MyWorld Fellowships are aimed at freelancers, practitioners, industry, and academics who have industry or practice-based experience. The Fellowships are a brilliant opportunity to undertake collaborative thinking, innovation and experimentation, applying practice, expertise or relevant experience. These three Fellowships in Residence are the latest from MyWorld and offer financial support to explore your practice and research in a collaborative and supportive envirnonment.

‘Unlike more traditional Fellowships, we are encouraging people to make things and be part of an active network of people with extraordinary skills and expertise. It has been incredibly exciting to see how the Fellowships are operating as a kind of springboard into a web of connections, further research and funding. The climate for creative practitioners and businesses is very challenging right now, so being able to offer funding for this kind of R&D is really important. ’ Vanessa Bellaar Spruijt, Watershed Producer
 

MyWorld Fellowships are varied in theme and offer paid experimentation and research time, with an emphasis on collaboration and interdisciplinary working - previous Fellows have found themselves immersed in virtual reality, accessibility design, digital fashion and textiles, community tech, tactile narratives, and immersive performance. 

‘The Fellowship has been one of the most important experiences for my creative and professional practice. Working with a brilliantly innovative team and some of the best kit and facilities has pushed my technical and artistic abilities while also broadening my critical skills.’ David Matunda, Fellow at KWMC

More information about the current Fellowships:

Community Engagement through Music and Sound Tech with The Studio in Bath and Old Printworks Arts in Radstock 

10 months, £20,000. Deadline for applications: Mon 16 Sept 10:00. BST 

An opportunity to spend 10 months in residence with Old Printworks Arts, Radstock and Bath Spa University’s innovation hub ‘The Studio’. This is a practical Fellowship with a focus on community engagement and retention through music and sound technologies. 

Alternative Communication via remote talking puppets with Black Laboratory 

6 months, £12,000. Deadline for applications: Mon 23 Sept 10:00 BST 

This is an opportunity to spend six months working with Black Laboratory, an award-winning animation and development studio to investigate using remote puppetry to develop indirect conversation tools for people with alternative communication preferences.

This Fellow will complement the team that is currently developing a prototype as part of the Collaborative Research & Development II projects supported by Digital Catapult. These projects are designed to address emerging challenges from across different areas of the Creative Industries.

Mixed Reality Interaction: Enabling tactile interaction with a digital world with Aardman Animations

6 months, £12,000. Deadline for applications: Fri 27 Sept 10.00 BST

An opportunity to spend six months on a Fellowship with Aardman Animations. This is a practical Fellowship where you will explore methods for creatives who currently work in a physical and tactile way (in the creation of stop motion animation), to interact in a mixed reality and / or digital space.

More Fellowship calls will be announced throughout the year – sign up to MyWorld’s newsletter to keep updated. 

MyWorld believe their work will be stronger with greater diversity and welcome applications from those who are currently underrepresented in the culture, technology and higher education sectors. We understand that each of us brings our experiences, our backgrounds and our own unique lens to what we do so no one is expected to represent any specific groups.  

These Fellowships are part of the MyWorld IDEAS programme, funded by UKRI. Read more about MyWorld. MyWorld is funded through UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) ‘Strength in Places fund’.  

Main Delivery partners: University of Bristol, University of the West of England, University of Bath, Bath Spa University, Digital Catapult, Watershed, Aardman Animations, Lux Aeterna, Esprit Film and Television, Bristol Old Vic and Opposable Games. 

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