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Global Fellowships Award

At the University of Southampton we have been proud to welcome many international visiting researchers throughout the University's history.  Our visitors enrich the intellectual landscape on campus for staff and students, and as a result of these collaborations the University has forged links with partner institutions globally.

Global Fellowships

We will recall and celebrate 60 years of world-changing achievements, with the help of our current and former staff and students.
Changing the world for 60 years

Launching in 2018 this prestigious University Fellowship Award aims to attract the highest calibre academics from our priority partners to collaborate with University of Southampton staff. This award replaces the former Diamond Jubilee International Visiting Fellowships.

Each Fellowship is offered for a three year period to support the development of a collaborative partnership between the Fellow and their University of Southampton host member of staff. Funding is available to support a range of activities that promote research collaboration between individuals and groups at both institutions. During their Fellowship tenure each Fellow will spend a minimum of one month at the University of Southampton.

Global Fellowships Award calls

Future application deadlines, application form and guidance are available here.

All Fellowship candidates must be nominated by a member of University of Southampton staff.

Current Fellowships

In 2019-20 one new Fellow was appointed. Research collaborations include subject areas from seven Faculties and link to institutions in Australia, ‎Canada, Finland, France, Greece, Hong Kong, Japan, Russia, South Africa and the USA.

See below for details of individual Fellows, their hosts and the Fellowship activities to date.‎

Contact us

For further information about the Visiting Fellowship scheme or our other research funding opportunities please contact us at partnerships@southampton.ac.uk

Current Fellows

Visiting Fellow Institution University of Southampton host

Dr Douglas Allan

University of British Columbia
Cellular and Physiological Sciences

Dr Amrit Mudher
Biological Sciences 

Professor Catherine Backman

University of British Columbia
Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy

Professor Jo Adams
Health Sciences

Professor Omer Blaes

University of California, Santa Barbara
Physics
Dr Diego Altamirano
Physics & Astronomy 
Professor James Best University of Illinois
Geology
Fellowship activities
Professor Stephen Darby
Geography & Environmental Science
Professor Leon Chua University of California, Berkley
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Fellowship activities
Dr Themis Prodromakis
Electronics & Computer Science
Professor Ulrich Ellwanger Universite Paris-Sud 11
Physics
Fellowship activities
Professor Stefano Moretti
Physics & Astronomy
Professor Carolyn Emery University of Calgary
Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre
Fellowship activities 
Professor Maria Stokes
Health Sciences
Professor Matthew England

The University of New South Wales
Faculty of Science
Fellowship activities

Professor Robert Marsh
Ocean & Earth Science
Associate Professor Doris Howell University of Toronto
University Health Network
Fellowship activities
Dr Claire Foster
Health Sciences

Professor Alexej Jerschow

New York University
Chemistry 
Professor Malcolm Levitt
Chemistry
Professor Peter Kelemen Columbia University
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Fellowship activities
Professor Damon Teagle
Ocean & Earth Science
Professor Emad Khalil Alexandria University
Egypt Archaeology
Fellowship activities
Dr Fraser Sturt
Archaeology
Professor Phyllis Lassner  Northwestern University
Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies
Fellowship activities
Professor Clare Hanson
English
Professor Kenneth Lee  Chinese University of Hong Kong
Biomedical Sciences
Fellowship activities
Professor Richard Oreffo
Medicine
Professor James Leger

University of Minnesota
Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Fellowship activities

Professor Johan Nilsson
Zepler Institute for Photonics and Nanoelectronics
Professor Anna Mauranen  University of Helsinki
Modern Languages
Fellowship activities
Professor Jennifer Jenkins
Modern Languages and Linguistics: Centre for Global Englishes
Dr Ida Mok  The University of Hong Kong
Education
Fellowship activities
Professor Lianghuo Fan
Southampton Education School
Professor Raimund Ober

University of Texas at Dallas
Dept of Biomedical Engineering
Fellowship activities

Professor Diana Eccles
Cancer Sciences, Medicine

Dr Alexander Pukhov Lomonosov Moscow State University
Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics
Fellowship activities
Professor Alexander Belyaev
Physics & Astronomy

Professor Antonio Ribeiro

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)
Medicine 

Professor Myron Christodoulides
Medicine 

Professor Brian Schmidt Australian National University
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Fellowship activities
Dr Mark Sullivan
Physics & Astronomy
Professor Laura Siminoff Temple University
College of Public Health
Fellowship activities
Dr Tracy Long-Sutehall
Health Sciences
Professor David Steigmann

Berkeley
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
Fellowship activities

Professor Georges Limbert
Engineering and Physical Sciences
Professor Melissa Steyn University of the Witwatersrand
Wits Center for Diversity Studies
Fellowship activities
Professor Pauline Leonard
Sociology, Social Policy & Criminology
Dr Michelle Thomsen  Planetary Science Institute
Fellowship activities
Dr Caitriona Jackman
Physics & Astronomy
Professor Nikolaos Vainos  University of Patras
Materials Science
Fellowship activities 
Professor Robert Eason
Zepler Institute for Photonics and Nanoelectronics
Dr Benjamin Van Mooy  Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Fellowship activities
Professor Rachel Mills
Ocean and Earth Sciences
Professor Claire Wakefield

The University of New South Wales
Behavioural Sciences Unit, Kids Cancer Centre
Fellowship activities

Professor Claire Foster
Dr Anne-Sophie Darlington
Health Sciences
Professor Stefan Williams The University of Sydney
Australian Centre for Field Robotics

Dr Blair Thornton
Engineering and Physical Sciences

Dr Zhou Wu Kyushu University
Dept of Aging Science and Pharmacology
Fellowship activities

Dr Jessica Teeling
Biological Sciences

 

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