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School of somethingFACULTY OF OTHER
Early career international research leadership and capacity building
University of Leeds
Judith Lamie, January 2012
The University of Leeds ‐contextTotal Number of Research Staff=2543
Total Number of permanent early career staff= 385
Total Number of Post Graduate Research Students=2897
International Early Career Research support - Key activities
Supporting innovation in research and educationon a global scale through interdisciplinary
collaboration, faculty and student exchange andeLearning
WUN MEMBERS 2011
University of Auckland
University of Sydney
University of Western Australia
University of Bristol
University of Leeds
University of Sheffield
University of Southampton
University of York
Nanjing University
Zhejiang University
University of Alberta
University of Washington‐Seattle
The Pennsylvania State University
University of Wisconsin Madison
University of Rochester
University of Cape Town
University of Bergen
Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Funding for short term research visits to partner institutions through the WUN Research Mobility Programme‐ over 100 funded since 2000
• A series of Virtual Seminars
• International Summer schools and master‐classes
• Post‐graduate e‐journals
WORLD LEADING GRADUATE EDUCATION PROGRAMME
• Research collaborations between Leeds and a min of 2 international partners (WUN +)
• ‘Seed’ funding to get ambitious international projects started (up to £20K)
• Aim is for Leeds to lead external funding bids and establish sustainable collaborations
Fund for International Research Collaborations (FIRC)
CASE STUDY 1‐Accerlerating ResearchDr. Rong Jun Chen ‐ Senior Translational Research Fellow in organic chemistry
A interdisciplinary network focussing on the application of multi‐functional nano‐systems for targeted drug delivery
Progress in less than 2 years:• 2 conferences organised• 4 papers• 1 patent• 2 book chapters• 2 grants • 4 grants in pipeline
CASE STUDY 2‐Growing a network
Dr. Shona Hunter‐ Early career researcher in Sociology and Social Policy
White Spaces network
Academic
Practitioner
PGR
USA
Canada
New Zealand
Australia South Africa
Australia
South Africa
Australia
USA
Germany
Switzerland
France
ArgentinaCanada
South Africa Brazil
Finland
Italy
Spain
Greece
Netherlands
Lithuania
France
Denmark
A interdisciplinary network focussing on the challenges and prospects of increasingly ethnically diverse societies
CASE STUDY 3 ‐ Connecting Excellence
WELMEC ‐ Centre of Excellence in Medical Engineering
Creating relationships and opportunities for early career researchers so that they may have the chance to create rich and diverse research projects.