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Early career international research leadership and capacity building University of Leeds Judith Lamie, January 2012
The University of Leeds ‐context Total 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 education on a global scale through interdisciplinary collaboration, faculty and student exchange and eLearning
WUN MEMBERS 2011 University of Bergen University of Alberta University of Bristol
Nanjing University
University of Leeds
Zhejiang University
University of Sheffield University of Southampton University of York University of Washington‐Seattle The Pennsylvania State University University of Wisconsin Madison
Chinese University of Hong Kong
University of Rochester University of Sydney University of Cape Town
University of Western Australia University of Auckland
WORLD LEADING GRADUATE EDUCATION PROGRAMME • 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
Fund for International Research Collaborations (FIRC) • 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
CASE STUDY 1‐Accerlerating Research Dr. 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
Australia
South Africa
A interdisciplinary network focussing on the challenges and prospects of increasingly ethnically diverse societies
Brazil
Argentina
Canada
Australia South Africa
USA Germany
PGR
New Zealand Canada
Academic
Switzerlan d France
White Spaces network
Greece
USA Denmark France
Finland Italy Lithuania Spain Netherland s
Practitioner Australia
South Africa
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.