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27 May 2021 - Wits University
Wits University and the French National Centre for Scientific Research have announced five CNRS-Wits PhD projects to be supported in 2021.
The French National Centre for Scientific Research (Centre national de la recherche scientifique – CNRS) and Wits will fund common research projects in order to give PhD students the opportunity to conduct their research in both South Africa and France,” says Professor Lynn Morris, Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Research and Innovation at Wits University.
After an independent evaluation of 16 projects by the two institutions and then a joint selection committee, the CNRS and Wits selected these five projects. These five CNRS-Wits PhD projects are based in four entities at Wits University – the School of Physics; the School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences; the Global Change Institute; and the DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Palaeosciences.
This new Cluster will further encourage world class research through collaboration, coordination and communications.
The Earth Science Cluster (ESC), a new Dean’s Select Committee in the Research Office, has been formed following a workshop held earlier this month.
The primary aim of the ESC, situated in the Faculty of Science, is to enhance collaborations, coordination, and communications between the different Earth Sciences entities within the cluster, especially in research, innovation, postgraduate training, teaching, science engagement and public outreach.
The Earth Sciences at Wits does outstanding research and is currently made up of six A-rated researchers, two SARCHI Chairs, two Wits Distinguished Professors, the PV Tobias Chair in Palaeoanthropology, and two Centres of Excellence. There are more than half a dozen research entities located in this cluster, as designated by the Research Office, and some of the researchers are amongst the most highly cited in the Unive