Connecting Continents

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1 Connecting Continents Where Now for Australian-European Cooperation? Dr Anna Ciccarelli Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International) The University of Queensland CHALLENGES/OPPORTUNITIES Research collaboration is the priority focus of an Australian research intensive university Tyranny of distance - Long lead times, high costs relatively small numbers Education and mobility collaboration intensive, high costs, small numbers niche and boutique programs Academic standards - admissions & harmonising program structures - Languages proficiency Quality partners essential borderless global consortia U21; T.I.M.E., EdEx EU/Australia/Asia multilateralism 1

2 FAST FACTS UQ EU INTERACTIONS 52.4% of outbound student exchange 48.6% of inbound student exchange 15.7% of international study abroad students 1.4% of undergraduate students 4.0% of postgraduate coursework students 11.7% of PhD students are 25.8% of academic staff are from the EU (country of birth) 42.1% of international joint publications are with EU institutions 41.1% of international joint research collaboration 34.1% of UQ s international joint industry collaboration In 2013 UQ had 384 partnerships, 24.5% were with EU institutions TOP 10 NON-EU COUNTRIES THAT CO-PUBLISH WITH EU COUNTRIES Rank Countries/Territories No of Publications 1 USA SWITZERLAND CANADA PEOPLES R CHINA AUSTRALIA JAPAN RUSSIA BRAZIL NORWAY INDIA

3 GROUP OF 8 EU CO-PUBLICATIONS Go8 No of Publications UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY 7107 UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE 6745 UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND 5045 MONASH UNIVERSITY 4466 UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES 4114 UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA 3758 AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY 3757 UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE 2382 RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS Health and medical research joint laboratory in neuroscience Industry fellowships Leo Foundation with Copenhagen U & UQ the $14 million SCRAMSPACE scramjet-based Access to Space Systems program Biodiversity research UQ Leichardt Symposium on Biodiversity and Conservation - October 2013 researchers, students and decision makers, with Australia and Germany at centre stage. Supported by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and the Australian Embassy in Berlin (J), Australian researchers co-published 29, 426 publications with United Kingdom partners, ranking Australia 5th among UK s copublishers. UQ researchers involved in 2715 of these publications UK no 2 co-publishing country after US for UQ in terms of jointlyauthored publications. 3

4 TOP 10 UQ EU RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS Rank External Organisation Name University of Oxford 7 2 University of Groningen 4 3 University of Nottingham 4 4 University of Warwick 4 5 Wageningen University 3 6 University of Leeds 3 7 University of Exeter 3 8 Universität Leipzig 3 9 University of Bristol 3 10 University of Innsbruck 2 CATEGORIES REPRESENTED IN UQ-EU COUNTRIES CO-PUBLICATIONS Rank Web of Science Categories No of Publications 1 BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY GENETICS HEREDITY MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES ECOLOGY NEUROSCIENCES ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES MICROBIOLOGY MEDICINE GENERAL INTERNAL PHARMACOLOGY PHARMACY PUBLIC ENVIRONMENTAL OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

5 UQ TOP 10 EU RESEARCH GRANTING BODIES 2010 TO 2012 Rank Granting Body Total 1 The Wellcome Trust $ 10,878,630 2 International Association of Oil and Gas Producers $ 7,159,758 3 Shire $ 4,883,825 4 Association for International Cancer Research $ 3,243,710 5 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft $ 2,983,996 6 Bayer CropScience SA/NV $ 2,712,000 7 Human Frontier Science Program Organisation $ 2,057,924 8 Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research $ 1,668,000 9 Danisco (UK) Ltd $ 1,560, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) $ 1,426,306 WHERE TO NEXT? Research funding 1994 agreement for Australia researches to join EU Framework program FP with Australia Australia ranks 9 th in non EU FP7 (CSIRO no1 & G8 50% of all project involvement 2008 ARC opened fellowships to international candidates policy level collaboration in innovation & S&T 5