries across the arts and Humanities. Practical work takes place in a custom-built, PC2 laboratory, that forms part of the FADA FABLAB. It is the first bio-art/design research laboratory of its kind in South Africa, enabling artists and designers to engage in ‘wet’ biological practices in conjunction with research into related theoretical concerns.
Funding for Masters, PhD and Post-doctoral Fellowships can be applied for under the University of Johannesburg's Global Excellence Stature (GES) 4.0 Scholarship programme (see details of the call below).
If you are interested in applying for funding or the bio-art/design programme (or both), please send a one-page statement of intent to: leoraf@uj.ac.za by 10 December 2021.
2022 Call for Global Excellence Stature (GES) 4.0
Postgraduate Scholarships and Postdoctoral Fellowships
Fourth Industrial Revolution (multi-disciplinary call)
GES 4.0 Scholarships and Fellowships are intended to encourage and support Postgraduate students and Postdoctoral Research Fellows from various disciplines. If you are interested in carrying out cutting edge research activities in a multidisciplinary approach involving multiple academic entities and aligned to industry 4.0 then this call is for you. UJ is looking for candidates who are keen to work on innovative solutions to problems related to 4IR as well as present ways to exploit the transformative potential of 4IR technologies to address the Global Sustainable Development Goals.
Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
Candidates who obtained their doctoral degrees within the last five years are invited to apply. Fellowships will be awarded on a competitive basis, considering the candidate’s academic achievements, potential as an independent researcher and meeting the requirements of the call. Successful candidates will be expected to contribute to research productivity and impact in multi-disciplinary research involving multiple academic entities
that are aligned to 4IR. Interested candidates may apply online at https://www.uj.ac.za/ges-pdrf
Master’s and Doctoral Scholarships
Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates who will be registering for full-time master’s and doctoral studies at the University of Johannesburg in 2022. The scholarships will be awarded based on academic excellence. The call is open to candidates who intend undertaking multi-disciplinary research involving multiple academic entities that are aligned to 4IR. Race and gender demographics will be applied during the evaluation
Closing date for applications: 14 January 2022
process to enhance the equity profile of postgraduate students at UJ. Interested candidates may apply online:
Master’s: https://www.uj.ac.za/ges-master /
Doctoral: https://www.uj.ac.za/ges-doctoral