
Robert and Maude Gledden Visiting Fellowships
The Gledden Fellowships are part of the estate bequeathed to The University of Western Australia by the late Robert John Gledden (1855-1927) to promote and encourage education and research at the University in the fields of applied science, engineering, mining or cognate subjects. The purpose of this Fellowship is to support global research collaborations by providing funding to bring outstanding researchers to UWA to conduct research with a UWA host.
Gledden Visiting Fellowships are open to researchers who have doctoral degrees or equivalent qualifications or experience, and who are mid-career or senior researchers. Previous Fellowships have been awarded to researchers in diverse research fields, including chemical and material engineering, soil science and mining restoration, freshwater ecosystems, urban and development geography, and geophysics.
Remuneration
The Gledden Visiting Fellowship offers up to $25,000 for a maximum 16-week residency.
The award provides funding support to assist with:
- a round-trip economy class airfare (capped at $5,000),
- cost of Visa for travel to Australia, and
- a living allowance of AUD$1,250 per week, inclusive of accommodation expenses.
Key Dates
- Applications Open: Monday, 12 May 2025
- Submission Deadline: 5pm AWST, Friday, 1 August 2025
Apply
Applications must be lodged by a UWA-based Academic who will act as the Gledden Visiting Fellow's host for the duration of their visit to UWA.
For detailed information about eligibility, selection criteria, and application form, please download the documents below:
History of the Gledden Visiting Fellowship
In 1927, the University received about £55,000 from a public benefactor, Mr Robert John Gledden (1855-1927). Mr Gledden moved to Australia in 1890 and was licensed as a surveyor in Queensland. He came to Perth in 1892, and after practising for a few months as a surveyor, was asked by the then Minister of Lands, W. Marmion, to take charge of mining surveys at Coolgardie. He made a preliminary survey there and about a year later laid out the site of Kalgoorlie. He retired in 1900 and spent much time travelling with his wife Maude, before settling at Caulfield, near Melbourne.
After his wife died in 1921, he continued to travel but kept his interest in Western Australia. He was a good businessman and made money largely out of investing in land in Western Australia. He died in Perth on 5 November 1927.
With no heirs, Mr Gledden's will provided that the whole of his residue estate should go to the University in trust to provide scholarships beginning ten years after his death. As far as it is known, he had no previous contact with the University before his death.
Robert Gledden stipulated that the income from his estate should be used "for the promotion and encouragement of education at such University to provide for scholarships in applied science, more particularly relating to surveying, engineering, mining or cognate subjects". He also expressed the hope that "one at least of such scholarships will be a travelling scholarship". The bequest initially provided for two annual travelling science fellowships of £750. They were named the Robert and Maude Gledden Travelling Fellowships in honour of himself and his wife. The first Gledden Fellowship was awarded in 1939. It would not be awarded again until 1945 due to the Second World War.
Robert and Maude Gledden Visiting Fellows Awarded in 2024
13 Gledden Visiting Fellowships were awarded in 2024 for visits in 2025.
The Institute of Advanced Studies is pleased to announce the following scholars as 2025 Gledden Visiting Fellows:
Professor Marek Behr, RWTH Aachen University.
UWA Hosts: Winthrop Professor Karol Miller and Professor Adam Wittek, Intelligent Systems for Medicine Laboratory, School of Engineering
Dr Amanda Cavanagh, University of Essex UK
UWA Host: Professor Martha Ludwig, School of Molecular Sciences
Professor Todd Dawson, University of California Berkeley
UWA Hosts: Associate Professor Sally Thompson, Centre for Water & Spatial Science & Department of Civil, Environmental & Mining Engineering and Associate Professor Erik Veneklaas, School of Agriculture & Environment
Professor Pradip Dutta, Indian Institute of Science Interdisciplinary Centre for Energy Research
UWA Hosts: Professor Kandadai Srinivasan and Professor Hui Tong Chua, School of Engineering
Professor Denwood Vaughan Griffiths, Colorado School of Mines
UWA Host: Professor Yuxia Hu, School of Engineering
Dr Jorgen Hals Todalshaug, CorPower Ocean AB, Sweden
UWA Hosts: Dr Hugh Wolgamot and Dr Jana Orszaghova, School of Earth Sciences
Associate Professor Daniel Ethan Horton, Northwestern University, Earth & Planetary Sciences, USA
UWA Hosts: Dr Derrick Lopez, School of Population & Global Health and Dr Merran Smith, Population Health Research Network
Professor Monica Agnieszka Kusiak, Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences
UWA Hosts: Dr Anthony Kemp, School of Earth Sciences and Dr Martin Laure CMCA (SIMS Platform leader)
Professor Wieslaw Nowinski, Sano Centre for Computational Personalised Medicine
UWA Hosts: Winthrop Professor Karol Miller and Professor Adam Wittek, Intelligent Systems for Medicine Laboratory, School of Engineering
Professor Yoko Saito, Hokkaido University
UWA Host: Associate Professor Ram Pandit, School of Agriculture & Engineering
Professor Chi K Michael Tse, City University of Hong Kong
UWA Hosts: Professor Herbert Lu and Professor Michael Small, School of Physics, Maths and Computing
Professor Naoufel Werghi, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi
UWA Host: Winthrop Professor Mohammed Bennamoun, School of Physics, Maths & Computing Science & Software Engineering
Dr Marek Wojtyra Warsaw University, Poland
UWA Hosts: Winthrop Professor Karol Miller and Professor Adam Wittek, Intelligent Systems for Medicine Laboratory, School of Engineering
Previous Robert and Maude Gledden Visiting Fellows
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2024 Robert and Maude Gledden Visiting Fellows - Awarded in 2023
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2023 Robert and Maude Gledden Visiting Fellows - Awarded in 2022
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2022 Robert and Maude Gledden Visiting Fellowships - Awarded in 2021
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2021 Robert and Maude Gledden Visiting Fellowships - Awarded in 2020
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2020 Robert and Maude Gledden Visiting Fellowships - Awarded in 2019