2026Published
Barriers of AI chatbot adoption among the elderly: A scoping review
Journal of Human-Computer Interaction · Taylor & Francis · 10.1080/10447318.2026.2674292
Academic support for young Vietnamese scholars
The Seed Publications Program is an ongoing, non-profit initiative for undergraduate students, master's students and early-career lecturers and researchers who want to publish but aren't sure where to begin. You bring a topic. We coach you through the review paper, the journal choice, and the reviewers' feedback.
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Aim of the project
Six things you will know how to do by the end.
The aim of this training project is to provide academic support on specific topics with a prospective outcome: a paper. Each stage of the coaching maps to one skill you keep for the rest of your career.
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Do a literature review paper
Choose a review method that fits your question and scope it so it can actually be finished.
02
Search and analyse papers
Build a search strategy, screen what you find, and read at the level a synthesis needs.
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Write an academic review paper
Structure the argument, report the method transparently, and write in publishable English.
04
Find an appropriate journal
Match scope, audience and indexing — and read a journal's aims before you commit to it.
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Submit a paper
Handle the submission system, the cover letter and every file a journal asks for.
06
Respond to editors and reviewers
Read a decision letter calmly, and answer each comment so the revision is easy to accept.
Program detail
What you write, what you get, what you owe.
Everything a cohort agrees to before the first draft — the paper, the authorship, the deadlines and who supervises what.
K5 applications open
20/09/2026 – 20/10/2026 — Closing at COB on 20 October
Email your application
01About the papers
- Topics: discussed and agreed with the supervising team.
- Type: a review paper.
- Method: a literature review — metasynthesis, scoping review, systematic review, narrative review and similar. If you are in the Social Sciences, a bibliometric review is excluded.
- Word count: approximately 6,000 words, excluding references.
02Benefits for awardees
- Authorship: you are first author and corresponding author if you are the only awardee on your topic. With more than two awardees, authorship is agreed among the awardees.
- Learn how to write an academic paper, and specifically a literature review paper.
- Learn how to find an appropriate journal.
- Learn how to respond to reviewers if the paper moves forward.
- Build up your academic résumé.
- Please note: you do not receive a salary from ATS, and you do not pay ATS.
03Awardees' responsibilities
- Work on the topic you chose, under your supervisor's guidance.
- Meet the deadlines you agree to.
- Send a monthly progress report.
04Supervisors' role
Responsibility: coaching awardees from the beginning through to publication.
Benefit: standing as second-last or last author — optional, and depending on the topic and the supervisor's decision.
Dr An NguyenSocial Sciences
Dr Dan TongBusiness & Economics
Dr Phu NguyenComputer Science, Machine Learning
05Eligibility
- Students at all levels, lecturers and researchers in Social Sciences, and in Business and Economics. PhD candidates are not eligible.
- English is required: IELTS 5.5 or equivalent, at minimum. A certificate is not required — see the FAQ.
06Positions and timeline
The number of positions differs from intake to intake. For K5:
- Social Sciences: 02 positions, individual or group.
- Computer Sciences: 01 position, individual or group.
- Business & Economics: closed to new applications. A number of applications were sent earlier, and those will be considered for this intake.
The proposed timeline is a first draft of each manuscript within six months. The starting time is negotiable.
07How to apply
Send two things to Dr An Nguyen at dr.an.nguyen.ats@gmail.com:
- Your updated CV.
- Your initial idea or topic — a full proposal is not needed.
Applications for K5 are open from 20/09/2026 until COB on 20/10/2026, and late applications are not considered. Questions are welcome, and you are welcome to share this with your networks. Further details: academictutoringservices.com.au
Steps into the program
Four intakes so far, and K5 is now open.
Each cohort is called a K, numbered in the order it started. Open a cohort to see its fields, groups and method.
Open for applications
Intake closed
Coming
Highlight publications
Papers written inside the program.
In every entry below, the first name is an awardee.
2025Published
The apparel consumption of people living with disabilities: A metasynthesis
Research Journal of Textile and Apparel · Emerald · 10.1108/RJTA-08-2024-0146
2025Published
Disability support in higher education in Australia: A metasynthesis
International Journal of Inclusive Education · Taylor & Francis · 10.1080/13603116.2025.2567427
2026Under review
Unlocking the black box of AI adoption in SMEs: A mixed-methods systematic review
Technology in Society · Elsevier
2026Under review
Social cohesion in urban green space: a bibliometric review, 1994–2026
Journal of Settlements and Spatial Planning
2025Under review
Domestic violence against Vietnamese migrant women: A qualitative social-ecological meta-synthesis
Violence Against Women · Sage
2026In progress
Evaluating the clinical efficacy and cost-effectiveness of digital vs traditional mental health interventions: A systematic review
Registered on PROSPERO · CRD420261387463
2026In progress
Preference-based health utility values in patients with long COVID: a systematic review
Registered on PROSPERO · CRD420261331434
About team
A program that grew one cohort at a time.
The Seed Publications Program — formerly Academic Writing for Publications, then Seeding Publications Program — is an ongoing, non-profit initiative designed by Dr An Nguyen to give academic support to younger Vietnamese scholars around the globe.
Participants include undergraduate students, master's students and young lecturers and researchers, where "young" is defined by career years rather than age. From K4 onwards, PhD candidates are no longer eligible. What everyone shares is the same starting point: an interest in writing an academic paper, and no clear idea where to begin.
Dr An Nguyen founded the program in March 2024. In late 2024, Dr Dan Tong and Dr Phu Nguyen joined as supervisors and brought their own fields with them, which is how the program came to run parallel tracks in Social Sciences, Business and Economics, and Computer Sciences.
History
1 · The name, three times
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17 Mar 2024 · first name
Academic Writing for Publication Project
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2024
Seeding Publications Program
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11 Nov 2025 · current
Seed Publications Program
2 · Activity history
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17 Mar 2024 · Social Sciences
K1 opens with 9 awardees on 7 topics, writing metasynthesis papers.
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6 Sep 2024 · Social Sciences
K2 opens its first track with 16 awardees in 5 groups, writing scoping reviews.
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Dec 2024 · Business & Economics
The second K2 track adds 25 awardees across 8 groups — the largest so far.
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Jun 2025 · Three fields
K3 runs in Computer Sciences, Business & Economics and Social Sciences at once — 27 awardees.
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20 Sep 2026 · now open
K5 opens for applications: 2 places in Social Sciences, 1 in Computer Sciences.
The academic advisory board
Three supervisors, three fields. Each one coaches awardees from the first initial ideas to the published paper.
Dr An Nguyen
Founder · Social Sciences
A social health researcher specialising in disability, ageing and health equity among culturally and linguistically diverse communities. Her work combines qualitative and mixed-method approaches to examine structural barriers in health systems and to inform inclusive policy reform.
She has an established international publication record, including first-author articles in journals such as Disability & Society, Sexuality and Disability and Global Public Health. Her emerging research agenda focuses on disability and ageing in multicultural Australia, with particular attention to culturally diverse communities and access to health services.
Dr Dan Tong
Member · Business & Economics
An experienced lecturer with a history in higher education, teaching economics subjects at La Trobe University and overseas. Her current research looks at the impact of technological innovation — online platforms, AI — on the future of work, labour migration, gender disparities, food security and pollution.
Two things shape that span. First, a theoretical base in economics: a Master in Development and Resource Economics and a PhD in Economics, with a series of studies in those areas. Second, three recent years working closely with digital business and the economics of innovation, which caused her to look at the same issues through a completely new lens.
Dr Phu Nguyen
Member · Computer Science, Machine Learning
A lecturer in the Department of Civil Engineering at Monash University since 2016, with a PhD from Delft University of Technology on multiscale failure modelling of quasi-brittle materials such as concrete, using advanced discontinuous computational homogenisation.
Before Monash he worked at Johns Hopkins University, Cardiff University and the University of Adelaide. His research covers numerical methods for solving partial differential equations — isogeometric analysis, extended finite element method, material point method — and damage and fracture models, including phase-field and cohesive zone models, for fracture mechanics and large deformation problems.
Alumni mentorship
Alumni of the program who come back to mentor the awardees who follow them.
Master Chung Nguyen
Mentor · Education, Leadership and Management
An educator and researcher whose work focuses on disability and LGBTQ+ inclusion and inclusive higher education. He has lived with a physical disability since the age of four.
Across his professional roles in higher education, teaching, student support and wellbeing, media, and community engagement, he has developed a diverse portfolio of experience in leadership, education, advocacy, and research. These experiences have strengthened his commitment to disability and LGBTQ+ inclusion, equity and diversity, student wellbeing, and inclusive higher education, and continue to inform both his professional practice and developing research agenda.
Master Duy Nguyen
Mentor · Education, International Development and Digital Transformation
A development practitioner and emerging researcher with more than 13 years of experience across international development and education, and a Master of Education in Digital Learning from Monash University.
As a DMEAL Officer for an international NGO, he specialises in programme evidence, adaptive learning, accountability and community-based development. His research at Monash examined teacher agency in digital professional development in Vietnam, and his research interests span digital transformation, local agency, participatory evaluation and sustainable development.
Program support
Keeping the website running and the program visible to the scholars it is for.
Master Tin To
IT Support & Web Admin
He holds a Master's degree in Communication and works professionally in marketing. As part of this program, he designed and developed the website and plays a key role in its ongoing administration and IT support.
Master Tra Le
Social Media Supporter
She is a Master of Marketing with a background in Media and Communication, specialising in Public Relations and Digital Marketing.
As part of the program, she supports social media strategy and content development to increase Seed Publications Program's reach and engagement with young Vietnamese scholars.
Supervise a topic we can't
If your expertise sits outside Social Sciences, Business and Economics, or Computer Science, and you would like to join as a supervisor, register through the form.
FAQ
Questions people ask before applying.
If yours isn't here, email Dr An Nguyen — questions are genuinely welcome.
I do not have an English certificate. Am I eligible?
Yes. You can apply as long as you believe your English is at least IELTS 5.5 or equivalent.
Do I need a full proposal with my application?
No. You only need the initial idea or topic you would like to work on, plus your updated CV.
I am an undergraduate student. Am I eligible?
Yes, you can apply if you meet the English requirement.
I have papers in domestic journals. Am I eligible?
Yes. The program supports you in publishing in international journals, and you are equally welcome to apply if you have no publications of that kind yet.
Will I pay any hidden fee?
No — the program is free. The only fee you might face is an article processing charge, if you decide to submit to an open-access journal. We don't encourage that, because it is expensive.
Send your CV and your idea.
Applications go directly to Dr An Nguyen, and K5 closes at COB on 20 October 2026. Three places are open: two in Social Sciences and one in Computer Sciences.
dr.an.nguyen.ats@gmail.com