The CoVA Small Grants Scheme is designed to foster and embed emerging research in the visual arts at the University of Melbourne, promoting:
- Research excellence in the visual arts through support of activities and outputs from CoVA Fellows;
- Cross-disciplinary collaboration between the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, the Faculty of Arts and the wider University;
- Strategic partnerships between the University and external bodies, with an emphasis on the arts and cultural sector;
- Non-Traditional Research Outputs (NTROs) that reflect the individual and institutional strengths of both the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music and the Faculty of Arts at the University of Melbourne.
The CoVA Small Grants Scheme is open to CoVA Fellows. External researchers, bodies and institutions may only submit applications when collaborating on an application with at least one current CoVA Fellow.
CoVA Small Grants funding will be awarded annually with outcomes of these applications decided by the CoVA Advisory Board, with reference being made to the proposed project details, timeline and budget – as well as the suitability of the project alongside the broader research priorities of the Centre of Visual Art – in assessing the applications.
Application Documents
CoVA Research Program Leaders
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Postnational Art Histories
Professor Ian McLean i.mclean@unimelb.edu.au
Professor Charles Green c.green@unimelb.edu.au
Professor Claire Roberts claire.roberts@unimelb.edu.au
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Art Across the Archipelago
Dr Danny Butt danny.butt@unimelb.edu.au
Associate Professor Kate Daw kdaw@unimelb.edu.au
Enterprise Professor Natalie King n.king@unimelb.edu.au
Dr David Sequeira david.sequeira@unimelb.edu.au
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Communicative Cities
Professor Nikos Papastergiadis n.papastergiadis@unimelb.edu.au
Professor Scott McQuire mcquire@unimelb.edu.au
Professor Sean Cubitt sean.cubitt@unimelb.edu.au
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Feminism & Intersectionality
Dr Kate Just k.just@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Simone Slee sleesa@unimelb.edu.au
Vikki McInnes vmcinnes@unimelb.edu.au
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Recent Grant Projects
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The Crawling Man Project
by Dr Kiron Robinson. A CoVA Small Grant project supported by the Victorian College of the Arts, School of Computing and Information Systems & Melbourne School of Engineering.
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Black Palestinian Solidarity - Conference 2019
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19 + 20 NOVEMBER 2019: Unlocking Creativity
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Hacking the Anthropocene IV
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Gatekeeping & Ethics in a Globalised Artworld: Conference August 2019
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15 AUGUST: The Cantrills Collection at the University of Melbourne
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3 MARCH Public Displays of Affection: How Can Artists Rebrand Soft Power