Apply now for Adelaide University’s International Fellows Award
International Fellows Award
Adelaide University’s International Fellows Award applications are now open.
This program is designed to bring some of the very best academic and research minds from around the globe to South Australia to work with our researchers and students on key global challenges. It’s a unique opportunity for Fellows to advance their research in a supported and focused way at Australia’s newest university.
Come and collaborate with us to shape what’s next for a better world. Applications close October 31.
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Meet the 2026 recipients
Professor Rafael Perera Salazar, University of Oxford
Professor Rafael Perera Salazar is a Professor of Medical Statistics with expertise focusing on monitoring chronic diseases, medical data science, and multimorbidity. He is working with Adelaide University researchers on validating AI-enabled models to support the methodological development of the CARENet clinical trial network through engagement with rural health services, and an international climate and health study on heatwave impacts.
Associate Professor Mei Kuin Lai, University of Auckland
Associate Professor Mei Kuin Lai is in the Faculty of Arts and Education, where her work focuses on integrating research and practice to co-design and evaluate scalable and sustainable interventions. She is working with Adelaide University researchers to explore work-integrated capability building for school leaders and a theory of complex capability development which will then be translated into accessible resources for schools and communities.
Professor Yang Li, Peking University
Professor Yang Li is a geochemist at Peking University and an Honorary Associate Professor at University College London, working at the intersection of critical minerals and lunar science. He is working with Adelaide University researchers on improving understanding of how critical minerals form and concentrate in the Earth’s crust, contributing insights into sustainable and secure mineral supply chains for the global green energy transition.
Adelaide University respectfully acknowledges the Kaurna, Boandik and Barngarla First Nations Peoples and their Elders past and present, who are the First Nations’ Traditional Owners of the lands that are home to our campuses located in Adelaide, Magill, Mawson Lakes, Waite, Roseworthy, Mount Gambier and Whyalla.