FEIT Visiting Fellows scheme (Women and Non-Binary)

The Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology (FEIT) is strongly committed to supporting diversity in the workplace. At the University of Melbourne, we recognise that the exploration of ideas, thought leadership and curiosity are fundamental to our teaching and research performance. In line with this, improving and supporting the representation of women and non-binary people is necessary for our goal to innovate and strengthen FEIT’s reputation as a world-class centre of research.

Purpose

The Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology (FEIT) Visiting Fellows Scheme (Women and Non-Binary) aims to:

  • Support and encourage diversity in the workplace.
  • Improve engagement and collaboration with academics outside FEIT, with the view to enhance research outcomes for FEIT.

For the purpose of this scheme:

  • The applicant is the FEIT host of the incoming Visiting Fellow.
  • The Visiting Fellow is either an incoming researcher from an international university or an outgoing FEIT researcher, including graduate researchers, who identifies as female and/or non-binary.

Funding

Up to six FEIT Visiting Fellows Scheme (Women and Non-Binary) of $5000 will be awarded annually.

Eligibility

To be eligible applicants must be:

  • Continuing FEIT academics, researchers named on Fellowships, or Graduate Researcher. Please note that applications are limited to one Visiting Fellow per year.

To be eligible, Visiting Fellows must be:

  • Research Fellow (incoming) - a female-identifying and/or non-binary academic employed at an International University with an interest in collaborating with FEIT researchers.
  • Research Fellow (outgoing) – a female-identifying and/or non-binary continuing academic or researcher named on Fellowships in FEIT.
  • Graduate Researcher Fellow (outgoing) – a female-identifying and/or non-binary Graduate Researcher in FEIT.

Applications

Applications for the 2025 Visiting Fellows scheme (Women and Non-Binary) are now open. Starting this year, the general and women & non-binary schemes have been merged into a single, streamlined program.

Application close: Sunday, 8 June 2025

Find out more and apply

(UOM Staff Only - SSO required)

Past Recipients

Congratulations to our FEIT Visiting Fellow scheme (Women and Non-Binary) recipients.

  • FEIT Host: Dr. Luis Antonio Bandeiro Neto (Infrastructure Engineering)
    Visiting Fellow: Prof. Christina De H.C. Tsuha [University of São Paulo at São Carlos, Brazil)

    FEIT Host: Dr. Sejong Kim (Electrical and Electronic Engineering)
    Visiting Fellow: A/Prof. Su-Hyun Gong [Korea University, Republic of Korea]

    FEIT Host: Prof. Guillermo Narsilio (Infrastructure Engineering)
    Visiting Fellow: Prof. Megali Evelin Carro Perez [National University of Cordoba, Argentina]

    FEIT Host: Prof. Ying Tan (Mechanical Engineering)
    Visiting Fellow: Dr. Ekaterina Ivanova [Queen Mary University London, UK]

    FEIT Host: Dr. Anna Trengove (Biomedical Engineering)
    Visiting Fellow: Dr. Micaela Pannella [Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Italy]

    FEIT Host: Prof. QJ Wang (Infrastructure Engineering)
    Visiting Fellow: A/Prof. Eun-Soon Im [Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong]

Further information

Please direct your questions to feit-research@unimelb.edu.au