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WUN Briefing Session
Tuesday 24 June 2014
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Programme
 Welcome and Introduction, Tom Rhodes, Head of International Relations
Office
 What is WUN? What are RMP and RDF? Karen Tsui, WUN Coordinator
 Q&A
 Gender and Changing Cities: Working with African Centre for Cities at the
University of Cape Town, Paula Meth, TRP
 Land Governance and Social Movements in Bolivia and South Africa,
Lorenza Fontana, Geography
 Stomata; Sensor of Climate Change, Julie Gray, MBB
 Global Soils and Critical Zone Research, Steve Banwart, Kroto Research
Institute
 Using WUN to communicate with the world, Andrew Linn, English
 White Rose and WUN, Claire Pickerden, White Rose University
Consortium
 Q&A
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Lunch and networking
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Welcome and Introduction
Tom Rhodes
Head of International Relations Office
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What is WUN? What are RMP
and RDF?
Karen Tsui
WUN Coordinator
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Purposes
1. Explore funding opportunities
2. Hear success stories
3. Translate them into yours
4. Learn process
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What is WUN?
 A global network of 17 research-intensive
universities across nine countries
 Four global challenges
 Research Mobility Programme (RMP)
 Research Development Fund (RDF)
 80 Interdisciplinary Research Groups
(IRG)
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17 WUN universities in 2014
 Australia
• University of Sydney
• University of Western Australia
 Canada
 South Africa
• The University of Cape Town
 UK
• The University of Bristol
• University of Alberta
• The University of Leeds
 China/Hong Kong
• The University of Sheffield
• Zhejiang University
• The University of
Southampton
• The Chinese University of Hong
Kong
 Netherlands
• Maastricht University
 New Zealand
• The University of Auckland
 Norway
• The University of Bergen
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• The University of York
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USA
• The Pennsylvania State
University
• The University of Rochester
• The University of WisconsinMadison
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9 WUN countries
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Combining the power of research
 Lead a collective voice to address global
challenges.
 Network top scientists around the globe
with individual expertise.
 Explore inter-disciplinary and multilateral
research collaboration.
 Nurture future leaders.
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Four Global Challenges
 Adapting to climate change
 Public health (noncommunicable disease)
 Global higher education and
research
 Understanding cultures
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Is WUN a
viable route?
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Sina Weibo
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What are RMP and RDF?
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Research Mobility Programme
(RMP)
Paula Meth and a representative from the Social Justice Coalition, Cape Town
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RMP main aims
 Establish new relationships and
consolidate current ones.
 Share access to rare facilities and unique
data sets.
 Enhance researcher’s experience and
strengthen their career profile.
 Widen the scope of research.
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RMP key facts
Funds visits from one week up to four
months.
Open to academic staff and postgraduate research students.
Welcomes applications from all
disciplines and fields.
Pays up to £2,500 each (reimbursement
for travel, visa, accommodation and
subsistence).
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RMP assessment criteria
1. Benefit to applicant’s career
development
2. Research excellence (host,
supervision/training, candidate)
3. Sustainability
4. Strategic relevance
5. Cost effectiveness
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RMP deadline
Wednesday 1 October 2014
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RMP top tips
 Find an enthusiastic host who is equally
committed
 Think about what you can offer the host and what
they can provide for you
 Have well-defined and achievable aims and be
realistic about what you can deliver
 Give a seminar and attend a seminar
 Network
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Research Development Fund
(RDF)
Stomata; Sensors of climate change, Julie Gray
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RDF main aims
 Bringing together researchers to
undertake preparatory works to
develop innovative, high quality,
sustainable research.
 Addressing the four global challenges.
 Tapping into diverse funding sources.
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Four Global Challenges
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Responding to Climate Change –
Migration/resilience; Climate/health co-benefits in
cities; and Over- and under-nutrition, food security,
food systems.
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Public Health and Non-communicable Disease–
non-communicable disease (NCD) – health of family
and migrants across the life course; the resilience of
adolescents in different cultural contexts.
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Global Higher Education and Research– access
and equity in higher education: economic and social
outcomes of diversity and globalisation.
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Understanding Cultures–Global Migration and
Population; Generations in Global Context and
Chinese Culture in the World.
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RDF key facts
 One-year seed funding scheme, with follow-up
sustainability funding available.
 Up to £15k from WUN matched by minimum
three WUN members from two different regions.
 Each member can submit up to three proposals.
 In 2013-14, £168k was invested in 16 projects.
 Projects may include exploratory research
initiatives, targeted workshops and faculty
exchanges.
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RDF assessment criteria
 QUALITY – high impact, innovative and
interdisciplinary.
 LEADERSHIP – Team of recognised researchers
with track records of excellence. Involvement of early
career researchers encouraged.
 SUSTAINABILITY – building long-term relationships.
Clear and explicit potential to attract external funding.
 OUTPUTS – achievable and targeted, joint
endeavours particularly encouraged
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RDF assessment criteria con’d
 enhance the international reputation of the University
and/or Faculty
 consolidate or initiate a strategic relationship with a quality
partner(s)
 be truly collaborative in nature and global in scope
 develop expertise/skills unobtainable outside of the
collaboration
 allow access to unique facilities/resources
 be advantageous to University and/or Faculty Strategic Plan
 be innovative in the internationalisation of the curriculum
and/or teaching and learning technologies and
methodologies
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Success rates
RDF
successful
not
successful
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Who’s your team?
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RDF full proposal deadline
Monday 13 October 2014
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RDF Letter of Intent (LOI)
 One-page
 WUN Steering Committee to prioritise and
invite full applications.
 The LOI process is parallel to the standard
RDF submission.
 Standard submission is permitted but will
not benefit from initial evaluation and
feedback.
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LOI deadline
Friday 1 August 2014
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WUN@Sheffield
Arts and Humanities
 Andrew Linn, English, leading an
international collaboration via RDF;
 Chryso Hadjidemetriou, English, visiting
Auckland (RMP);
 Rob McKay and John Miller, English, visiting
Sydney (RMP);
 Stephanie Bramley, Music, visiting Sydney
(RMP).
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WUN@Sheffield
Engineering
 Steve Banwart, Civil Engineering, actively
involved in climate change/food security network,
participating in a RDF led by Western Australia;
 Stephen Ebbens, Chemical and Biological
Engineering, visiting Penn State (RMP);
 Tuck Seng Wong, Chemical and Biological
Engineering, visiting CUHK (RMP).
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WUN@Sheffield
Science
 Julie Gray, Molecular Biology and
Biotechnology, leading an international
collaboration via RDF.
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WUN@Sheffield
Social Sciences
 Jean Grugel, Geography, involved in an interdisciplinary
research group;
 Jian Kang, Architecture, involved in an interdisciplinary
research group and produced six joint-publications;
 Glenn Hook, SEAS, participating in a RDF led by Alberta;
 Jojo Nem Singh, Geography, participating in a RDF led by
Bergen;
 Lorenza Fontana, Geography, visiting Cape Town (RMP);
 Marta Herrero, Management, visiting Alberta (RMP);
 Paula Meth, Town and Regional Planning, visiting Cape
Town.
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WUN@Sheffield
Medicine, Dentistry and Health
 Barry Gibson and Sarah Baker, Dentistry, participating
in a RDF led by Sydney;
 Hilary Powers, Oncology, participating in a RDF led by
Cape Town;
 Michelle Holdsworth, participating in a RDF led by
Bergen;
 Andrew Narracott, Cardiovascular Science, visiting
Maastricht (RMP);
 Ben Rutter, Human Communication Sciences, visiting
Wisconsin-Madison (RMP);
 Praveen Thokala, ScHARR, visiting Auckland (RMP).
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Actions
1. Identify and research your WUN
partner’s unique strengths and
facilities.
2. Browse sample applications.
3. Discuss with your colleagues/HoD.
4. Make your case a strong one.
5. Deadlines: RDF LOIs August 1; RMP
October 1; RDF full October 13.
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WUN website
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Thank you!
Karen Tsui
WUN Co-ordinator
[email protected]
0114 2226191
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Questions?
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Julie Gray
Stomata; Sensor of Climate Change
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Andrew Linn
Using WUN to communicate with the world
May workshop in Sheffield
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