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 2025
10 Gledden Visiting Fellowships were awarded in September 2025 by the Gledden Committee.
Gledden Visiting Fellow |
UWA Hosts |
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Professor Ikuro Abe, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science, The University of Tokyo |
Professor Yit Heng Chooi, UWA School of Molecular Sciences |
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Dr Guillaume Duclaux, Deputy Head of Geoazur Laboratory, Université Côte d’Azur |
Associate Professor Nicolas Thebaud and Professor Mark Jessell, UWA School of Earth Sciences, Centre for Exploration Targeting |
| Professor Xue Feng, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo-Engineering, University of Minnesota | Professor Sally Thompson and Dr Caitlin Moore, UWA School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering; Centre for Water and Spatial Science |
| Dr Marie Forget, Associate Professor of Geography, Savoie Mont Blanc University | Associate Professor Kirsten Martinus, School of Social Sciences, Planning and Transport Research Centre and Natalie Brown, UWA Law School, Centre for Mining, Energy & Natural Resources Law |
| Professor Marlene Harter, Institute for Unmanned Aerial Systems (IUAS), Offenburg University of Applied Sciences | Professor David Huang, UWA School of Engineering |
| Professor Henry Jeffrey, Head of The Policy and Innovation Group, The University of Edinburgh | Professor Christophe Gaudin, Director, UWA Oceans Institute and Associate Professor Paul J. Maginn, Director, UWA Public Policy Institute |
| Dr Magdalena Kobielarz, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology | Professor Adam Wittek and Professor Karol Miller, Intelligent Systems for Medicine Laboratory, UWA School of Engineering. |
| Professor Yves-Alain Peter, Department of Engineering Physics, Polytechnique Montréal | Professor Lorenzo Faraone and Professor Dilusha Silva, UWA School of Engineering, Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering |
| Professor Osvaldo Sala, Director of the Global Drylands Center, Arizona State University | Dr Qiaoyun Xie and Associate Professor Sally Thompson, UWA School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering; Centre for Water and Spatial Science |
| Dr Merita Tafili, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ruhr University Bochem | Professor Britta Bienen, UWA School of Earth & Oceans |
Robert and Maude Gledden Visiting Fellows 2020-2024
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2025 Gledden Visiting Fellows
13 Gledden Visiting Fellowships were awarded in 2024 for visits in 2025.
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 -
2024 Gledden Visiting Fellows
8 Gledden Visiting Fellowships were awarded in 2023 for visits in 2024.
Professor Jeffrey Vervoort, Professor of Isotope Geochemistry, Washington State University
UWA Host: Associate Professor Anthony Kemp, School of Earth ScienceProfessor Huanyu (Larry) Cheng, Penn State University
UWA Host: Professor Xiaozhi Hu, Mechanical EngineeringProfessor Martin Whitehouse, Swedish Museum of Natural History
UWA Host: Associate Professor Anthony Kemp, School of Earth Science, Centre for Exploration TargetingAssociate Professor Maciej Bartosiewicz, Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Science
UWA Hosts: Professor Anas Ghadouani Dr Leah Coggins, EngineeringDr Duncan Hickman, Tektonex Ltd
UWA Host: Professor Dilusha Silva, EngineeringProfessor Derek Elsworth, Penn State University
Professor Quan Gan, Chongqing University
Professor Enzhi Wang, Tsinghua University
Professor Wancheng Zhu, Northeastern University
UWA Host: Professor Jishan Liu Civil, Environmental and Mining EngineeringDr Suruchi Roychoudhry, University of Leeds, UK
UWA Hosts: Professor Ryan Lister & Dr James Lloyd - School of Molecular Sciences, ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, ARC Centre of Excellence in Plants of SpaceProfessor Arnoldo Valle-Levinson, University of Florida
UWA Host: Professor Charitha Pattiaratchi, Coastal Oceanography, Oceans Graduate School & The UWA Oceans InstituteDr Jonathan Warrick, Pacific Coast & Marine Science Centre, U.S Geological Survey
UWA Host: Associate Professor Jeff Hansen, School of Earth Sciences, Oceans InstituteDr Nestor Bosch, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
UWA Host: Professor Thomas Wernberg, Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre, School of Biological SciencesAssociate Professor Zhengshun Cheng, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
UWA Host: Dr Wenhua Zhao, Oceans Graduate SchoolProfessor Mohamed Darouach, University de Lorraine
UWA Host: Professor Tyrone Fernando, Engineering/Power and Clean Energy (PACE) Research GroupProfessor Sitikantha Roy, Department of Applied Mechanics & School of Artificial Intelligence
UWA Host: Winthrop Professor Karol Miller, Intelligent Systems for Medicine LaboratoryAssociate Professor Bin Bin Li, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen International Graduate School, Institute for Ocean Engineering
UWA Host: Dr Wenhua Zhao, Oceans Graduate SchoolAssociate Professor Daniel McGehee, Driving Safety Research Institute
UWA Host: Professor Teresa Senserrick, WA Centre for Road Safety Research, School of Psychological Science -
2023 Gledden Visiting Fellows
Associate Professor Ashlee Dere, University of Nebraska Omaha
HOST: Dr Talitha Santini, School of Agriculture and EnvironmentProfessor Elhem Ghorbel, CY Cergy Paris Université
HOST: Professor Ali Karrech, EngineeringEmeritus Professor Jeffrey Gordon, Ben Gurion University of the Negev
HOST: Professor Hui Tong Chua, Chemical EngineeringAssociate Professor Ludek Hyncik, University of West Bohemia
HOST: Professor Adam Wittek, Mechanical EngineeringDr Aurelien Ponte, researcher, Physical Oceanography, French Institute of Research for the Exploitation of the Sea (IFREMER)
HOST: Associate Professor Nicole L Jones, UWA Oceans InstituteDr Elena Vedmedenko, Department of Physics, University of Hamburg
HOST: Professor Mikhail Kostylev, Physics -
2022 Gledden Visiting FellowsOnly one award was made in 2021 due to constraints caused by COVID-19 precautions.
Jing (Jin) Jiang, Ph.D., P.Eng. Distinguished University Professor, NSERC/UNENE Senior Industrial Research Chair in Control, Instrumentation, and Electrical Systems, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Western Ontario
HOST: Professor Ho Ching Iu, School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering -
2021 Gledden Visiting Fellows
Dr Georges Beaudoin, Professor of Economic Geology, Université Laval, Québec Canada
HOST: Associate Professor Marco Fiorentini, School of Earth SciencesMohamed Darouach, Professor of Exceptional class 2 (Distinguished Professor), University of Lorraine
HOST: Professor Tyrone Fernando, School of EngineeringProfessor Stefan Pfeiffer, University of Bayreuth
HOST: Professor Carolyn Oldham, School of Engineering -
2020 Gledden Visiting Fellows
Dr Cayelan Carey, Virginia Tech
HOST: Associate Professor Matt Hipsey, School of Agriculture and Environment