ALT Xiaoyu Sun was a young software engineer in Hangzhou, China with the e-commerce giant Alibaba. She had a good salary and upward mobility. She had been offered stock options if she completed four years with the company. “But it wasn’t my dream,” she said. In 2019, she said goodbye to her job, her hometown, her friends, and her family to pursue an academic career in Australia. At Monash University, she picked up the nickname ‘Chloe’ along with a doctorate in Android Security and Software Engineering. Now, she is being welcomed to the Australian National University (ANU) as the first recipient of the Pioneering Women Lectureship. Dr Sun arrived in Canberra in July to begin what she hopes will be an extensive career as researcher and teacher. The Pioneering Women Program (PWP), which also offers HDR scholarships, is accepting applications for its second round of grant funding until 6 November 2023.