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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.