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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.