Research
Advantage
Connecting and empowering researchers
Research Advantage is designed to support researchers through education, training, mentoring and special programs. A unique program that is targeted to assist at all stages of their career, Research Advantage offers support our researchers can rely on.
Initiatives
Research orientation program
The Researcher Orientation Program provides an overview of the support and services available to all researchers at the University of Newcastle.
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EMCR 'Connect and Empower' network
The University is committed to establishing a collegiate Early Mid Career Researcher (EMCR) community and will facilitate the EMCR ‘Connect and Empower’ Network.
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ECR HDR candidate scholarship
Research Advantage have partnered with Graduate Research to support and develop ECRs research and research leadership, through the provision of PhD candidate scholarships.
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Grant Accelerator program
The Grant Accelerator Program is a series of workshops/seminars that have been developed to run providing information and practical advice about grant writing, access to expert grant application reviewers and grant incubator workshops.
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NEWstar program
The NEWstar Program is designed to complement MCRs’ highly developed research skills with the opportunities, career planning and related interpersonal skills necessary to transition from a leading researcher to a research leader.
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Research Leader program
Providing opportunities for leaders to share their experiences and gain invaluable insight into the likely future research environment and will offer information and practical tools for reviewing and developing leadership potential.
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Innovation with Industry
In line with the Commonwealth Government’s National Innovation and Science Agenda, the University has introduced an Innovation with Industry program.
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Fulbright support program
A Fulbright award is more than a scholarship - it is, in the words of Senator Fulbright, a means of fostering "leadership, learning, and empathy between cultures..."
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John Monash support program
The John Monash Scholarships are postgraduate scholarships awarded to outstanding Australians with leadership potential who wish to study overseas. The John Monash Scholarships are amongst the most important postgraduate scholarships currently available in Australia.
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Research Sponsorship scheme
The University Researcher Sponsorship Scheme is a strategy to support researchers to facilitate career development through engagement with peers and professional leaders in their respective fields to obtain individual guidance and critical feedback.
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Women in Research fellowship
Recipients of the 2020 Women in Research (WIR) Fellowship are empowered to reach their full potential and focus intensively on research, strengthen and fast track their academic careers and nurture research leadership capability.
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Health Professionals Research Education program
The University of Newcastle [via Research Advantage] in collaboration with Hunter New England and the Central Coast Local Health District’s will deliver the Health Professionals Research Education Program
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Events
Storytelling for Scientists
No matter what your field of research you need to be able to craft a narrative around your work: what you do, why you do it, and who’ll benefit from it.
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PD+Base: LinkedIn for Professionals and Researchers
A very popular webinar fiving you a practical guide to amplifying your presence and impact through LinkedIn.
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Research Integrity Roundtable 2: Research Data
Join us for a roundtable discussion on all things related to Research Data.
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PD+Health: IP and data integrity - getting it right from the start
In this workshop, we will discuss the different types of intellectual property, when and how to consider protecting it, and how to go about doing this. Specific topics will include:*What is IP?*Different types of IP*When and when not to file patents
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PD+Micro Credentials: Micros as Learning Opportunities: professional learning, skills and employability
Micros as Learning Opportunities: professional learning, skills and employability. There has been a lot of discussion about micros as potential new pathways to learning and the focus on skills and employability. In this seminar we discuss the challenges of ‘doing learning differently’ and focusing on the needs of the learners and industry.
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PD+Base: Identifying and building the commercial potential of your research
Building on "Intro to Commercialisation", participants will gain a deeper understanding of how they can identify and buildcommercial potential in their research in order to start on a commercialisation pathway, of translating research into a product or service.
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