PhD in History seeks country that appreciates Humanities and Social Sciences. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa... #MarsdenFund
December 4, 2024 at 5:15 AM
PhD in History seeks country that appreciates Humanities and Social Sciences. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa... #MarsdenFund
The AHA stands with our colleagues in Aotearoa New Zealand following the distressing news that the Marsden Fund will no longer fund HASS projects. We implore the government to reverse this decision. #history #marsdenfund #HASS #research
theaha.org.au
December 9, 2024 at 1:38 AM
The AHA stands with our colleagues in Aotearoa New Zealand following the distressing news that the Marsden Fund will no longer fund HASS projects. We implore the government to reverse this decision. #history #marsdenfund #HASS #research
If NZ Tertiary Education Ministers are concerned about #NZuniversities they should push back against cuts to #MarsdenFund for research, not worry about #FreeSpeech
#NZpol
Prof Spoonley: Research cuts put revival of international education in jeopardy
www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3605...
#NZpol
Prof Spoonley: Research cuts put revival of international education in jeopardy
www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3605...
The Post
www.thepost.co.nz
December 19, 2024 at 5:00 AM
If NZ Tertiary Education Ministers are concerned about #NZuniversities they should push back against cuts to #MarsdenFund for research, not worry about #FreeSpeech
#NZpol
Prof Spoonley: Research cuts put revival of international education in jeopardy
www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3605...
#NZpol
Prof Spoonley: Research cuts put revival of international education in jeopardy
www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3605...
With regards to the philistines in government gutting the Marsden Fund today... ##nzpol #MarsdenFund
December 4, 2024 at 3:46 AM
With regards to the philistines in government gutting the Marsden Fund today... ##nzpol #MarsdenFund
Royal Society NZ will continue to support #MarsdenFund Council to ensure that it can maintain its high standards, and that NZ gov't’s investments continue to go towards high-quality investigator-led research ..."
Wrong action @royalsocietynz.bsky.social Withdraw and Refuse To Be Complicit! #NZpol
Wrong action @royalsocietynz.bsky.social Withdraw and Refuse To Be Complicit! #NZpol
The Society learned of new directives for the Marsden Fund, which will delay the 2025 funding round.
Read the response from our President here www.royalsociety.org.nz/news/respons...
Read further information on the Marsden Fund webpage here www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...
Read the response from our President here www.royalsociety.org.nz/news/respons...
Read further information on the Marsden Fund webpage here www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...
December 4, 2024 at 7:00 AM
Royal Society NZ will continue to support #MarsdenFund Council to ensure that it can maintain its high standards, and that NZ gov't’s investments continue to go towards high-quality investigator-led research ..."
Wrong action @royalsocietynz.bsky.social Withdraw and Refuse To Be Complicit! #NZpol
Wrong action @royalsocietynz.bsky.social Withdraw and Refuse To Be Complicit! #NZpol
You don't need basic social science research to export milk powder or to rent properties to or build highways for the people who export milk powder.
December 4, 2024 at 7:30 AM
Here are some highlights from the successful 2025 #MarsdenFund projects:
www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...
www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...
November 5, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Here are some highlights from the successful 2025 #MarsdenFund projects:
www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...
www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...
November 10, 2023 at 4:47 PM
A list of all successful 2025 #MarsdenFund projects can be found below. Congratulations to all of the funded researchers!
www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...
www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...
Marsden Fund Awards 2025
Published on 6 Whiringa-ā-rangi November 2025
You can download an Excel spreadsheet of these results here: 2025-Marsden Fund Supplement
The definitions of the 8 Marsden Fund panels can be found here...
www.royalsociety.org.nz
November 5, 2025 at 1:45 AM
A list of all successful 2025 #MarsdenFund projects can be found below. Congratulations to all of the funded researchers!
www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...
www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...
Associate Professor Nicola Daly at The University of Waikato has been awarded a #MarsdenFund grant to work with
Huia Publishers looking at how Indigenous voices can be portrayed in pukapuka pikitia picturebooks🗣️📚 🖼️
www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...
Huia Publishers looking at how Indigenous voices can be portrayed in pukapuka pikitia picturebooks🗣️📚 🖼️
www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...
November 3, 2023 at 12:59 AM
Associate Professor Nicola Daly at The University of Waikato has been awarded a #MarsdenFund grant to work with
Huia Publishers looking at how Indigenous voices can be portrayed in pukapuka pikitia picturebooks🗣️📚 🖼️
www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...
Huia Publishers looking at how Indigenous voices can be portrayed in pukapuka pikitia picturebooks🗣️📚 🖼️
www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...
Ngā mihi nui ki a Dr Cain @kecain.bsky.social at the University of Auckland @aucklanduni.bsky.social, who has a #MarsdenFund grant to investigate how sleep disruption impairs vocal learning in young birds!
🐦💤🎶
#birds #sleep #learning
www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...
🐦💤🎶
#birds #sleep #learning
www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...
November 6, 2023 at 11:29 PM
Ngā mihi nui ki a Dr Cain @kecain.bsky.social at the University of Auckland @aucklanduni.bsky.social, who has a #MarsdenFund grant to investigate how sleep disruption impairs vocal learning in young birds!
🐦💤🎶
#birds #sleep #learning
www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...
🐦💤🎶
#birds #sleep #learning
www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...
Investing in our future with today's best and brightest ideas - the 2025 #MarsdenFund results are out! Ka rawe!
www.royalsociety.org.nz/news/marsden...
www.royalsociety.org.nz/news/marsden...
Marsden in 2025: Investing in our future with today’s best and brightest ideas
Investing in our best for the benefit of us all, Te Pūtea Rangahau a Marsden, the Marsden Fund in 2025 is supporting novel fundamental research into new medications and therapies, more profitable crop...
www.royalsociety.org.nz
November 5, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Investing in our future with today's best and brightest ideas - the 2025 #MarsdenFund results are out! Ka rawe!
www.royalsociety.org.nz/news/marsden...
www.royalsociety.org.nz/news/marsden...
A list of the new #MarsdenFund grants can be found here. Congratulations to all recipients! www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...
Marsden Fund awards 2024
Published on 7 Whiringa-ā-rangi November 2024
The definitions of the 10 Marsden Fund panels can be found here. For 2024, the Marsden Fund Council has also provided brief media-friendly titles and sum...
www.royalsociety.org.nz
November 6, 2024 at 9:12 PM
A list of the new #MarsdenFund grants can be found here. Congratulations to all recipients! www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...
People sometimes make fun of science that sounds stupid and random.
Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea
Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea
Breaking News: The FDA approved use of the weight loss drug Zepbound for a common form of sleep apnea. It is the first drug authorized to treat the disorder.
December 21, 2024 at 11:59 PM
Wi-Fi (provides benefits to billions of people) ... came from radio astronomers looking for tiny black holes
PCR tests (helped billions during the pandemic) ... came from studying extremophile bacterium in hot springs
and now this 👇👇👇
You never know what science research will give our future!
PCR tests (helped billions during the pandemic) ... came from studying extremophile bacterium in hot springs
and now this 👇👇👇
You never know what science research will give our future!
People sometimes make fun of science that sounds stupid and random.
Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea
Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea
December 21, 2024 at 11:59 PM
Tino pai to mahi! Dr Erin Leitao at the University of Auckland @aucklanduni.bsky.social will use her #MarsdenFund award to create environmentally-friendly alternatives to 'forever chemicals' like PFAS 👩🔬🌏
#Chemistry #Engineering #WomenInSTEM
www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...
#Chemistry #Engineering #WomenInSTEM
www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...
November 8, 2023 at 11:21 PM
Tino pai to mahi! Dr Erin Leitao at the University of Auckland @aucklanduni.bsky.social will use her #MarsdenFund award to create environmentally-friendly alternatives to 'forever chemicals' like PFAS 👩🔬🌏
#Chemistry #Engineering #WomenInSTEM
www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...
#Chemistry #Engineering #WomenInSTEM
www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...
Mahi tika ana! Dr Jules Devaux @aucklanduni.bsky.social will solve the paradox of how #bumblebees power the rapid wing movement required for flight, in new #MarsdenFund research 🐝💪✈️
#MuscleResearch #Mitochondria #PowerhouseOfTheCell
www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...
#MuscleResearch #Mitochondria #PowerhouseOfTheCell
www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...
November 2, 2023 at 1:47 AM
Mahi tika ana! Dr Jules Devaux @aucklanduni.bsky.social will solve the paradox of how #bumblebees power the rapid wing movement required for flight, in new #MarsdenFund research 🐝💪✈️
#MuscleResearch #Mitochondria #PowerhouseOfTheCell
www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...
#MuscleResearch #Mitochondria #PowerhouseOfTheCell
www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...
NZ Govt requiring #FreeSpeech at #NZuniversities all while cutting #MarsdenFund support for research! Where's the #AcademicFreedom to study what would be helpful to society or the environment in Aotearoa?
HT @nzscientists.bsky.social
#NZpol
HT @nzscientists.bsky.social
#NZpol
December 19, 2024 at 1:34 AM
NZ Govt requiring #FreeSpeech at #NZuniversities all while cutting #MarsdenFund support for research! Where's the #AcademicFreedom to study what would be helpful to society or the environment in Aotearoa?
HT @nzscientists.bsky.social
#NZpol
HT @nzscientists.bsky.social
#NZpol
Here are some stats on this year's #MarsdenFund round, including gender, ethnicity, and organisation success rate:
www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...
www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...
Information on the 2025 Marsden Fund round
Information about the number of funded proposals in the 2025 Marsden Fund round broken down by research area and institution, also including gender and ethnicity data
www.royalsociety.org.nz
November 5, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Here are some stats on this year's #MarsdenFund round, including gender, ethnicity, and organisation success rate:
www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...
www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...
Dr Peter Gibson and Dr Luke Harrington at the University of Waikato have both been awarded #MarsdenFund grants to better understand and predict extreme weather events in #Aotearoa - read about this amazing mahi here: #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming
royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...
royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...
November 2, 2023 at 8:27 PM
Dr Peter Gibson and Dr Luke Harrington at the University of Waikato have both been awarded #MarsdenFund grants to better understand and predict extreme weather events in #Aotearoa - read about this amazing mahi here: #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming
royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...
royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...
Come do polar oceanography with me in NZ!
We are recruiting 2x PhDs at @UCNZ onto our @MarsdenFund project on Oceanography in an #Antarctic Grounding Zone. Modelling-based informed by new in-situ data.
More info here:
nz.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=305…
Please share widely. TIA 🙏
We are recruiting 2x PhDs at @UCNZ onto our @MarsdenFund project on Oceanography in an #Antarctic Grounding Zone. Modelling-based informed by new in-situ data.
More info here:
nz.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=305…
Please share widely. TIA 🙏
https://nz.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=305…
December 13, 2023 at 5:07 AM
Come do polar oceanography with me in NZ!
We are recruiting 2x PhDs at @UCNZ onto our @MarsdenFund project on Oceanography in an #Antarctic Grounding Zone. Modelling-based informed by new in-situ data.
More info here:
nz.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=305…
Please share widely. TIA 🙏
We are recruiting 2x PhDs at @UCNZ onto our @MarsdenFund project on Oceanography in an #Antarctic Grounding Zone. Modelling-based informed by new in-situ data.
More info here:
nz.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=305…
Please share widely. TIA 🙏
Joint Statement by 80 Rutherford Discovery Fellows Denouncing the Minister’s Decision to Cut Humanities, Social Science, and Fundamental Science Funding docs.google.com/document/d/1... #LetsGetAHundyRutherfords #MarsdenFund
December 11, 2024 at 9:39 PM
Joint Statement by 80 Rutherford Discovery Fellows Denouncing the Minister’s Decision to Cut Humanities, Social Science, and Fundamental Science Funding docs.google.com/document/d/1... #LetsGetAHundyRutherfords #MarsdenFund
#MarsdenFund cuts to the humanities and social sciences. It’s a little embarrassing that we are causing others from the rest of the a lot of concern. But here we are.
Great to see statements like these out in public though.
Great to see statements like these out in public though.
As a corresponding fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, I'm pleased to see this letter, and appalled at the decision by the New Zealand Marsden Fund (the leading NZ research council) to no longer support research in the humanities and social sciences.
humanities.org.au/news/acola-s...
humanities.org.au/news/acola-s...
ACOLA statement on importance of humanities
Statement on funding cuts to New Zealand Marsden Fund Humanities and Social Science Research by Australia's Council of Learned Academies.
humanities.org.au
December 12, 2024 at 7:23 AM
#MarsdenFund cuts to the humanities and social sciences. It’s a little embarrassing that we are causing others from the rest of the a lot of concern. But here we are.
Great to see statements like these out in public though.
Great to see statements like these out in public though.
Genetic pollutants, or precious carriers of whakapapa? Dr Aisling Rayne @aisrayne.bsky.social at the Cawthron Institute has a #MarsdenFund award to investigate attitudes towards hybrid species and their value in conservation - read more i te reo Māori:
www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...
www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...
November 9, 2023 at 2:19 AM
Genetic pollutants, or precious carriers of whakapapa? Dr Aisling Rayne @aisrayne.bsky.social at the Cawthron Institute has a #MarsdenFund award to investigate attitudes towards hybrid species and their value in conservation - read more i te reo Māori:
www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...
www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...