The Visiting Fellow Program provides up to A$10,000 to enable long-term goals, support scalable projects and foster sustainable relationships aiming to tackle global environmental, economic and social challenges.
UTS Key Technology Partnerships Visiting Fellow Program
Applications for 2024 are now closed. Details for the 2025 KTP funding round will be announced soon.
The UTS Key Technology Partnerships Visiting Fellow Program provides funding for UTS staff to invite their counterparts from eligible Key Technology Partner institutions to travel to Sydney (two to four-week visits) and collaborate on projects of mutual interest.
This program supports visits that enable collaboration in the following areas:
- Research and research training
- Teaching and learning
- Enterprise and innovation
To apply for outbound travel funding (from UTS to a Key Technology Partner), please visit the Programs offered by our Key Technology Partners web page.
To find out more, register for one of our virtual information sessions below:
About the Key Technology Partnerships Visiting Fellow Program
UTS provides up to A$10,000 to cover accommodation, travel and living expenses for two to four-week visits.
Key outcomes
- produce joint academic papers
- recruit high-quality collaborative PhD students
- co-develop joint degree programs
- attract external funding
- create opportunities to generate revenue
- create opportunities for student startups
- develop joint initiatives for mutual benefit
Download our 2024 Visiting Fellow Program guidelines.
Eligibility criteria
Eligible applicants
- The UTS host must be employed at UTS on an ongoing role with the intention to remain at UTS and the KTP collaborator must be employed on an ongoing basis at one of the eligible partner institutions; which helps to establish sustainable, long term collaborations.
- Candidates may only be involved in one application per funding round.
- If you are an academic, this scheme is open to all career stages (early, mid-career and senior academics). Applications are also open to non-academic staff.
- Applications are prepared in conjunction with collaborators from one of the eligible partner institutions.
- Proposals for new projects from candidates who haven’t been awarded KTP funding in the past are preferred.
- Applications to grow a previously funded project must provide evidence of milestones and articulate how the funding will help them to grow and achieve significant results; e.g., access to external funding, bring revenue, develop joint programs, have tangible impact.
Eligible institutions
Joint activity proposals in collaboration with counterparts from the following UTS Key Technology Partner universities are eligible:
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST)
- Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM)
- Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (UC I Chile)
- Shanghai University (SHU)
- Technical University of Berlin (TUB)
- University of Arizona (UA)
How to apply
- Identify collaborators from one of the eligible institutions listed above, who are interested in submitting a joint proposal.
- Download the application form PDF to see a preview of the questions. Discuss and prepare the proposal with your collaborator. Please note: the application form has embedded logic, displaying questions relevant to the chosen program and partner.
- Submit the online application form by 15 April 2024 (11pm AEST).
- The Global Partnerships team will seek feedback and endorsement from the relevant internal stakeholders.
- Application outcomes will be announced via email after 5 June 2024.
Assessment process
- A Review Committee will be responsible for the assessment of all grant applications.
- Applications must meet the eligibility requirements and will be assessed based on the evaluation criteria set out below.
Important dates
| 15 March 2024 | Applications open |
| 15 April 2024 | Applications close |
| 5 June 2024 | Results announced |
| 15 June–15 December 2024 | Visits to take place |
| 1 June 2024 | Progress report submission |
How the Global Partnerships team can support you
Before the visit:
- Liaise with the UTS People Unit to request an Invitation Letter (Honorary Appointment)
- Book accommodation at the hotels that offer UTS a corporate rate
- Assist with issuing a UTS Travel Insurance Certificate if the KTP visitor’s home university doesn’t provide cover
- Identify possible sources of external funding for projects
During the visit:
- Arrange meetings with GRS, Research Office and/or any other relevant units
- Promote events, seminars or workshops
After the visit:
- Organise reimbursement of travel expenses
- Prompt collaborators once a year to send progress updates
- Share collaboration stories and milestones with the UTS and the Key Technology Partners
Contact us
For any queries, please contact the UTS Global Partnerships team at globalpartnerships@uts.edu.au.
