University Administered Awards

Name Fields covered Value Eligibility and Closing Dates Period of Support Contact Person/Weblink

Collaboration Programme between the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) All Grant covers 3 years of project funding. R100 000 per student per year for 3 years. Can cover travel and tuition but cannot exceed this amount. The scholarship is open to PhD candidates from Wits University and the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS). Up to 10 PhD candidates (5 at CNRS, 5 at Wits) will receive a 3-year scholarship to conduct their research project in any discipline, with additional support to travel between the two countries. The scholarships will be shared equally between the two institutions and every selected student will be expected to spend time in each other’s organisation over the course of their PhD. The PhD candidates will be selected from qualifying projects at the two institutions in line with the strategic investment for developing and strengthening Wits-CNRS partnership. The bursary can be awarded to South African students with no restriction on the demographics related to gender, race, age or discipline. A minimum aggregate for the relevant Masters of 75%, which is regarded as a degree awarded with distinction

CLOSED TILL 2024 UNTIL 1ST CYCLE ENDS 3 years derci_amoi@cnrs.fr or Amel FEREDJ, the Deputy Director for Africa, Middle East & India : amel.feredj@cnrs-dir.fr

Lucille.Mooragan@wits.ac.za

For more information on the call, please visit https://international.cnrs.fr/wpcontent/uploads/2021/01/Joint-PhDWits-CNRS_call-2021_guidelines.pdf

Phillip Vallentine Tobias Educational Bursary - 2022 All 50 000 - 60 000 per annum The recipients are referred to as holders of the Phillip Tobias Educational Bursary. South African citizenship; Based on satisfactory performance Applications prepared by students must be emailed to Ms Lucille Mooragan (Lucille.Mooragan@wits.ac.za) in PDF format before the closing date, 16 February 2023.

Name Fields covered Value Eligibility and Closing Dates Period of Support Contact Person/Weblink

Drone Council of South Africa (DCSA)

and the Wits

Business School

(WBS) have established a fund to sponsor research on drone

applications

at Masters and Doctoral levels Food or Medical Supplies for just-in-time last mile logistics. Public Infrastructure (maintenance, development, monitoring) Gas and Oil (Pipeline inspection and surveillance, boiler inspections) Telecommunications (mast inspections and repairs) Electricity (electrical pipeline inspections) Agriculture (surveying and mapping, crop spraying, disease tracking among other uses), Construction (progress monitoring, building inspections), Mining (stock pile monitoring, surveillance), Security (surveillance of critical infrastructure and assets) Masters and Doctoral support varies according to specific criteria A call for Expression of Interest (EoI), is hereby made to Wits Masters and PhD current and prospective students to submit an Expression of interest

Applicants must provide the following information with their application. Employment Status (Unemployed/Part-Time Employee/Permanent) Topic and a one-pager concept note 300-word motivation

Closing date: mid-February Based on satisfactory performance Contact person: Enquiries and EoI response will be sent to Professor Ephias Ruhode, Progrmamme Director, Master of Management in the field of Digital Business, Ephias.Ruhode@wits.ac.za