Critical Food Studies Scholarship 2027: How to Apply

Key facts

Status
Applications closed Closed 11 March 2022
Provider
Critical Food Studies
Study level
Postgraduate
Academic year
2027
Last checked
September 2026

The last widely published scholarship call was for 2022, closing on 11 March 2022, and no 2027 call had appeared when we checked.

Keagan HendricksWritten by Keagan HendricksStaff Writer (Unisa Alumnus)
Naledi KhumaloReviewed & verified by Naledi KhumaloSenior Admissions and Bursaries EditorVerified
No open round · the last round we could find closed on 11 March 2022 Latest update ↓

Critical Food Studies is a transdisciplinary humanities research programme run jointly by the University of KwaZulu-Natal, the University of the Western Cape and the University of Pretoria, with funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. It studies food as culture, identity, meaning and representation rather than as nutrition or agriculture, and it has funded honours and Master’s students from any discipline whose research uses food as a lens.

About the Critical Food Studies Scholarship

  • Two positions in the last call: one honours and one Master’s.
  • Open to students from any discipline whose research examines food through a humanities lens: taste and the senses, food marketing and commodity culture, cuisine and identity, food and social agency, or food in art and performance.
  • Includes a stipend and participation in the programme’s seminars, reading groups and writing workshops.
  • Hosted at UKZN, UWC or UP.

Eligibility requirements

  • South African citizen or permanent resident.
  • A bachelor’s degree for the honours scholarship, or an honours degree for the Master’s scholarship.
  • Registered, or registering, at UKZN, UWC or UP.
  • A demonstrated interest in interdisciplinary humanities research on food.

How to apply

  1. Email the programme administrator at UKZN to confirm whether a 2027 call is open.
  2. If it is, send a letter outlining your interest in food studies research and your career plans, with certificates and transcripts of your completed qualifications. No application form is required.
  3. Shortlisted candidates are interviewed by the programme’s academic leads.

Closing date

The last confirmed closing date was 11 March 2022. No 2027 date has been published.

Contact details

Humanities postgraduates should also apply to the DSI-NRF postgraduate scholarship and see the UKZN Mellon spatial humanities scholarship and our postgraduate bursaries list.

FAQs

1. Is the Critical Food Studies scholarship open for 2027? +
The last widely published call was for 2022, closing on 11 March 2022, and no 2027 call had appeared when we checked. The programme is a fixed-term research project across UKZN, UWC and UP, so email the project office to ask whether new scholarships will be offered.
2. What is Critical Food Studies? +
A transdisciplinary humanities research programme at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, the University of the Western Cape and the University of Pretoria that studies food as culture, identity, meaning and representation, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
3. What did the scholarship offer? +
Two positions a year, one honours and one Master's, for students from any discipline whose research uses food as an analytical lens, with a stipend and participation in the programme's seminars and writing workshops.
4. Who qualified? +
South African citizens or permanent residents with a bachelor's degree (for honours) or an honours degree (for Master's), registered at UKZN, UWC or UP, with a demonstrated interest in humanities research on food.
5. How did you apply? +
By emailing a letter describing your interest in food studies research and your career plans, with certificates and transcripts, to the programme administrator at UKZN; no form was required.
6. What are the alternatives? +
The DSI-NRF postgraduate scholarship, the universities' own honours and Master's bursaries, and the Mellon-funded spatial humanities scholarships.
Update note (checked September 2026): the last widely published scholarship call was for 2022, closing on 11 March 2022, and no 2027 call had appeared when we checked. Mellon-funded programmes run for fixed terms, so email the project office at UKZN to ask whether new scholarships will be offered before planning around this award. The details below are from the last published call.

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