UTS Early Career Academic Network (ECAN) - Fellowship and Benchmarking Event

Are you an early career academic who would like to know more about fellowships and early-stage research grants? Do you want to hear from previously successful ECAs and research office senior managers on how to best position yourself for success in fellowships and grants? Then this event is for you!

In the first half of the event you will hear from, and be able to speak to, successful UTS early career academics who have obtained significant research funding through ARC, NHMRC, industry, and internal pathways. In the second half, UTS senior librarians will run a workshop on demystifying benchmarking one’s ROPE with key performance metrics by using SciVal and other platforms.

Agenda:
10am – 11am: Panel discussion with UTS early career academics and RO experts
11am – 12pm: ROPE benchmarking workshop

Hosts:
Dr Michael Ruppert: Senior Lecturer from FEIT (ARC LE19, LE21, DP21, DP24, DECRA24, industry projects)
Dr Bahareh Berenjforoush Azar: Lecturer from FEIT (2024 UTS ECR RCDI, 2024 FEIT Blue Sky)

Guest Speakers:
Dr Laurence Luu: Lecturer from FS (2022 UTS Chancellor’s Research Fellowship, 2024 NHMRC Young Investigator Grant)
Dr Trong Toan Tran: Lecturer from FEIT (2019 UTS Chancellor’s Research Fellowship, ARC DECRA22, DP24)
Dr Sipei Zhao: Senior Lecturer from FEIT (2024 ARC ECR Industry Fellowship)
Dr Amy Freeman-Sanderson, Senior Lecturer from FOH (2024 Emerging Leadership Level 1 NHMRC Fellowship)
Kamy Ooi: UTS Research Capability and Development Manager (Expert research officer on ARC DPs, FTs, DECRAs, and Industry Fellowships)
Kimberley Porteous and Meijun Huang: Senior Librarians in Education & Research Services, UTS library

Do join us!

Your ECAN Steering Committee