Issue 124 – Monday 10 June 2024
Contents
HeadsUp
Last week, I had the pleasure of Chairing postgraduate student presentations. I was immensely impressed with the standard of presentations, the fulsome attendance, the energy in the room and excellent questions. Our numbers at PG level may be down but it seems to me that morale and standards are up. May the message spread.
Time away
That buoyant experience at one end of the week was countered by succumbing to a particularly nasty winter virus at the other. When you keep on the go it can be humbling to be stopped in your tracks. A good reminder though that it does no one any good to keep in circulation when you shouldn’t be and to treat sick leave as time out to get well, not contnue working (something I’m not good at ..). I trust everyone can stay one step ahead of winter sickness if possible! Two reminders about absences:
- If you are away, please install an out of office auto-reply so it’s clear you’re unavailable. We’re a big team and I and others can’t keep an updated memorized record of your whereabouts;
- If you are unwell and unavailable, log the day(s) as sick leave on PeopleSoft HR. It’s a requirement of our employment. Working from home when feeling mildly unwell so as not to ‘spread it around’ is a good idea, but being off sick, not attending meetings and only replying to a couple of emails is not a WFH day.
AI developments
AI is the abbreviation occupying a good deal of discussion at the University at present. Opportunity or existential threat? Potentially, perhaps, elements of both. Certainly the implications of putting our heads in the proverbial sand are unwise. After a lively VC’s Heads Forum on the topic, it was a major agenda item at a recent Faculty Executive Committee meeting with a request that each academic unit appoint a ‘champion’ to investigate implications, animate in-School discussion, and help inform a Faculty perspective. I’m pleased to announced Mark Dickson will take up this role (defined as 0.10 service by the Faculty).
Service roles
In other service role changes that may have flown too low under the radar:
- As of this year Kevin Simon is the new academic lead in the Assets /Capex area
- Larry Murphy will take over from Nick Lewis as Chair of Postgraduate Committee from Semester 2
- Nick Lewis will take over from Karen Fisher as Geography Lead on return from his Semester 2 RSL .
- Melissa Bowen has taken over from Gretel Boswijk as Honours/4th year research advisor
- Lorna Strachan has taken over from Phil Shane as Masters coordinator
- Martin Brook will take over from Jen Eccles as PhD advisor from 2025.
- Emma Sharp will take over as Chair of Outreach Committee from Semester 2.
Various changes to committee memberships are also underway and a comprehensive listing is forthcoming.
Outreach
A new and provocative Conversation commentary by Martin Brook (By not mining vital minerals, NZ is ‘offshoring its own environmental footprint’ – is that fair? (theconversation.com) had me thinking about our outreach efforts and the role that relevance might play in how we are perceived. What if we each committed to write a minimum of one Conversation or Newsroom commentary related to our research or teaching expertise every year? How differently might out School be regarded as a place of stimulating education is there were over 50 different commentaries in circuilation every year?
Food for thought
Have a good week
Robin
Head of School
ENV-stories
From a very young age rocks have fascinated me. As a toddler, my desire for tactile sensation, particularly soft and smooth, lead me to find the well-rounded gabbroic rocks weathering off of the Southern California Batholith and out of the Poway Conglomerate and pop them into my mouth and roll them around in there all day just to experience the smooth sensation and probably also enjoying the tase of the minerality of whichever stone was chosen. There was more than one occasion where in my playful exuberance a pebble would inadvertently be swallowed emerging a day or so later. As a poor kid growing up in the, at the time, rural interior of San Diego County in California, I would spend my after-school afternoons and summer days with friends hiking through the rugged hills and sage brush terrain, climbing rocks and batholithic boulders for endless hours all the while dodging rattle snakes, scorpions, and the occasional mountain lion before racing to beat the sun home as it drifted towards the horizon and melted into liquid gold over the pacific ocean. My family couldn’t really afford to travel or take long distance holidays so when we did have family vacations, they were always road trips to the local hills and mountain ranges in our vicinity, and when it was particularly special to places like Sierra Nevada Mountains and Yellowstone National Park.
Not until I grew up and went away to University, did I realise how poor my family and how privileged my upbringing was. To have grown up in a location surrounded by volcanic, plutonic, and sedimentary rocks and geological formations where I could find gemstones such as tourmaline and spessartine garnet, as well as fossils weathering out of the volcanic tuff and local conglomerate all in the same day was indeed incredibly special. The more I travelled the more I could see that not every child or person in the world grows up with stunning weather and an unrestricted playground of natural beauty any wonder.
In the US a person can go to university and not declare a major. I entered university as “undeclared” in the first year taking only the core university courses all students are required to take. A couple of those courses happened to be geology courses and I was in love. I also happened to love the German language and ultimately decided to pursue a German Language degree with a Geology minor. This was the best of both worlds, and I went on to graduate school focusing on geology, specifically petrology, geochemistry, and volcanology. Through an incredible series of events and perfect timing, I have been lucky enough to have an incredibly fascinating career. I have worked as a Geologist at the USGS in Colorado, moved to Australia and worked as a Senior Research Officer and Geochemist, and ultimately, thus far, to the School of Environment here in Auckland.
David Adams
Announcements
ENV Supervision expectations
Full Official University of Auckland Policy regarding PhD supervision can be found at https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/about-us/about-the-university/policy-hub/research-innovation/doctoral-study/supervising/doctoral-supervision-policy-procedures.html
- The standard recommended frequency of supervisory meetings in the Faculty of Science is every two weeks. As a minimum requirement UoA primary/main supervisors are expected to meet at least monthly for individual structured meetings with each postgraduate student and provide feedback and support in developing the project, advising on methods, and writing up.
- Co-main supervisors (50%:50%): both co-main supervisors are expected to meet together with students each month and each contribute to a similar level of feedback and support in developing the project, advising on methods, and writing up.
- Co-supervisors with a 30% (or greater) supervision load under the mentored PhD supervision model are expected to meet with students alongside mentored main supervisors at least every two months and provide support of the student and effective mentoring of the main supervisor (meeting separately at least twice in the student’s first year to discuss and reflect on supervision practice).
- Co-supervisors with 20% or greater supervision load are expected to take part in supervisory meetings with the student as needed and have some support and involvement in the development, execution and completion of the student’s project. The roles of external supervisors should be clearly established at the start of the project and for PhDs reviewed annually.
- The main supervisor should organise a meeting with the student and the entire supervisory team within the first two weeks of enrolment for ≤ 120 pt projects or 2 months of enrolment for PhDs.
- For PhD students the entire supervisory team should have read and given feedback on the PhD proposal prior to it being submitted for confirmation.
- Total supervisory workload within the School of Environment should typically be no more than 6 FTE (or 3FTE for supervisors under mentorship) and a head count of 8 simultaneous postgraduate research students as main supervisor. If more, capacity should be discussed with the HoS and Postgraduate Committee Chair/Doctoral Advisor and a clear supervision management plan developed.
While we acknowledge that there are a broad range of research and supervision styles within the School of Environment these expectations re meeting frequency etc are considered to be minimum requirements. For many students throughout the majority of their enrolment or for all at critical stages in the PhD process such as PhD proposal development more frequent contact is required. Exceptions may occur during periods of annual leave, extended fieldwork or when well established in the PhD programme where both the student and supervisor agree more frequent contact is not possible or required. The expected frequency and nature of meetings should be discussed and established in an early supervisory meeting and revisited as needed.
Whakawhanaungatanga – Communities
ENV Seminar Series
Staff and postgraduate students are invited to the ENV Seminar Series
What: Research seminar by new staff members, organised by the Rangahau Committee. Lunch is provided
When: 27 June 12 – 1 pm
Where: 302-G20
Who: Prof. Karin Bryan and Dr. Hyesop Shin
Questions and RSVP (for lunch): Emma Ryan e.ryan@auckland.ac.nz
Prof. Karin Bryan – Are mangroves really good nature based solutions to protect against SLR?
Sea level rise is going, and councils are preparing us to adapt or retreat (or of course the environmentally-unpopular: protect). But can we have it both ways, and make better use of nature based solutions? We talk a lot about the amazing capacity of mangroves to remove energy from the ocean. Does it really work? Here I will show some quick examples from studies I have worked on in the last 10 years that show that the devil is inevitably in the detail.
Dr. Hyesop Shin – From Traffic to Playgrounds: The Power of Agent-Based Modelling in Real-World Applications
Agent-based modelling (ABM) is a powerful method for understanding individual movements and interactions, leading to insights into system-wide emergent behaviours. However, one challenge of ABM is its application to real-world scenarios. In this seminar, Hyesop will present his work on using ABM to reduce traffic emissions by evaluating Low Emission Zones and assessing children’s physical activity in playgrounds. His study emphasises the potential of ABM in tackling major urban and environmental concerns, as well as encouraging healthier, more active lifestyles for children.
The TAIAO Environmental Datascience Platform is embarking on a book project
Where we dedicate each chapter to an innovation in datascience that is useful for solving an environmental science problem. We would like each chapter to be written by at least one datascientist and at least one environmental scientist, (it is an experiment on communication as well as novel methods). We are hoping that such an approach will break down silos and make the work more useful to a wider range of people. Unfortunately, the team is a bit shy, and we are very short of environmental scientists that would like to collaborate. What will it entail? Providing example data, your domain knowledge, your opinion on whether the technique is useful and how it could be made more useful. Prof Yun Sing Koh in Computer Science is leading the adventure, and the topics are as follows (with the proposed datascience lead).
Chapters
- Introduction
- Data science best practices
- Anomaly Detection / Extreme Events -> Bernhard
- Explainable AI -> Albert
- Time Series -> Yun Sing
- Streaming Machine Learning -> Heitor
- Graph Neural Networks -> Varvara
- Generative AI – Nick
- Downscaling data -> Guilherme (Climate Downscaling)
- Visualization
- Appendix – TAIAO Python Notebooks (All)
Write to Yun Sing if you are keen.
From Karin Bryan
ResBaz Aotearoa 2024 is being held 8-12 July.
This is a great opportunity for researchers (staff and students) to explore and develop digital research skills.
What is ResBaz?
- A free online research workforce development event for the Aotearoa research community.
- Hosted by the University of Auckland, in collaboration with NZ research institutions.
- Last year 1500 individuals made 5000+ session registrations.
The ResBaz Aotearoa programme includes 45 workshops covering a wide range of topics, including:
- Programming languages – Python, R, command line, Rust, & Julia
- Research data management, data management planning, REDCap, Qualtrics, NVIVO, & OpenRefine
- Māori Data Sovereignty, Trusted Research, cybersecurity, impact, & Open Access
- Transcription using digital tools, APIs, & tools for reproducibility
- Career planning, poster design, & graphic abstracts
- Research compute options
Sessions are filling up fast, so get in quick to secure your place!
Visit the website to explore and register for sessions.
ResBaz https://resbaz.auckland.ac.nz
Te Rau Hiringa Professional Staff Research Excellence Awards
The Te Rau Hiringa Professional Staff Research Excellence Award will recognise and celebrate the innovative and outstanding contributions that professional staff have made to enable excellent and impactful research at Waipapa Taumata Rau.
| ResearchHub
The ResearchHub connects you with people, resources, and services from across the University to enhance and accelerate your research. research-hub.auckland.ac.nz |
| Details | Description |
| Type (fund/award/prize) | Prize |
| Funding | There are two awards presented annually – one for an individual, and one for an individual or small team. Winners will receive $5,000 (individuals) or $10,000 (small teams of 2 to 4). |
| Eligibility | The award is open to professional staff members employed by the University of Auckland or UniServices on a full time or part time basis; or employed in a fixed term position of six months or more. |
| Deadlines | 7 May 2024: Call for nominations opens
1 July 2024: Deadline for nominations. Submit nomination forms by email to www.internalawards@auckland.ac.nz Winners will be announced at the Te Taumata Rangahau | Celebrating Research Excellence Event |
An introductory R Workshop is being run on Thursday 11th and Friday 12th of July 2024. The course will be run by the Statistical Consulting Centre (SCC) in the Department of Statistics.
What’s covered in the workshop?
Introduction
Getting familiar with R
Using R Studio and loading projects/scripts
Basic functions using R
Reading in Data Files (.csv, .xls/.xlsx)
Introduction to R Objects. How R thinks (vectors, matrices, basic data formats)
Working with data(sets)
Cleaning and subsetting
Merging datasets and reformatting
Grouping variables and summarising
R graphics
Starting with plots in R (boxplots, histograms, bar graphs)
Graphics in R with ggplot2 (customising plots)
Data analysis
Introduction to performing t-tests, chi-square tests, ANOVA, and general linear models
As per our previous introductory R workshops, the cost is $300 for UoA students and staff.
You can pay using your PRESS account, research grant, or other UoA account.
You can also opt to use a debit/credit card (however we will have to also add GST for this type of payment – please contact Joei Mudaliar j.mudaliar@auckland.ac.nz for further instructions).
The payment authorisation form for UoA participants paying from a UoA account is attached.
The cost for non-UoA attendees is $500 + GST. Please contact Joei Mudaliar (j.mudaliar@auckland.ac.nz) for payment instructions.
We will be sending out a pre-workshop information email the week prior to the course, however here are some of the details:
Location
We will be in room 302.190. Building 302 is on the corner of Symonds St and Wellesley St. The room we will be using is on level 1, room 190.
Time and schedule
The approximate schedule for both days is attached (since this is the schedule from our previous course, it may yet be altered very slightly).
We will start at 9am and finish at 5pm.
Morning and afternoon tea will be provided, and there are cafes nearby for lunch.
Computers
We will be using a Faculty of Science computer lab.
You are also welcome to use your own laptop. However, please make sure that you have downloaded R and RStudio onto your machine before the workshop (they are free to download).
We will also include some instructions on how to do this in our pre-workshop information email.
Access to computers and the internet
We will arrange access to the lab computers for all non-UoA participants.
We will also have a guest wireless password for non-UoA participants who are bringing their own laptops.
UoA staff and students will be able to access the FoS computers using their normal UoA upi and password.
I hope you can make it on the 11th and 12th July 2024, and we look forward to seeing you there.
Ngā mihi (Kind regards),
Joei Mudaliar | Kairuruku Ratonga ā-Rōpū (Group Services Coordinator)
Department of Statistics | Faculty of Science
The University of Auckland | Te Whare Wānanga o Tāmaki Makaurau
Scholarship AINSE ANSTO French Embassies (SAAFE): applications open (applications close 1 July 2024) (flyer attached and available online)
AINSE, in partnership with ANSTO, the Embassy of France in Australia and the Embassy of France in New Zealand, are delighted to announce that applications for the Scholarship AINSE ANSTO French Embassies (SAAFE) Program are currently open, for international travel in the period 1st October 2024 – 31st December 2025.
Applications close 11.59 pm 1st July 2024 (Australian Eastern Standard Time).
The Scholarship AINSE ANSTO French Embassies (SAAFE) Program is an exciting international exchange opportunity open to Early Career Researchers at the Ph.D. and postdoctoral level. Each successful applicant is provided with costs towards a return flight and up to A$200 per week (up to a maximum of 26 weeks) to support accommodation expenses associated with a visit from:
- Australia/New Zealand to France, or
- France to Australia.
The SAAFE Program supports Early Career Researchers to expand research in nuclear science and engineering in the areas of Health, Environment and Nuclear Technologies, and to initiate sustainable research networks and linkages in order to support Australia, New Zealand and France in research and innovation.
Eligible applicants must be a PhD student in, or hold a postdoctoral appointment at, a French university or AINSE-member university. The research project must be in collaboration with at least one researcher employed by ANSTO or another Australian AINSE-member institution (in the field of nuclear science and engineering and in the areas of Health, Environment or Nuclear Technologies), and at least one researcher employed by a French university or French research institution.
The research internship is required to take place over a period of 8–26 weeks between 1st October 2024 – 31st December 2025.
For more information, including the application form and terms & conditions, please visit our SAAFE website or contact AINSE on +61 2 9717 3376 / applications@ainse.edu.au.
FUNDS FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH HAPORI MAORI
School of Environment has a small budget for enabling engagement with Maori, particularly through koha or contributions that may be needed to initiate research relationships. In disbursing that putea, priority is given to academic staff working on behalf of groups of staff or students, pre/consultation activities for ethics approval and collaborations that are not readily funded through other mechanisms. As it is desirable to utilise the budget before the end of the academic year, however, all well-reasoned proposals will be considered. If interested, email a brief, one paragraph description of a proposed activity and a budget for how funds will be utilised to Brad (b.coombes@auckland.ac.nz). Although there are no prescribed maxima or minima for these grants, the limited scope of the overall budget will likely preclude grants in excess of $1000. Applicants should also be mindful of UoA guidelines or policies for gifting and koha.
Post Graduate Wellbeing ….. where to go
If you are currently coordinating a PG course, could you please post the inforgraphic slide to your Canvas course page so students will know the resources that are available throughout the University.
3k writing grant available for students
These are currently on hold. Rangahau will reopen this fund for requests later in the year, please keep an eye on P-cubed for more details.
Rangahau – Research
Funding for Research Retreats
The Rangahau Committee has a small amount of funding set aside to sponsor Research retreats (e.g grant writing workshops, paper writing). This can be up to 2k per team, with a minimum 2 SoE participants.
If you have an idea that you would like considered, please submit a short paragraph explaining the intention and benefits of the retreat to katarzyna.sila-nowicka@auckland.ac.nz.
Proposal development support
The Rangahau Committee has a small fund set aside to help with proposal development (e.g. writing support, support to scope proposals etc). If you have an idea that fits within this scope please get in touch with Kelly Kilpin to discuss further.
Funding
Funding Calls
| Mana Tūānuku Research Leader Fellowship | |
| The New Zealand Mana Tūānuku Research Leader Fellowships will support mid-career researchers to firmly establish themselves as experts in their research domain and as leaders within the research landscape. | |
| Value/Duration: | Internal Deadline: |
| The total value is $1,160,000 for 4 years:
· $115,000 towards the researcher’s salary (p.a.) · $115,000 in organisational overheads (p.a.) · $60,000 for research-related expenses (p.a.) |
9:00am, Tuesday 16 July 2024 |
| Further Information (funding call, guidelines, website):
· Website If you are interested, please also get in touch with your FIRST. |
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| Mana Tūāpapa Future Leader Fellowship | |
| The New Zealand Mana Tūāpapa Future Leader Fellowships will support Aotearoa New Zealand’s talented early career researchers to establish the foundations of an excellent and impactful research career. | |
| Value/Duration: | Internal Deadline: |
| The total value is $820,000 for 4 years:
· $82,500 towards the researcher’s salary (p.a.) · $82,500 in organisational overheads (p.a.) · $40,000 for research-related expenses (p.a.) |
9:00am, Tuesday 16 July 2024 |
| Further Information (funding call, guidelines, website):
· Website If you are interested, please also get in touch with your FIRST. |
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| Mana Tūārangi Distinguished Researcher Fellowship | |
| The New Zealand Mana Tūārangi Distinguished Researcher Fellowship will support researchers with expansive and international reputations to make contributions that will extend beyond their own career span. | |
| Value/Duration: | Internal Deadline: |
| The total value is $220,000 for 1-2 years:
· $100,000 towards the researcher’s salary (p.a.). · $10,000 for research-related expenses (p.a). |
9:00am, Tuesday 16 July 2024 |
| Further Information (funding call, guidelines, website):
· Website If you are interested, please also get in touch with your FIRST. |
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| 2024 MBIE Catalyst: Strategic: New Zealand-China Strategic Research Alliance | |
| The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) is calling for proposals for joint research collaborations between New Zealand and China. MBIE will fund up to 4 joint New Zealand-China research projects to support the New Zealand-China Strategic Research Alliance, 2 each in the areas of Food Science and Environmental Science. | |
| Value/Duration: | Internal Deadline: |
| Up to $300,000 (excluding GST) over 3 years | 12 noon, Wednesday 3 July |
| Further Information (funding call, guidelines, website):
· Website If you are interested, please also get in touch with your FIRST. |
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| Te Tahua Taiao Ngā Taonga: Lottery Environment and Heritage grants (Round One) | |
| This fund aims to help protect, conserve or care for our natural, cultural and physical heritage, or allow us to better understand and access these resources.
· Natural heritage projects promote, protect and/or keep our native plants (flora) and animal life (fauna) safe from harm (including the on-going costs of pest and predator control) · Physical heritage projects restore, protect and/or conserve places, structures and large built objects that are important to our history · Cultural heritage projects conserve, protect and/or promote collections and stories that are important to our cultural heritage and identity. |
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| Value/Duration: | Internal Deadline: |
| Value
· Small projects, where the grant requested is for less than $250,000. · Large projects, where the grant requested is for $250,000 or more. |
5pm, Monday 22 July, 2024 |
| Further Information (funding call, guidelines, website):
If you are interested, please also get in touch with your FIRST. |
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| The Prime Minister’s Science Prizes | |
| The New Zealand Government introduced The Prime Minister’s Science Prizes in 2009 as a way of raising the profile and prestige of science among New Zealanders, in Aotearoa and internationally.
· Te Puiaki Pūtaiao Matua a Te Pirimia: is for a transformative scientific advance, which has had a significant economic, health, social, political, cultural and/or environmental impact on New Zealand or internationally · Te Puiaki Kaipūtaiao Maea: will be awarded to an outstanding emerging scientist who has had their PhD conferred within the past eight (8) years. · Te Puiaki Whakapā Pūtaiao: will be awarded to either a practising scientist who can demonstrate an interest, passion and aptitude for science communication and public engagement, or to a person who has developed expertise in public engagement or communication of complex scientific or technological information to the public. |
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| Value: | Deadline: |
| There are five prizes in total with a combined value of $975,000 NZ Dollars. | Applications open 13 May 2024 and close 1pm, 30 September 2024 |
| Further Information:
· Form, Guidelines and FAQs can be accessed via the Research Hub · For enquiries, please contact pmscienceprizes@royalsociety.org.nz If you are interested, please also get in touch with your FIRST. |
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| New Horizon Europe Calls |
| In mid-April, the European Commission announced a new selection of funding calls covering the remainder of 2024. The funding call details here Horizon Europe Funding Call List on the Horizon Europe Support Materials page on ResearchHub.
New Zealand can participate in these calls on equal terms as our European counterparts. However, the targeted nature of most of these calls means that it is highly likely that it will be more appropriate for us to partner on these projects, joining European-led bids as a collaborator rather than developing a proposal as a lead. Anybody exploring these opportunities should contact International.Research@Auckland.ac.nz to arrange a discussion and explore additional support available. |
MBIE 2025 Endeavour Support
Sessions to support applicants for the 2025 MBIE Endeavour Scheme (Smart Ideas and Research Programs) are underway – there will be additional events added to the list below as the information comes to hand. If you are planning on submitting an application this round, please let your RPC know asap.
MBIE Real Stories: 27 June 2024, 10:00-11:30
This session provides an interview-style discussion with a successful Research Program applicant. Register here
Further details are on the Research Hub
| Hood Fellowships | |
| The key purpose of Hood Fellowships is to maintain and enhance the international standing and performance of Waipapa Taumata Rau. The Fellowship aims to help the University meet this challenge by:
· Attracting distinguished overseas academics who are leaders in their field · Developing and retaining the University’s best academic staff · Hosting recognised international experts for guest lectures and seminars · Building stronger international networks among its community of scholars |
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| Value/Duration: | Deadline: |
| · Value: Up to $25,000 for each award
(awards are available each year) · Duration: All fellowships must be completed within the 12-month grant period (1 Jan 2025 to 31 Dec 2025). |
Applications open 1 June 2024 and close 30 June 2024
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| Further Information:
· Form, Guidelines and FAQs can be accessed via the Research Hub · For enquiries, please contact sharissa.naidoo@auckland.ac.nz, Donor Relations & Stewardship Senior Adviser If you are interested, please also get in touch with your FIRST. |
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| RSNZ: Catalyst: Seeding (Round2) | |
| This fund aims to facilitates new small and medium pre-research strategic partnerships that cannot be supported through other means, and with a view to developing full collaborations that could be supported through Catalyst: Strategic over time. | |
| Value/Duration: | Internal Deadline: |
| Up to $80,000 (excluding GST) over a maximum of 2 years is available for each successful feasibility study. | 12 pm, Tuesday 9 July 2024. |
| Further Information (funding call, guidelines, registration info):
· Website If you are interested, please notify your FIRST (research support) of your intent to apply for this scheme to receive important information and updates in relation to this fund |
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| Spencer Foundation – Research Grants on Education: Large | |
| This fund is intended to support education research projects that will contribute to the improvement of education. The research concept is “field-initiated” with the grant designed to support rigorous, intellectually ambitious and technically sound research that is relevant to the most pressing questions and compelling opportunities in education | |
| Value/Duration: | Internal Deadline |
| · Value: Grants are worth between USD125,000 and USD500,000 (circa NZD206,000 -NZD826,000), depending on the funding tier selected
· Duration: up to a maximum duration of 60 months |
Two – Stage Submission Process:
· Intent to apply: 5pm, Wednesday 22 May 2024 (this is the funder deadline date) · Full Proposal: 5pm, Tuesday 11 June 2024. |
| Further Information (funding call, guidelines, registration info, templates):
If you are interested, please notify your FIRST (research support) of your intent to apply for this scheme to receive important information and updates in relation to this fund |
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New Zealand-German academic exchange programme (ENZ-DAAD)
ENZ-DAAD’s Programmes for Project-Related Personal Exchange (PPP) is open again and inviting applications from students across all subject areas who are completing their doctorate, and from academics who have completed their doctorate in the last five years.
The application for 2024 close on the 28th of June.
Announcements
| RSNZ Tāwhia te Mana Fellowships Roadshow | ||
The Royal Society are hosting a roadshow on the new Tāwhia te Mana Research Fellowships. The Roadshow will involve a presentation by the Royal Society representatives, with time for questions and answers afterwards.
For more information, please contact your FIRST |
Health, Safety and Wellbeing
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Publications | Articles
- Martin Brook (2024) By not mining vital minerals, NZ is ‘offshoring its own environmental footprint’ – is that fair? (theconversation.com)
- Friesen, W., Bedford, R. and Underhill-Sem, Y. (2023). Country reports on population dynamics in the Pacific, 1950-2050. (Prepared for the MFAT Climate (im)mobility Research in the Pacific Project). MFAT, Wellington. December 2023. 76pp.