Primary Menu

· Guidelines

· Website

If you are interested, please notify your FIRST (Kelly, Alex or Sophie) of your intent to apply for this scheme to receive important information and updates in relation to this fund.

MBIE 2024 Endeavour Fund (Research Programmes)

This fund aims to support ambitious, excellent and well-defined research ideas which have credible and high potential to positively transform New Zealand’s future in areas of future value, growth, or critical need.

For the 2024 investment round, the Science Board will aim to fund at least 19 Research Programmes proposals.

Value/Duration:

Internal Deadline

· Total funding pool: $39 million

· Value: $0.5 million or more per year

· Duration: 3, 4 or 5 years

· Registration: 12noon, Monday, 27 November 2023

· Full Proposal: 12 noon, Monday, 26 February 2024

Pītau (MBIE’s New Portal) Launch

The 2024 Endeavour Fund round will be run through Pītau, which is replacing IMS. Invite codes for Pītau will be sent out to current users in IMS, during the week starting 6 November, using the email address attached to their IMS account.

If you do not currently have an IMS account but, will be applying for the 2024 Endeavour Fund round, please contact the UniServices Funds Advisor Team at (submissions@auckland.ac.nz) or the research support team to get an account created in advance.

Further Information:

· Guidelines

· Website

https://research-hub.auckland.ac.nz/event/open-access-week-events

If you are interested, please notify your FIRST (Kelly, Alex or Sophie) of your intent to apply for this scheme to receive important information and updates in relation to this fund.

Seelye Fellowships 2024

This fund aims to attract eminent scholars to Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland to share their knowledge with a wide academic audience and the public. It provides for visiting fellowships in any Faculty or Large-Scale Research Institute of the University of Auckland. Visiting Seelye Fellowships may be awarded to outstanding academics and other leading authorities who:

· are eminent scholars in their chosen field

· will use the grant to share their knowledge

Value/Duration:

Deadline:

· Value: Up to $10,000 to $20,000 for each award.

· Duration: Within the 12 months grant period (1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024

· Applications open: 1 November 2023

· Deadline for applications: 30 November 2023

Further Information:

· Form, Guidelines and FAQs can be accessed via the Research Hub

· For enquires, please email: sharissa.naidoo@auckland.ac.nz, Donor Relations & Stewardship Senior Adviser.

If you are interested, please also get in touch with your FIRST (Kelly, Alex or Sophie)

Open Access Support Fund
This fund aims to support the payment of Open Access fees for researchers publishing high-impact research. This fund is intended to support the following priority cohorts to be published openly and immediately in high-impact journals: · Postgraduates · PhD candidates · Early career researchers (ECRs) · Indigenous researchers · Transdisciplinary researchers
Value/Duration:	Deadlines:
The Faculty of Science Research Committee has $125K to distribute in 2023 as part of this fund	This funding is available Q3-Q4 2023
· Details on eligibility criteria can be found on the Research Hub and the Faculty of Science. Research intranet. · To apply please complete the following open access fund Application Form. Please contact the FIRST team (Kelly or Alex or Sophie) for more information on how to apply for this funding.

Announcements

MBIE Endeavour Support Sessions 2024

Support for the 2024 MBIE Endeavour round is currently underway.

· MBIE Expert Panel Sessions (Second Round): are an opportunity for applicants applying to MBIE Endeavour Research Programmes to informally test their project ideas against the key requirements of the grant, with a panel of experts to guide their thinking.

Key Information

Dates: Monday 4th December, 1pm – 4pm | Wednesday 13th December, 9am – 11am | Friday 15th December, 10am – 12pm.

Time: Each attendee will be given an hour time-slot during one of the above dates.

Location: Online via Zoom Link

Audience: Open to UoA research staff applying for the 2024 Endeavour Research Programmes round.

Requirements: Attendees are required to provide their completed Slide Deck at least 1 week prior to their session.

Registration: To register for this event, please email submissions@auckland.ac.nz

Horizon Europe Proposal Writing Workshop

This event will include updates on Horizon Europe, a workshop on writing successful Horizon Europe proposals, and a discussion with our National Contact Points for each of the thematic Clusters. We will finish with a networking session for those attending in person.

Key Information:

· Date: Thursday, 9^th of November

· Time: 12:30pm – 6:30pm

· Location: Sir Paul Reeves Building, City Campus, AUT (Level 4, WG Building, 2 Governor Fitzroy Place, Auckland 1010) and online via Zoom

For further information, please refer to the attachment

Registration is essential, please register via https://mbie.wufoo.com/forms/horizon-europe/

Health, Safety and Wellbeing

There are a series of short surveys taking place to put together couple of tools we think will make easier to draw the logistics of activities in Labs and in the Field. We will report as soon as we can. We need higher participation than the current one and Thank you to the people who participated in the quick internal survey.

Afterhours access to labs has been finalised and it will soon be found under technical services here in P-cubed.

Field activities are in the process of review in terms of check-ins, we will keep you updated.

We recommend the following training from OD:

First Aid Certificate
Risk Assessment

Send an email to a.arcila@auckland.ac.nz if you are interested and need help booking.

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Issue 111 – Tuesday 24 October 2023

October 24, 2023 • igom365

HeadsUp

It was both insightful and enjoyable to participate in the Siapo-making workshop led by Doron Semu which ran over the last two Wednesdays. Who thought we’d be applying glue with our fingers and using an iron in the Ontology Lab? I found satisfaction and pleasure in picking up an inkbrush and letting design flow without any of the usual mental effort at applying logic or linearity of thought. And, along the way, there were out-of-the-ordinary conversations with other participants. All this suggests that process is as important as product and there’s an potentially under-developed place for creativity in the School.

I am grateful to Sonia and team for proposing this idea that engaged us in the Pacific way without leaving the workplace. In what other ways could be draw on the right side of our brains and be creative, bringing art into our science?

Good news

I am pleased to announce that Dr Hysesop Shin will be joining us in early 2024 to fill the Lectureship in Geographical Science we were granted following Michael Martin’s departure in late 2022. Hyseop did his PhD in Geography at Cambridge UK and will be coming to us from the School of Health and Wellbeing in Glasgow.

More good news

Adding to our School’s growing mana for teaching quality, Sonia Fonua has been granted a 2023 Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence, in the category ‘Sustained Excellence in Teaching’. Her letter of congratulation highlighted Sonia’s “…commitment to improving student success and outcomes for all students through values-based teaching practice. The committee felt that [she] demonstrated leadership in teaching through long-standing advocacy for teaching delivery that meets the needs of Maori and Pacific students”. A superb and well-deserved recognition, Sonia!

Programme Leadership

In Environment, we have tended to give most attention in our School’s internal organisation to the role of Discipline Leader (or Head). This dates to our origins and a multi-disciplinary entity arising from something of an ‘arranged marriage’. To extend the metaphor, we are now well bedded in as a School and the cross-disciplinary platforms that JR introduced while HoS (Ako, Rangahau, Whakawhanaunagtanga) have contributed to us working together as a singular entity.

We now need to play ‘catch up’ with the rest of the Faculty and University in more prominently assigning staff to so-called ‘Programme Leader’ positions. The term Programme Leader encompasses two types of roles: Programme Director roles (in cases where we have responsibility for an entire degree programme, like MENS, MEG, and MEnvMgt) and Major/Specialisation Leader roles (in cases where we have responsibility for Majors or Specialisations within a degree programme overseen by a Faculty, like the BSc/BA and MSc/MA).

The following link spells out the university expectation of these roles https://www.staff.auckland.ac.nz/en/academic-leadership/programme-roles.html .

George, Tom and I are currently re-examining these roles and will soon provide an update on who in Environment fill each with respect to the Programmes, and Majors/Specialisations we host.

End of year hui

We have a few must-attend-if-at-all-possible events coming up:

the last staff meeting of the year on Monday 30th October,
the Environment Moana Pacific Students Colloquium on Thursday 2^nd November,
the Schools’ Research Showcase and Awards on Thursday 16^th November; and
our end of year party on Thursday 23^rd..

Busy times! Get that leave booked for summer 😊

Robin Kearns

General Announcements

Smells from the Recreation Centre Redevelopment Site

Unpleasant smells have been reported as emanating from the Rec Centre building site over the last few months. Martin Ballard (Project Manager from Property Services) says

“· The schedule for these works is driven by process rather than time.

Each layer of the hyrotech waterproofing needs to be applied, then checked, passed or failed.
It is also very weather dependent.
The only time schedule that could be given is that hydrotech works will continue into the early part of 2024.”

This is unfortunate news for those who have been affected by the paint smell which we get occasionally, or the diesel smell which emanates from the water-proofing. We have been advised to try and work elsewhere if the smells become a problem. Sadly it seems the smells might be with us for a few months yet.

Requests for software purchase or renewal in 2024

We are now seeking requests for software purchase or renewal in 2024. If there are software titles that you require for teaching or research purposes, please let us know using this form.

Please submit all titles that will require a contribution from the School’s software budget next year – regardless of whether they are new, existing or upgrades. If we do not receive a request for a particular title, we will assume that it is no longer required and reallocate the budget accordingly. Any questions please contact Blair Sowman (or Thomas Mules in his absence for the next two weeks).

Masters examiner nominations

When you complete the AS512R form and/or the new portal in the future, please note the following:

(a) The HoD nominee is Nick Lewis

(b) The chair of the committee is Phil Shane

(c) The examiners you nominate must include one experienced person, and you have to give an actual explanation for why you selected the two examiners (not just one sentence).

In the current system the form is sent to Nick Lewis, but we are progressing towards a fully online system

Phil Shane (DGA)

Whakawhanaungatanga – Communities

Open Access Week 24-27 October

Open Access Week is a global programme that occurs annually at the end of October. This year’s event, running from 24-27 October, is themed around Community Over Commercialisation.

We warmly invite you to join our series of concise talks organised by the dedicated Open Access team at Waipapa Taumata Rau. These sessions promise to offer valuable insights, broaden your horizons, and perhaps challenge some common misconceptions about Open Access.

ResearchHub Postgraduate Space

Discover research-specific resources relevant to you as a masters or doctoral researcher and your research project, in addition to external resources to help support your candidature. Visit the ResearchHub Postgraduate space here: https://research-hub.auckland.ac.nz/subhub/postgraduate-resources

Doctoral Kōrero: Sign up to this session Libraries and Learning Services, November 1, covering the following topics:

Research Services team can help you with your research information needs such as developing an effective search strategy, using advanced search techniques in multidisciplinary databases and staying up to date with the literature.
English Language Enrichment (ELE) provides opportunities for doctoral candidates to develop their academic writing and academic English skills through Let’s Talk speaking groups, Writing in English workshops, Language Advice, and online resources.
Inclusive Learning supports neurodivergent students at university. We can help with workload management, reading and writing strategies as well as support for self-advocacy with learning support needs.

R J Mowat Memorial Award in Earth Sciences

A $2,000 Award to support a Part IV BAdvSci(Hons), or BSc(Hons) or MSc student enrolled full-time in the School of Environment.

Application status: Apply now see R J Mowat Memorial Award in Earth Sciences – The University of Auckland
Applicable study: MSc or BSc (Hons) research in Earth Sciences or Part IV of BAdvSci(Hons) in Geology
Closing date: 30 November 2023
Tenure: One year
Value: $2,000

Honours and Taught Masters Oral Presentations

Wednesday 25 October, 302-G20

Please come along to hear the Honours and Taught Masters students presenting their research.

9.00 – 11.00 am: Earth Science, Environmental Change and Physical Geography
1.00 – 4.30 pm: Environmental Science, Human Geography and Environmental Management

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.

HORIZON EUROPE Information Session

Date: Thursday 26 October, 10-11 am, followed by morning tea (11-11:30)

Location: 302-140

Rangahau have invited Mark Hurdley (Research Manager – International, ORSI) to give a presentation on Horizon Europe Funding. This will explore the opportunities that are available, what the funder is looking for, and the support available from UoA with time for general Q&A.

We have a limited number of 1:1 sessions with Mark following the morning tea to discuss specific calls and funding opportunities. If you would like to meet with Mark, please email Kelly Kilpin asap as slots are limited and will be on a first come first served basis.

For more information on HORIZON EUROPE, including a list of the open/upcoming funding opportunities please see the Research Hub.

Please RSVP to Kelly (Kelly.Kilpin@auckland.ac.nz) catering purposes by Wednesday 18 October

CAREER DEVELOPMENT FOR DOCTORAL CANDIDATES

Wondering what happens once you’ve finished your doctorate? Join a tailored programme of six 50-minute workshops to support all doctoral candidates in career management, hosted by CDES. The focus of the series is understanding and developing your unique career identity, and then honing and practising employability skills so you can confidently articulate your value. Workshops 1-5 will be offered twice each week, over the lunch break (either 12.00-1.00pm or 1.00-2.00pm). Attend the whole series or ‘pick and mix’ depending on what you need. Please register using the links below.

https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/student-support/academic-support/career-development-and-employability-services/cdes-events1/doctoral-candidates.html

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

Funds are available to support students writing up their thesis as publication(s). Each grant is worth $3000 (120 hours at 25$ all included). There is no deadline to apply. Applications are evaluated as they come by members of Rangahau (2 weeks turn over max.), until we use all the funds available.

Do you have a good candidate in mind? Please complete this form and submit to katarzyna.sila-nowicka@auckalnd.ac.nz .

Rangahau – Research

New Research Group

Kia ora e te whānau

Are you interested in research in the natural resources space with a big focus on helping transform society to a low pollution and sustainable future? I’d like to help build a proactive group of students and staff in this space who come together to discuss research and contribute as critic and conscience of society. I’m imagining a group in which we may differ in our approach to the problem but where we are committed to doing our bit as geoscientists and social scientists for a liveable future.

If you’d like to participate in this group and help make it meaningful, please get in touch with JR (j.rowland@auckland.ac.nz) or Eduardo (eduardo.fritis.perez@auckland.ac.nz) – all students and staff from any field in the geosciences and social sciences welcome.

If you’ve already got something happening in this space and we aren’t involved, let us know so we can be 😉

Thanks JR

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

Spencer Foundation: Small Research Grants on Education
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: up to USD50,000 (circa NZD82,000 · Duration: up to a maximum duration of 60 months	· Full Proposal: 5pm, Monday, 27 November 2023.
Further Information (funding call, guidelines website): · Funding Call · Website · Guidelines *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.*

MBIE Catalyst 2023 : Strategic – New Zealand-NASA Research Partnerships
This funds aims to build a strategic relationship with NASA by partnering in global research initiatives that unlock information about the environment, Earth systems, and climate through observation of the Earth from high-altitude and space. Areas of mutual interest are Natural hazards, Water and climate modelling, Environmental monitoring, and Biodiversity.
Value/Duration:	Internal Deadline:
Up to $75,000 (excluding GST) over a maximum of 6 months is available for each successful feasibility study.	The Internal deadline for proposals is now 12 noon, Tuesday 21 November 2023.*
Further Information: · Funding Call · Proposal Template · Website Please note that MBIE have issued a notice that Proposals will now be submitted using their current Investment Management System (IMS) online portal. If you are interested, please notify your FIRST (Kelly, Alex or Sophie) of your intent to apply for this scheme to receive important information and updates in relation to this fund.*

Aotearoa New Zealand Tāwhia te Mana Research Fellowships

The first details of the new Aotearoa New Zealand Tāwhia te Mana Research Fellowships, developed as part of the Te Ara Paerangi – Future Pathways reform have been released. These new schemes replace the Rutherford Discovery, Rutherford Foundation and James Cook Fellowships, which will no longer be offered from 2024.

These fellowships will support early, mid, and senior researchers. For further details, please see MBIE’s web page which details eligibility, duration and value.

Funding calls will be publicised via P-cubed once they become available so please keep an eye on this space.

MBIE 2024 Endeavour Fund (Smart Ideas)

This fund aims to catalyse and rapidly tests promising, innovative research ideas with high potential for benefit to New Zealand, to refresh and enable diversity in the science portfolio.

For the 2024 investment round, the Science Board will aim to fund at least 49 Smart Ideas proposals.

Value/Duration:

Internal Deadline:

· Total funding pool: $18 million

· Value: $0.4 – $1 million over the term of the contract

· Duration: 2 or 3 years

· Registration: 12noon, Monday, 6 November 2023

· Concept Proposal: 12noon, Monday, 13 November 2023

· Full Proposal: TBD (selected applicants will be invited to submit a full proposal)

Pītau (MBIE’s New Portal) Launch

The 2024 Endeavour Fund round will be run through Pītau, which is replacing IMS. Invite codes for Pītau will be sent out to current users in IMS, during the week starting 6 November, using the email address attached to their IMS account.

If you do not currently have an IMS account but, will be applying for the 2024 Endeavour Fund round, please contact the UniServices Funds Advisor Team at (submissions@auckland.ac.nz) or the research support team to get an account created in advance.

Further Information:

· Guidelines

· Website

If you are interested, please notify your FIRST (Kelly, Alex or Sophie) of your intent to apply for this scheme to receive important information and updates in relation to this fund.

MBIE 2024 Endeavour Fund (Research Programmes)

This fund aims to support ambitious, excellent and well-defined research ideas which have credible and high potential to positively transform New Zealand’s future in areas of future value, growth, or critical need.

For the 2024 investment round, the Science Board will aim to fund at least 19 Research Programmes proposals.

Value/Duration:

Internal Deadline

· Total funding pool: $39 million

· Value: $0.5 million or more per year

· Duration: 3, 4 or 5 years

· Registration: 12noon, Monday, 27 November 2023

· Full Proposal: 12 noon, Monday, 26 February 2024

Pītau (MBIE’s New Portal) Launch

The 2024 Endeavour Fund round will be run through Pītau, which is replacing IMS. Invite codes for Pītau will be sent out to current users in IMS, during the week starting 6 November, using the email address attached to their IMS account.

If you do not currently have an IMS account but, will be applying for the 2024 Endeavour Fund round, please contact the UniServices Funds Advisor Team at (submissions@auckland.ac.nz) or the research support team to get an account created in advance.

Further Information:

· Guidelines

· Website

· Horizon Europe Bid Registration Process

If you are interested, please notify your FIRST (Kelly, Alex or Sophie) of your intent to apply for this scheme to receive important information and updates in relation to this fund.

MBIE Catalyst 2023 : Strategic – New Zealand-NASA Research Partnerships
This funds aims to build a strategic relationship with NASA by partnering in global research initiatives that unlock information about the environment, Earth systems, and climate through observation of the Earth from high-altitude and space. Areas of mutual interest are Natural hazards, Water and climate modelling, Environmental monitoring, and Biodiversity.
Value/Duration:	Internal Deadline:
Up to $75,000 (excluding GST) over a maximum of 6 months is available for each successful feasibility study.	12 noon, Monday 6 November 2023.
Further Information: · Funding Call · Proposal Template · Website Please note that MBIE have issued a notice that Proposals will now be submitted using their current Investment Management System (IMS) online portal. If you are interested, please notify your FIRST (Kelly, Alex or Sophie) of your intent to apply for this scheme to receive important information and updates in relation to this fund.*

Seelye Fellowships 2024

This fund aims to attract eminent scholars to Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland to share their knowledge with a wide academic audience and the public. It provides for visiting fellowships in any Faculty or Large-Scale Research Institute of the University of Auckland. Visiting Seelye Fellowships may be awarded to outstanding academics and other leading authorities who:

· are eminent scholars in their chosen field

· will use the grant to share their knowledge

Value/Duration:

Deadline:

· Value: Up to $10,000 to $20,000 for each award.

· Duration: Within the 12 months grant period (1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024

· Applications open: 1 November 2023

· Deadline for applications: 30 November 2023

Further Information:

· Form, Guidelines and FAQs can be accessed via the Research Hub

· For enquires, please email: sharissa.naidoo@auckland.ac.nz, Donor Relations & Stewardship Senior Adviser.

If you are interested, please also get in touch with your FIRST (Kelly, Alex or Sophie)

The Transdisciplinary Ideation Fund (TIF)
The Waipapa Taumata Rau (TIF) is a fund that encourages research staff from across the University to develop cross-faculty research partnerships, aspiring toward high-quality Transdisciplinary research outputs, research learning initiatives, and successful applications to external research funders.
Value/Duration:	Internal Deadline
Grants up to $60,000 · Small Grants ($10,000–$20,000) · Large Grants ($20,000–$60,000)	5pm, Monday 30 October 2023
Further Information: · Form, Guidelines and FAQs can be accessed via the Research Hub · Enquiries should be directed to ORSI via internalawards@auckland.ac.nz If you are interested, please also get in touch with your FIRST (Kelly, Alex or Sophie)

Spencer Foundation: Research-Practice Partnerships – Collaborative research for educational change
This fund is intended to support education research projects that engage in collaborative and participatory partnerships. It aims to facilitate the long-term accumulation of knowledge in new ways as researchers and practitioners work together to ask practitioner- and policy-relevant questions on key topics in specific settings over time.
Value/Duration:	Internal Deadline
· Value: up to USD400,000 (circa NZD660,000). · Duration: up to a maximum duration of 36 months (three years)	Two – Stage Submission Process: · Intent to apply: 17th October 2023 (this is the funder deadline date) · Full Proposal: 5:00pm, Monday, 6th November 2023
Further Information (funding call, guidelines, registration info): · Funding Call · Website, Guideline *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*

Open Access Support Fund
This fund aims to support the payment of Open Access fees for researchers publishing high-impact research. This fund is intended to support the following priority cohorts to be published openly and immediately in high-impact journals: · Postgraduates · PhD candidates · Early career researchers (ECRs) · Indigenous researchers · Transdisciplinary researchers
Value/Duration:	Deadlines:
The Faculty of Science Research Committee has $125K to distribute in 2023 as part of this fund	This funding is available Q3-Q4 2023
· Details on eligibility criteria can be found on the Research Hub and the Faculty of Science. Research intranet. · To apply please complete the following open access fund Application Form. Please contact the FIRST team (Kelly or Alex or Sophie) for more information on how to apply for this funding.

Announcements

MBIE Endeavour Support Sessions 2024

Support for the 2024 MBIE Endeavour round is currently underway.

· FoS Vision Mātauranga WORK den: provides an opportunity for researchers to seek guidance, understanding and advice from the Faculty Māori advisors on Vision Mātauranga/Responsiveness to Māori.

Key Information

Date: Friday, 3rd November 2023.

Time: TBD

Location: Online via Zoom Link

Audience: Open to UoA research staff applying for the 2024 Endeavour Research Programme round.

Requirements: Attendees are asked to provide a short video explaining where you see opportunities to embed Vision Mātauranga into your research.

Registration: To register for this event, please complete the registration form by Monday, 30 October 2023.

· MBIE Expert Panel Sessions (Second Round): are an opportunity for applicants applying to MBIE Endeavour Research Programmes to informally test their project ideas against the key requirements of the grant, with a panel of experts to guide their thinking.

Key Information

Dates: Monday 4th December, 1pm – 4pm | Wednesday 13th December, 9am – 11am | Friday 15th December, 10am – 12pm.

Time: Each attendee will be given an hour time-slot during one of the above dates.

Location: Online via Zoom Link

Audience: Open to UoA research staff applying for the 2024 Endeavour Research Programmes round.

Requirements: Attendees are required to provide their completed Slide Deck at least 1 week prior to their session.

Registration: To register for this event, please email submissions@auckland.ac.nz

Responsiveness to Māori Real Stories – Building Māori Relationships in Community and Research

This Real Stories Session aims to delve into a researcher’s personal account of the development of their relationship with a Māori community throughout their research. Saeid’s work has not only captured the taste of hāngi in a bottle but has provided commercial opportunities for Māori communities to develop their underutilised resources.

Key Information

Dates: 26th October 2023.

Time: 10:00 am to 11:00 am.

Location: UoA City Campus, Sir Owen G Glenn Building, Room: OGGB3/260-092.

Audience: Open to UoA researchers and research support staff (FIRST).

Registration: To register for this event, https://www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/real-stories-building-maori-relationships-in-community-and-research-tickets-695698612277?aff=oddtdtcreator

Please reach out to aul.researchdevelopment@uoa.auckland.ac.nz if you have any questions and/or concerns.

Horizon Europe Bid Registration – University of Auckland as a Partner/Collaborator

New Zealand researchers can now apply to Pillar 2 of the Horizon Europe funding programme. Following an increased level of interest and bidding activity, and to ensure a smooth funding application process when the University of Auckland is invited to join a project as a collaborator.

Please refer to the below attachments for further details and register bid via registration link provided.

· Horizon Europe – Cluster Information Days

*Please notify FIRST at the earliest possible opportunity if they intend to partner on a Horizon Europe bid (Pillar 2)

Health, Safety and Wellbeing

Changes to after hours access in the school are on their way.

Approvals are activity based but there is some input from the lab in the decision. There are spaces that will require supervision for approval.

Changes to fieldwork check-in will be happening soon. Please be aware of this.

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Publications | Articles

Warnke, Fynn; Pecher, Ingo; Hillman, Jess; Davy, Bryan; Woelz, Susi; Gorman, Andrew; Strachan, Lorna (2023) Pseudo-3D cubes from densely spaced subbottom profiles via projection onto convex sets interpolation: an open-source workflow applied to a pockmark field. Geophysics, VOL. 88, NO. 6; P. F51–F69, https://doi.org/10.1190/geo2023-0171.1.

Kerensa J. Jennings, James D. Muirhead, K. Bernhard Spörli & Lorna J. Strachan (2023): Towards a tectonic framework for normal faults in Waitematā Group rocks, North Island, Aotearoa-New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2023.2268010

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Issue 110 – Monday 9 October 2023

October 9, 2023 • igom365

HeadsUp

I spent the weekend participating in the Small Island, Big Ideas writers festival on Aotea/Great Barrier. Across three days, there was rich dialogue on the character of island life, the meaning of being surrounded by sea and what being part of an archipelago teaches us from a te ao Māori perspective. A video link-up to a writers gathered on Galeano Island in British Columbia was one of many highlights.

One comment from Tim Higham, the organiser, struck me. As Pākehā working for an iwi organisation, he said he had learned a tradition whereby at any hui, there was a pause with all being collectively silent with eyes closed before anyone speaking.

Would we be any more considered in our deliberations with such a practise, I wondered? Certainly, pausing before acting can be construed in western work culture as a sign of weakness. But toother deeper wisdom traditions it is merely a stage in discernment.

For me, a pause has been part of the necessary establishment of a way forward for our Stage 1 curriculum deliberation. After a pause and reflection, a decision has been reached and the ‘1+1’ model presented at the last staff meeting will be pursued. This will involve the development or refresh of four stage one courses to be launched in 2025. Working groups were established and will be remobilised to animate course development so that details can be submitted for approval in the first quarter of next year.

To me the ‘1+1 from 4’ model is a very promising proposal. I say that from a position of not having participated in its development (during my time as Head I have followed advice and generally not participated in my own discipline group’s meetings in order to cultivate and maintain a School-wide vantage point).

While no disciplinary group has been wildly enamoured with the extra work and /or the loss of courses associated with this change to stage 1 offerings, there is general acceptance of its merits. This model promises to not only mobilise an integrated effort at Stage 1 curriculum re-visioning across the School but also to deliver new courses that will reflect an openness to in-School transdisciplinarity. The latter message potentially sends a clear message to students that we mean business as an integrated unit that values hybrid knowledge in the face of today’s multi-faceted environmental challenges. The proposal also allows the School to free up staff capacity for CFT initiatives (like the FoS Waipapa Taumata Rau course, the Our Environmental Futures TD course, and potentially other TD courses that emerge). These new teaching engagements will potentially bolster our financial position in a time when the supply of students is less plentiful than previously the case.

Following this approach for the new Stage 1 ENV-badged courses will require embrace of compromise, dialogue and patience. We must move forward with a firm commitment to radically reduce our number of stage 1 courses. We must craft, or refresh, strong and appealing stage 1 courses as gateways to our majors while maximising student exposure to the range of possibilities in ENV to all entry-level students. On balance, and with no other easy way forward (other than defaulting to a position close to the status quo), the ‘1+1 from 4’ model presents exciting opportunities for the School.

Robin 9/10/23

General Announcements

Supervisor Accreditation

Please note that there have been some important changes to the University’s doctoral supervisor accreditation policy. Commencing this year, supervisors are now required to participate in four supervisor development training workshops over a five year period if they wish to maintain their PhD supervision accreditation. This is in addition to completing the online course – Doctoral Policy & Procedures: Reaccreditation for Supervisors (ORiDOC). For further details on supervisor accreditation, as well as information on training courses and a wide range of other useful information go to the Supervision Hub (https://uoa.sharepoint.com/sites/supervision). This website provides a wealth of resources to supervisors, including further information on accreditation, approved training courses and other information.

The 5 year period starts this year for everyone, and so we are nearly one year into the new regulation. Supervisors need to actively sign up for an accredited course using Career Tools, this then automatically links to the information they can see (and the Academic Head can see) when completing their ADPR and in Wahapu. The recommendation is to take one course per year, and this can easily be checked during the ADPR process.

ORiDOC is available online for those who have done it before and must be kept up to date – it currently looks like most of ENV will be due for renewal in 2026 (unless SGS catches on to the fact most of us did this long before 2021). Individual staff members can check their individual profile in Wahapu to work out when they need to next take this course and whether they are on target for meeting the new accreditation criteria.

Methanogenesis

A team of undergraduate engineering & science students from the University of Auckland is honoured to be one of 20 proposals accepted to the Space For Planet Earth Challenge Incubator! The competition is about creating a system to efficiently find unaccounted and weaker sources of methane for the soon to launch MethaneSAT to observe. Our very own Te Pūnaha Ātea | Auckland Space Institute will be serving as the long-term mission control for the satellite, and the team is proud to have made it this far in the competition with the support of the institute’s Dr. Thomas Dowling. The team is currently working with SpaceBase using the Orbica platform to bring their proposal closer to reality.

Team members:

Miguel Torres, Computer Systems Engineering

Oliver Vannoort, Mechatronics Engineering

Simran Maharaj, Physics & Mathematics

Violet Ong, Software Engineering

Vandan Bhatt, Computer Science

Henissa Tong, Mechatronics Engineering

Sarina Todd, Mechatronics Engineering

Drishti Murara, Mechatronics Engineering

Angie Park, Chemistry & Music

Ayush Varma, Physics

Ella Fasciana, Civil Engineering & Environmental Science

Casual workers

Hello everyone,

We are currently seeking a few dedicated individuals to join our ENV Tech team on a casual basis. We have two openings available:

Position 1 – Approximately four to six weeks of work, totalling around 150-200 hours.
Position 2 – Approximately three weeks of work, totalling around 100 hours.

Both roles will involve some tasks within our ENV labs, and we will provide comprehensive training.

If you are interested please don’t hesitate to reach out by sending an email or popping into my office (302.415) expressing your interest.

Blair Sowman
Technical Manager | School of Environment

Whakawhanaungatanga – Communities

Honours and Taught Masters Oral Presentations

Wednesday 25 October, 302-G20

Please come along to hear the Honours and Taught Masters students presenting their research.

9.00 – 11.00 am: Earth Science, Environmental Change and Physical Geography
1.00 – 4.30 pm: Environmental Science, Human Geography and Environmental Management

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.

HORIZON EUROPE Information Session

Date: Thursday 26 October, 10-11 am, followed by morning tea (11-11:30)

Location: 302-140

Rangahau have invited Mark Hurdley (Research Manager – International, ORSI) to give a presentation on Horizon Europe Funding. This will explore the opportunities that are available, what the funder is looking for, and the support available from UoA with time for general Q&A.

We have a limited number of 1:1 sessions with Mark following the morning tea to discuss specific calls and funding opportunities. If you would like to meet with Mark, please email Kelly Kilpin asap as slots are limited and will be on a first come first served basis.

For more information on HORIZON EUROPE, including a list of the open/upcoming funding opportunities please see the Research Hub.

Please RSVP to Kelly (Kelly.Kilpin@auckland.ac.nz) catering purposes by Wednesday 18 October

MARSDEN CLUB

Date: Tuesday 24 October, 12-1, followed by lunch (12-1)

Location: TBC

Are you thinking of applying for a Marsden Grant this year? The School of Environment Marsden Club will be running again this year. This is open to all potential applicants (standard and fast-start) to the Marsden 2024 round, and will be an opportunity to hear advice and tips from previous applicants, share useful resources and outline support/peer-review arrangements to develop a successful application.

Please RSVP to Kelly Kilpin for catering purposes, any questions/queries please ask either Kelly or Sila.

ENV Masters thesis seminars 24 Oct 2023, Rm 302-140

The Masters thesis students (90 and 120 pt) will present 15 minute research summaries on 24 Oct starting at 9 am. The school encourages staff to attend. It is an opportunity for students to get comments and feedback, and for us to foster a research culture.

Phil Shane (DGA)

Lorna Strachan (Chair)
9.00	Hannah	Martin	Geological investigation of the Mangatangi Fault
9.15	Natasha	Ngadi	sedimentation and oceanographic processes at the Northern Hikurangi
9.30	Gabriel	Abazu	Engineering geological investigation of rainfall-triggered landslides
9.45	Ari	Pola
10.00	Maggie	Bray	Geostatistical approaches for identifying rootless volcanic cone groups
10.15	Dannielle	Cripps	resilience to climate change and fire in critically endangered gumland ecosystems
10.30	Thomas	Wood	Sediment connectivity and forestry activity within the Te Hoiere/Pelorus catchment
10.45	Lalita	Garg	coastal cliff erosion risk assessment for Taranaki
JC Gaillard(Chair)
11.00	Tai	Wright	Decolonising food systems
11.15	Crystal	Fa’asolo	Decolonising Disaster Studies
11.30	Jordyn	Hunter	Climate Change Discourse on Pro-Environmental Policies and Behaviours
11.45	Deborah	Larkins	Exploring citizen science through different cultural context

Please get in touch with Sonia for more information.

CAREER DEVELOPMENT FOR DOCTORAL CANDIDATES

Wondering what happens once you’ve finished your doctorate? Join a tailored programme of six 50-minute workshops to support all doctoral candidates in career management, hosted by CDES. The focus of the series is understanding and developing your unique career identity, and then honing and practising employability skills so you can confidently articulate your value. Workshops 1-5 will be offered twice each week, over the lunch break (either 12.00-1.00pm or 1.00-2.00pm). Attend the whole series or ‘pick and mix’ depending on what you need. Please register using the links below.

https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/student-support/academic-support/career-development-and-employability-services/cdes-events1/doctoral-candidates.html

The following Australian Nuclear Science and Engineering (AINSE) may be of interest to some ENV staff and postgraduate students:

AINSE Specialist Committee members needed (expressions of interest close 15 October 2023).

AINSE is seeking expressions of interest from Ph.D. and Masters-qualified researchers with extensive experience in conducting research at ANSTO’s Australian Synchrotron, AND extensive experience in the fields of either:

Biomedical Science and Biotechnology, or
Archaeology, Geosciences and Environmental Sciences.

The AINSE Specialist Committees undertake scholarship application reviews approximately 4-5 times per year to provide expert advice and recommendations to the AINSE Board and Member Representatives. Members are committed to full meeting attendance. Membership is voluntary. Meetings are ordinarily held online.

To be considered for committee membership please send a short CV (no more than one page) outlining research expertise directly to the Managing Director of AINSE, Michelle Durant, executive@ainse.edu.au by Sunday 15^th October 2023.

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

Funds are available to support students writing up their thesis as publication(s). Each grant is worth $3000 (120 hours at 25$ all included). There is no deadline to apply. Applications are evaluated as they come by members of Rangahau (2 weeks turn over max.), until we use all the funds available.

Do you have a good candidate in mind? Please complete this form and submit to melanie.kah@auckland.ac.nz.

Rangahau – Research

New Research Group

Kia ora e te whānau

Are you interested in research in the natural resources space with a big focus on helping transform society to a low pollution and sustainable future? I’d like to help build a proactive group of students and staff in this space who come together to discuss research and contribute as critic and conscience of society. I’m imagining a group in which we may differ in our approach to the problem but where we are committed to doing our bit as geoscientists and social scientists for a liveable future.

If you’d like to participate in this group and help make it meaningful, please get in touch with JR (j.rowland@auckland.ac.nz) or Eduardo (eduardo.fritis.perez@auckland.ac.nz) – all students and staff from any field in the geosciences and social sciences welcome.

If you’ve already got something happening in this space and we aren’t involved, let us know so we can be 😉

Thanks JR

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

Announcements

MBIE Endeavour Support Sessions 2024

Support for the 2024 MBIE Endeavour round is currently underway.

· MBIE 2024 Endeavour Fund Roadshows: the funder will be holding virtual endeavour fund roadshows on 10^th and 11^th October. If you are interested, please complete the register form by following the links below.

Tuesday, 10^th of October at 1pm -3pm

Wednesday, 11^th of October at 10am – 12pm

· FoS Vision Mātauranga WORK den: this session will provide an opportunity for researchers to seek guidance, understanding and advice from the Faculty Māori advisors on Vision Mātauranga/Responsiveness to Māori.

Key Information

Date: Friday, 3 November 2023.

Time: TBD

Location: Online via Zoom Link

Audience: Open to UoA research staff applying for the 2024 Endeavour Research Programme round.

Requirements: Attendees are asked to provide a short video explaining where you see opportunities to embed Vision Mātauranga into your research.

Registration: To register for this event, please complete the registration form by Monday, 30 October 2023.

If you have any questions, please contact vmresponsiveness.science@auckland.ac.nz

MBIE Pītau Drop-in Session

The MBIE will be offer an online drop-in session prior to Go-Live. Demonstration of portal functionality session two will be held on Tuesday 10 October, 10:00am – 11:00am, via Microsoft Teams (Registration is not required)

· Click here to join the meeting

· Meeting ID: 487 171 119 219, Passcode: 28ZNwS

Horizon Europe Bid Registration – University of Auckland as a Partner/Collaborator

New Zealand researchers can now apply to Pillar 2 of the Horizon Europe funding programme. Following an increased level of interest and bidding activity, and to ensure a smooth funding application process when the University of Auckland is invited to join a project as a collaborator.

Please refer to the below attachments for further details and register bid via registration link provided.

· Horizon Europe Bid Registration Process

· Horizon Europe – Cluster Information Days

*Please notify FIRST at the earliest possible opportunity if they intend to partner on a Horizon Europe bid (Pillar 2)

Funding Calls

Aotearoa New Zealand Tāwhia te Mana Research Fellowships

The first details of the new Aotearoa New Zealand Tāwhia te Mana Research Fellowships, developed as part of the Te Ara Paerangi – Future Pathways reform have been released. These new schemes replace the Rutherford Discovery, Rutherford Foundation and James Cook Fellowships, which will no longer be offered from 2024.

These fellowships will support early, mid, and senior researchers. For further details, please see MBIE’s web page which details eligibility, duration and value.

Funding calls will be publicised via P-cubed once they become available so please keep an eye on this space.

MBIE 2024 Endeavour Fund (Smart Ideas)

This fund aims to catalyse and rapidly tests promising, innovative research ideas with high potential for benefit to New Zealand, to refresh and enable diversity in the science portfolio.

For the 2024 investment round, the Science Board will aim to fund at least 49 Smart Ideas proposals.

Value/Duration:

Internal Deadline:

· Total funding pool: $18 million

· Value: $0.4 – $1 million over the term of the contract

· Duration: 2 or 3 years

· Registration: 12noon, Monday, 6 November 2023

· Concept Proposal: 12noon, Monday, 13 November 2023

· Full Proposal: TBD (selected applicants will be invited to submit a full proposal)

Pītau (MBIE’s New Portal) Launch

The 2024 Endeavour Fund round will be run through Pītau, which is replacing IMS. Invite codes for Pītau will be sent out to current users in IMS, during the week starting 6 November, using the email address attached to their IMS account.

If you do not currently have an IMS account but, will be applying for the 2024 Endeavour Fund round, please contact the UniServices Funds Advisor Team at (submissions@auckland.ac.nz) or the research support team to get an account created in advance.

Further Information:

· Funding Call

· Guidelines

· Website

If you are interested, please notify your FIRST (Kelly, Alex or Sophie) of your intent to apply for this scheme to receive important information and updates in relation to this fund.

MBIE 2024 Endeavour Fund (Research Programmes)

This fund aims to support ambitious, excellent and well-defined research ideas which have credible and high potential to positively transform New Zealand’s future in areas of future value, growth, or critical need.

For the 2024 investment round, the Science Board will aim to fund at least 19 Research Programmes proposals.

Value/Duration:

Internal Deadline

· Total funding pool: $39 million

· Value: $0.5 million or more per year

· Duration: 3, 4 or 5 years

· Registration: 12noon, Monday, 27 November 2023

· Full Proposal: 12 noon, Monday, 26 February 2024

Pītau (MBIE’s New Portal) Launch

The 2024 Endeavour Fund round will be run through Pītau, which is replacing IMS. Invite codes for Pītau will be sent out to current users in IMS, during the week starting 6 November, using the email address attached to their IMS account.

If you do not currently have an IMS account but, will be applying for the 2024 Endeavour Fund round, please contact the UniServices Funds Advisor Team at (submissions@auckland.ac.nz) or the research support team to get an account created in advance.

Further Information:

· Guidelines

· Website

https://www.tumaitaonga.nz/vacancies

If you are interested, please notify your FIRST (Kelly, Alex or Sophie) of your intent to apply for this scheme to receive important information and updates in relation to this fund.

MBIE Catalyst 2023 : Strategic – New Zealand-NASA Research Partnerships
This funds aims to build a strategic relationship with NASA by partnering in global research initiatives that unlock information about the environment, Earth systems, and climate through observation of the Earth from high-altitude and space. Areas of mutual interest are Natural hazards, Water and climate modelling, Environmental monitoring, and Biodiversity.
Value/Duration:	Internal Deadline:
Up to $75,000 (excluding GST) over a maximum of 6 months is available for each successful feasibility study.	12 noon, Monday 6 November 2023.
Further Information: · Funding Call · Proposal Template · Website Please note that MBIE have issued a notice that Proposals will now be submitted using their current Investment Management System (IMS) online portal. If you are interested, please notify your FIRST (Kelly, Alex or Sophie) of your intent to apply for this scheme to receive important information and updates in relation to this fund.*

Seelye Fellowships 2024

This fund aims to attract eminent scholars to Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland to share their knowledge with a wide academic audience and the public. It provides for visiting fellowships in any Faculty or Large-Scale Research Institute of the University of Auckland. Visiting Seelye Fellowships may be awarded to outstanding academics and other leading authorities who:

· are eminent scholars in their chosen field

· will use the grant to share their knowledge

Value/Duration:

Deadline:

· Value: Up to $10,000 to $20,000 for each award.

· Duration: Within the 12 months grant period (1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024

· Applications open: 1 November 2023

· Deadline for applications: 30 November 2023

Further Information:

· Form, Guidelines and FAQs can be accessed via the Research Hub

· For enquires, please email: sharissa.naidoo@auckland.ac.nz, Donor Relations & Stewardship Senior Adviser.

If you are interested, please also get in touch with your FIRST (Kelly, Alex or Sophie)

The Transdisciplinary Ideation Fund (TIF)
The Waipapa Taumata Rau (TIF) is a fund that encourages research staff from across the University to develop cross-faculty research partnerships, aspiring toward high-quality Transdisciplinary research outputs, research learning initiatives, and successful applications to external research funders.
Value/Duration:	Internal Deadline
Grants up to $60,000 · Small Grants ($10,000–$20,000) · Large Grants ($20,000–$60,000)	5pm, Monday 30 October 2023
Further Information: · Form, Guidelines and FAQs can be accessed via the Research Hub · Enquiries should be directed to ORSI via internalawards@auckland.ac.nz If you are interested, please also get in touch with your FIRST (Kelly, Alex or Sophie)

Spencer Foundation: Research-Practice Partnerships – Collaborative research for educational change
This fund is intended to support education research projects that engage in collaborative and participatory partnerships. It aims to facilitate the long-term accumulation of knowledge in new ways as researchers and practitioners work together to ask practitioner- and policy-relevant questions on key topics in specific settings over time.
Value/Duration:	Internal Deadline
· Value: up to USD400,000 (circa NZD660,000). · Duration: up to a maximum duration of 36 months (three years)	Two – Stage Submission Process: · Intent to apply: 17th October 2023 (this is the funder deadline date) · Full Proposal: 5:00pm, Monday, 6th November 2023
Further Information (funding call, guidelines, registration info): · Funding Call · Website, Guideline *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*

Ngā Puanga Pūtaiao Fellowships for Māori and Pacific STEM researchers

The objective of the Fellowship (0.8 FTE) is to invest in Māori and Pacific Peoples to establish careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) research and to grow the network of Māori and Pacific Peoples in the research, science and innovation (RSI) system.

Value/Duration:

Early-career Fellowship	Early-career Fellowship	Mid-career Fellowship
Description	0-6 year post-PhD	7-15 years post-PhD
Contribution to researcher’s salary (per annum)	$80,000	$110,000
Contribution to Host organisation overheads (per annum)	$80,000	$110,000
Research related expenses (per annum)	$40,000	$60,000
Total award	$800,000	$1,120,000

Internal Deadline: 2:00pm, Thursday 19 October 2023

Further Information:

· Guideline

· 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

Open Access Support Fund
This fund aims to support the payment of Open Access fees for researchers publishing high-impact research. This fund is intended to support the following priority cohorts to be published openly and immediately in high-impact journals: · Postgraduates · PhD candidates · Early career researchers (ECRs) · Indigenous researchers · Transdisciplinary researchers
Value/Duration:	Deadlines:
The Faculty of Science Research Committee has $125K to distribute in 2023 as part of this fund	This funding is available Q3-Q4 2023
· Details on eligibility criteria can be found on the Research Hub and the Faculty of Science. Research intranet. · To apply please complete the following open access fund Application Form. Please contact the FIRST team (Kelly or Alex or Sophie) for more information on how to apply for this funding.

Catalyst: Seeding (Round3)
Catalyst seeding 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. Funding is for research exchanges, research activities, and expenses related to hosting workshops for new strategic research partnerships with international collaborators
Value/Duration:	Internal Deadline
· Seeding General: up to $80,000 (excl. GST) in total for up to two years · NZ – Japan Joint Research Projects: up to $30,000 (excl. GST) per annum for up to two years	5pm, Tuesday 10 October 2023
Further Information (funding call, guidelines, registration info): · Funding Call · Guidelines · Website To register to apply, please email the following information to the Funds Advisor Team via submissions@auckland.ac.nz: title (e.g. Dr, A/P, Professor), full name, email address, faculty and department. If you are interested, please also get in touch with your research programme coordinator.

Catalyst: Leaders (Round3)
HOPE Meetings are held for excellent graduate students and young researchers selected from countries/areas around the Asia-Pacific and Africa region. These meetings give an opportunity for the participants to engage in interdisciplinary discussions with Nobel Laureates and other distinguished scientists pioneering the frontiers of knowledge.
Value/Duration:	Internal Deadline
Supports excellent PhD students and/or young researchers to attend the HOPE meetings with Nobel Laureates for 5 days including flights, accommodation, and meeting registration.	5pm, Tuesday 10 October 2023
Further Information (funding call, guidelines, registration info): · Funding Call · Guidelines · Website To register to apply, please email the following information to the Funds Advisor Team via submissions@auckland.ac.nz: title (e.g. Dr, A/P, Professor), full name, email address, faculty and department. If you are interested, please also get in touch with your research programme coordinator.

Health, Safety and Wellbeing

The best way of describing the post-pandemic era is collective PTSD given the increased level of uncertainty, especially economic. If you are struggling with your mental wellbeing, please seek help. The Employment Assistance Program (EAP) has free three sessions.

There are plenty of day to day things you can do to improve your own metal health. Borrowing the ABC initiative from Western Australia:

Act: Keep alert and engaged by keeping mentally, socially, spiritually, and physically active.

Belong: Develop a strong sense of belonging by keeping up friendships, joining groups, and participating in community activities.

Commit: Do things that provide meaning and purpose in life like taking up challenges, supporting causes, and helping others.

As a collective we need to think how we can enhance the sense of Belonging and Commit to take positive Actions.

We want to build a School where Mental Health goes beyond the absence of mental illness and create a community that fosters good mental and physical wellbeing.

REMINDER – there is training available in the following, should you need it:

First Aid
Mental Health
Risk assessment
Fire Safety

Look out for a round of quick surveys from the Health Safety and Wellbeing committee. Please support us by filling these surveys.

Publications | Articles

Tom Baker et al (2023) Governments are having a mission moment: what can they learn from cities? Opinion article in The Policymaker.

Stephenson, F.; Rowden, A.A.; Anderson, O.F.; Ellis, J.I.; Geange, S.W.; Brough, T.; Behrens, E.; Hewitt, J.E.; Clark, M.R.; Tracey, D.M.; Goode, S.L.; Petersen, G.L.; Lundquist, C.J. (2023). Implications for the conservation of deep-water corals in the face of multiple stressors: a case study from the New Zealand region. J Environmental Management 346: 118938 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118938

Wu, W., Chaput, R., Lundquist, C. J., Montaño Orozco, M. M., & Jeffs, A. G. (2024). Tracking the source of wild mussel spat for aquaculture using shell microchemistry and biophysical models. Aquaculture, 578, 740025. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2023.740025

Stephenson, F.*; Brough, T.*; Lohrer, D.; Leduc, D.; Geange, S.; Anderson, O.; Baker, J.; Bowden, D.; Clark, M.; D’Archino, R.; Davey, N.; Decima, M.; Fenwick, M.; Pardo, E.; Gordon, D.; Finucci, B.; Kelly, M.; Macpherson, D.; Marshall, B.; McCartain, L.; Mills, S.; Neill, K.; Nelson, W.; Page, M.; Peart, R.; Pinkerton, M.; Read, G.; Roberts, C.; Robertson, J.; Rowden, A.; Schnabel, K.; Stevens, D.; Stewart, A.; Struthers, C.; Tait, L.; Tracey, D.; Weston, S.; Lundquist, C. An atlas of seabed biodiversity of Aotearoa New Zealand. Earth System Science Data 15: 3931–3939. https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/15/3931/2023/

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Issue 109 – Monday 25 September 2023

September 25, 2023 • igom365

HeadsUp

Last week was graduation and, given the sparkling spring day, what a celebratory colourful occasion it was. How heartening that so many staff were on stage and so many of our students graduated. So many of our people were in the thick of it: Michael directing traffic on stage left, JR enthusiastically proclaiming student names…and earlier in our building I had some lovely meet-ups. Parents, partners…and PhD students are part of our scene for so long, then often move on to other endeavours with a long gap till graduation. It was like seeing old friends. Wonderful.

If that was a day of sunny elation, it feels like back to the ‘old familiar’ of rain and bewilderment in the last couple of days. Puzzling over how best we move forward with an engaging curriculum and wondering why more students aren’t at our doors to enroll in these times in which Aotearoa is beset by environmental challenges. Is it a case of cognitive dissonance? Over-persuasion by parents towards more pragmatically defined career outcomes? Poor- PR on our part?

And bewilderment also prevails as I look south to another university where it was just announced that physical geography, geophysics and GISci are among the programmes to be cut. And during times of unprecedent ‘climate events’ (such euphemism) and concerns around planning our cities, land-use and collective futures. Our solidarity should surely be made known to colleagues whose careers are disrupted by this turmoil. And perhaps such career-trauma just down the road puts into perspective the spectre of some of us needing to teach differently as curriculum change beds in?

To less reflective matters:

Examining theses: While committing to marking a thesis is an extra task that can get squeezed by intervening commitments, please try to complete the task in the requested 6 weeks. Chasing reports creates more work and students are left wondering. Not a good look.

Supervising students: Postgraduate students can reasonably expect to have contact with supervisors every couple of weeks. Please bear in mind that even a brief encouraging conversation can make all the difference to progress on a thesis journey.

Data management: The university has a new policy – please see the inclusion in p-cubed below.

Success! Some excellent results for our School from the latest MBIE Endeavour Round.

Karen Fisher is part of the team lead by Lincoln Agritech who were awarded a Research Programme “Safeguarding Te Mana o te Awa o Waikato from emerging climatic pressures.”

Giovanni Coco is working with Simon Thrush on his Smart Idea “Carbon Footprints Underwater.”

Annual Leave: as summer awaits, look ahead and book that annual leave. If you have large accrued balances, expect contact from me and/or HR. Better still, save us the hassle and book time off!

End of year party: Have you RSVP-ed and diaried 23^rd November yet??

All for now

Robin Kearns

General Announcements

Supervisors – any Hons students with November submission entering the Nov/Dec PhD scholarship round?

Technically we could try and get a Hons student submitted in November into the Nov/Dec UoA Doctoral Scholarship round but we would need to work to fast track this so please let Jennifer Eccles/Gretel Boswijk know asap if you have a student trying to do this.

Wahapu bug re PRESS account balances

It has been flagged that PRESS account balances showing in Wahapu may be wrong so please bear this in mind if your balance is not what you expect and you are applying to spend money. The problem has been flagged.

Supervisors – Struggling Students

Do you have a research student who you know is struggling or has dropped out of contact? Retrospective alterations to enrolment (suspensions etc) are becoming very hard to get so flag any potential problems early with SGS (or the appropriate advisor) so this is logged and appropriate processes triggered.

Supervisors – PhD top-up scholarships

Do you have an externally funded PhD studentship in the works through the scholarships office where the money was secured after 1^st September 2022, the student has yet to be given an offer, it is not sourced from a foreign government, and the stipend is less than the current UoADS ($33k/pa). If so please flag it with the PhD advisor (j.eccles@auckland.ac.nz) during the admission process so we can figure out if they can be considered for a PhD stipend top-up.

Support for Māori, Moana and Indigenous doctoral candidates and supervisors – MAI ki Tāmaki

MAI ki Tāmaki is a nationwide Māori, Moana and Indigenous professional network that progresses doctoral candidates through manaakitanga, writing retreats, events, and workshops.

It is now hosted by Te Tumu Herenga | Libraries and Learning Services and is coordinated by Abigail McClutchie our Kaiārahi and Dr Te Kawehau Hoskins, Pro Vice-Chancellor Maori (academic lead).

As part of this Kaupapa Māori professional network a Doctoral Learning programme has been created with assistance from staff across Te Tumu Herenga and the School of Graduate Studies.

Workshops coming up September / October You can attend online or in-person. Click on the links to book a workshop.  

Abstract writing  Thur, 28 Sept 2023, 10-11.30am  
Raising your research profile   Wed, 11 Oct 2023, 10am -12pm

Connect with MAI ki Tāmaki

To receive regular MAI Ki Tāmaki email updates and events email: mai@auckland.ac.nz 
If you are a MAI Ki Tāmaki Doctoral candidate or Supervisor join the Facebook Group.

Discover more on the MAI ki Tāmaki website.

Changes in Te Herenga Mātauranga Whānui | General Library
We’re excited to share that the way we use our Library spaces is changing. Over the past few years, we’ve gathered feedback on the spaces you need to study and work effectively, and in response to this, are making changes to Levels 1 and M in Te Herenga Mātauranga Whānui | General Library. From 1 October 2023, these floors will be closed for refurbishment and will reopen for Semester One 2024.

Managing research data at Waipapa Taumata Rau | University of Auckland

What should you know about managing research data at Waipapa Taumata Rau | University of Auckland?

The University’s new Research Data Management (RDM) Policy came into effect 1^st July 2023. It applies to all research staff and students, and the University community that are involved in the management of research data. You can find guidance and support on the ResearchHub.

Key changes:

If you are working with sensitive or restricted data, you are required to prepare a Data Management Plan.
Where possible ethics applications should enable data publication and reuse and avoid statements to keep data indefinitely or to destroy digital data.
If you are collaborating with external parties, you will need a Data Sharing Agreement.
Digital research data should only be stored on University-managed research data storage.
Researchers are responsible for publishing research data (or a descriptive record) to enable FAIR, CARE, and Māori Data Sovereignty

Support and training is available in bookable workshops or by request. The Centre for eResearch offers practical advice on a range of data management and research computing topics and can pair this advice with information on how to access related University services and support. Email us at researchdata@auckland.ac.nz.

Whakawhanaungatanga – Communities

We have the science director of Planet Labs Ltd visiting on the 2^nd October.

Planet is one of the world’s largest suppliers of Earth Observation imagery in the world and they support world-class science across many domains:

Staff, Post-docs, Phds, Masters, Hons – if you want to present your research to him (or have students who should), please see the linked planning grid and add your name/initials to the SoE research presentation slot. Elevator pitch style! VERY KEEN for students who are using earth observation data in anyway in their work to come and show off what they are doing 😊.
- Planning grid for research talk sign up: JoeMascaro_Planet.xlsx
All, please come to the talk he is giving at 1600 on Monday 2^nd Oct. 302-G20. A good turnout would be appreciated!
All, opportunity for drinks in OGH after the talk.

Earth Science in an Age of Change

Abstract

Earth is in the midst of a climate crisis—including rapidly changing forests, high-risk agricultural practices, and melting polar ecosystems—a biodiversity crisis caused by widespread and endless habitat destruction, and a global economy still reeling from the worst pandemic in a century. In this time of great change, it is vital that humanity build the tools required to measure it. To this end, Planet is a public benefit corporation that operates the largest fleet of earth observation satellites in history. With >120 SuperDove imaging satellites now in orbit, Planet is imaging the entire land surface of the Earth on a near-daily basis, with 8-band multispectral sensors at ~3.7m per pixel. Planet also operates a constellation of 19 high-resolution SkySats, capable of 0.5m 4-band multispectral imaging in a tasking configuration. Planet’s massive dataset has unique applications for monitoring the status of Earth’s ecosystems and human activities that influence them. Through Planet’s Science Programs, More than 25,000 users have led a wide variety of research efforts, including climate change in the cryosphere, terrestrial ecosystems and vegetation dynamics, wildlife biology, threats to coral reefs and other marine habitats, agricultural productivity, and disaster response and humanitarian assistance. Given the enormity of Planet’s dataset, many users are pioneering new methods in remote sensing, including and especially data fusion. We will share results from Planet’s researcher network, synthesize the potential scientific value of Planet’s persistent monitoring capability, and discuss methods by which the data can be accessed by the scientific community.

Bio

Joe Mascaro is a tropical ecologist and Director, Science Strategy & Programs at Planet, a San Francisco-based aerospace company that operates the largest fleet of Earth-imaging satellites. Joe works with scientists, universities and individual investigators to utilize Planet’s unprecedented imaging resources to enhance primary research and education, improve forest monitoring and conservation, expand food security, and promote ecological resilience for some of the world’s most vulnerable communities.

Conservation Jobs Great Barrier Island

Two exciting leadership positions have opened up with the Tū Mai Taonga Project on Aotea Great Barrier Island.

This mana whenua led project aims to prove landscape-scale operational methodologies and build community support that open pathways to a predator free Aotea.

It is currently working in Te Paparahi and the Broken Islands to remove feral cats and rats, under the hello do you know the hot chilliguiding vision and tikanga of Ngāti Rehua Ngātiwai ki Aotea.

Tū Mai Taonga is seeking a Science & Project Support Manager to ensure the project is integrated with emerging scientific knowledge and that its learnings support the predator free 2050 vision, to manage the project’s GIS system and data reporting, and to add depth and managerial capacity to the Project’s operations team on Aotea, Great Barrier Island.

Tū Mai Taonga is seeking a Rat Operations Manager to lead the project’s Pathway to Eradication programme and implement an adaptive operational plan that initially gathers learnings on outer islands in order to eradicate rats from Aotea, Great Barrier Island.

The Rat Operations Manager will liaise with technical advisors to maintain a robust and innovative operational plan and will manage teams to carry it out.

School of Environment Research Awards 2023

Rangahau Committee are calling for nominations for the annual School of Environment Research Awards

This year we have five ENV Research Award categories. Please nominate your colleagues using this Google Form (the google form will only take a couple of minutes to complete, and you must sign in using your UoA email). The form includes information about each award. Students

Hiroki Ogawa School Citizenship Award
Research Communication Award
Early Carer Research Award
Engagement with Indigenous Values and Knowledge Award
Transdisciplinary Award

Deadline to nominate your candidates: 30 Sept 2022

We will be very pleased to receive your nominations and will be waiting for you to celebrate our Researchers.

CO2 in control? Rethinking freshwater ecosystem dynamics in the Anthropocene

Join Ngā Ara Whetū: Centre for Climate, Biodiversity and Society and the School of Environment for a guest speaker seminar from Assoc Prof Adam Hartland on rethinking freshwater ecosystem dynamics in the Anthropocene. RSVP required for catering purposes.

Adam is a Senior Scientist at Lincoln Agritech Ltd (Kirikiriroa), and A/Prof Geochemistry at Te Whare Wānaga o Waikato . Adam’s research is highly collaborative. Building from a foundation in aqueous chemistry and branching across natural and social science domains. Leading on from his Rutherford Discovery Fellowship (2017 – 2022), his work addresses climate impacts in modern aquatic systems, drawing on first principles, and quantitative historical and palaeo evidence.

CO2 in control? Freshwater ecosystem dynamics in the Anthropocene Tickets, Fri 06/10/2023 at 12:00 pm | Eventbrite

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.

HORIZON EUROPE Information Session

Date: Thursday 26 October, 10-11 am, followed by morning tea (11-11:30)

Location: 302-140

Rangahau have invited Mark Hurdley (Research Manager – International, ORSI) to give a presentation on Horizon Europe Funding. This will explore the opportunities that are available, what the funder is looking for, and the support available from UoA with time for general Q&A.

We have a limited number of 1:1 sessions with Mark following the morning tea to discuss specific calls and funding opportunities. If you would like to meet with Mark, please email Kelly Kilpin asap as slots are limited and will be on a first come first served basis.

For more information on HORIZON EUROPE, including a list of the open/upcoming funding opportunities please see the Research Hub.

Please RSVP to Kelly (Kelly.Kilpin@auckland.ac.nz) catering purposes by Wednesday 18 October

MARSDEN CLUB

Date: Tuesday 24 October, 12-1, followed by lunch (12-1)

Location: TBC

Are you thinking of applying for a Marsden Grant this year? The School of Environment Marsden Club will be running again this year. This is open to all potential applicants (standard and fast-start) to the Marsden 2024 round, and will be an opportunity to hear advice and tips from previous applicants, share useful resources and outline support/peer-review arrangements to develop a successful application.

Please RSVP to Kelly Kilpin for catering purposes, any questions/queries please ask either Kelly or Sila.

ENV Masters thesis seminars 24 Oct 2023, Rm 302-140

The Masters thesis students (90 and 120 pt) will present 15 minute research summaries on 24 Oct starting at 9 am. The school encourages staff to attend. It is an opportunity for students to get comments and feedback, and for us to foster a research culture.

Phil Shane (DGA)

Lorna Strachan (Chair)
9.00	Hannah	Martin	Geological investigation of the Mangatangi Fault
9.15	Natasha	Ngadi	sedimentation and oceanographic processes at the Northern Hikurangi
9.30	Gabriel	Abazu	Engineering geological investigation of rainfall-triggered landslides
9.45	Ari	Pola
10.00	Maggie	Bray	Geostatistical approaches for identifying rootless volcanic cone groups
10.15	Dannielle	Cripps	resilience to climate change and fire in critically endangered gumland ecosystems
10.30	Thomas	Wood	Sediment connectivity and forestry activity within the Te Hoiere/Pelorus catchment
10.45	Lalita	Garg	coastal cliff erosion risk assessment for Taranaki
JC Gaillard(Chair)
11.00	Tai	Wright	Decolonising food systems
11.15	Crystal	Fa’asolo	Decolonising Disaster Studies
11.30	Jordyn	Hunter	Climate Change Discourse on Pro-Environmental Policies and Behaviours
11.45	Deborah	Larkins	Exploring citizen science through different cultural context

Please get in touch with Sonia for more information.

CAREER DEVELOPMENT FOR DOCTORAL CANDIDATES

Wondering what happens once you’ve finished your doctorate? Join a tailored programme of six 50-minute workshops to support all doctoral candidates in career management, hosted by CDES. The focus of the series is understanding and developing your unique career identity, and then honing and practising employability skills so you can confidently articulate your value. Workshops 1-5 will be offered twice each week, over the lunch break (either 12.00-1.00pm or 1.00-2.00pm). Attend the whole series or ‘pick and mix’ depending on what you need. Please register using the links below.

https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/student-support/academic-support/career-development-and-employability-services/cdes-events1/doctoral-candidates.html

GSNZ: Auckland Hochstetter Lecture 6.30 pm Tuesday 26th September 2023 Auckland Museum Auditorium – Lorna Strachan

Kia ora koutou,

Auckland’s own Lorna Strachan is this years Hochstetter Lecturer giving a talk entitled “Kaikōura Earthquake – Tales from the seafloor”.

She will giving the talk at 6.30 pm on Tuesday 26^th September 2023 at the Auckland Museum Auditorium (use the Newmarket/underground carpark side entrance).

Please register at https://myaccount.aucklandmuseum.com/160942?premove=Y&promo=GEOSCIENCE23 but (anticipating the odd potential bit of IT grief) I’m told people without tickets won’t actually be turned away from this free event. Please circulate the attached flyer to anyone interested.

I look forward to seeing some of you there! Ngā mihi,

Jennifer

The following Australian Nuclear Science and Engineering (AINSE) may be of interest to some ENV staff and postgraduate students:

AINSE Specialist Committee members needed (expressions of interest close 15 October 2023).

AINSE is seeking expressions of interest from Ph.D. and Masters-qualified researchers with extensive experience in conducting research at ANSTO’s Australian Synchrotron, AND extensive experience in the fields of either:

Biomedical Science and Biotechnology, or
Archaeology, Geosciences and Environmental Sciences.

The AINSE Specialist Committees undertake scholarship application reviews approximately 4-5 times per year to provide expert advice and recommendations to the AINSE Board and Member Representatives. Members are committed to full meeting attendance. Membership is voluntary. Meetings are ordinarily held online.

To be considered for committee membership please send a short CV (no more than one page) outlining research expertise directly to the Managing Director of AINSE, Michelle Durant, executive@ainse.edu.au by Sunday 15^th October 2023.

7^th AINSE Women in STEM and Entrepreneurship (WISE) School – Expressions of Interest now received
(applications close 30September 2023). (flyer available online)

AINSE is now accepting Expressions of Interest directly from students for the 7^th AINSE Women in STEM and Entrepreneurship (WISE) School, to be held Monday 4^th to Friday 8^th December 2023.

Expressions of Interest close Saturday 30^th September 2023.

This school is targeted at female-identifying students in STEM degrees who are about to complete their first year of full-time undergraduate study (or part-time equivalent).

A key component of the WISE School is an ongoing mentorship program in which students are allocated mentors from across site at ANSTO. AINSE will be coordinating mentor and student meetings throughout 2024 to provide additional networking and educational opportunities for the students.

The 2023 WISE School will run as a 5 day online event, with a select number of students being invited to ANSTO’s Lucas Heights campus for the final 2 days of the program (Thursday 3^rd – Friday 4^th December).

Interested students should submit a short Expression of Interest Form directly to applications@ainse.edu.au, and a brief letter to their AINSE Member Representative per the details in the form.

For more information, please see our WISE website.

AINSE Postgraduate Orientation Week – Expressions of Interest now received from future scholarship applicants (applications close 30September 2023)

Coinciding with the international celebrations of Nuclear Science Week in the third week of October, the annual AINSE Postgraduate Orientation Week welcomes new postgraduate scholars in the AINSE PGRA and RSS programs, and provides all postgraduate students with the opportunity to establish enduring networks with like-minded colleagues across Australia and New Zealand. This year’s O’Week event will run from 16th – 18th October 2023 as an online event via Zoom.

Alongside our new scholarship recipients, AINSE are now accepting Expressions of Interest directly from interested Honours and postgraduate students from AINSE-member institutions who are looking to apply for an AINSE postgraduate award in 2024.

These interested students can learn about the broad range of research supported by ANSTO’s landmark facilities, engage in a virtual tour of ANSTO, and participate in social activities as part of the worldwide Nuclear Science Week celebrations. On the morning of Wednesday 18^th, the program will be differentiated and these interested students will attend a specialised workshop focused on the application process for 2024 AINSE scholarships.

Expressions of Interest close Saturday 30^th September.

Interested students should submit a short Expression of Interest Form directly to applications@ainse.edu.au, outlining their intent to apply for a 2024 AINSE scholarship.

For more information, please see our Postgraduate O’Week website.

Applications open for the 2024 Doctoral Entrepreneurial Leadership Programme – Applications close 30th September

The Doctoral Entrepreneurial Leadership Programme is a free year-long programme for University of Auckland doctoral candidates from all disciplines. It is designed to develop your multidisciplinary thinking and skills and boost your professional network and future opportunities.

Entrepreneurial careers occur within and beyond the world of start-ups and entrepreneurial skills are relevant in numerous contexts, including academia, social enterprises, community and government organisations, and corporate settings. This programme will equip you with the tools and frameworks to develop ideas, opportunities and solutions and realise impact and value from them in a myriad of contexts.

The programme has relevance to doctoral candidates from all disciplines. Past participants have come from fields as diverse as Statistics, Dance and Opthalmology.

Applications are open to all current confirmed doctoral candidates at the University of Auckland.

Benefits

· Free programme (valued at $5k)

· Create a network of peers from all faculties

· Exposure to a network of innovative and entrepreneurial leaders

· Knowledge of entrepreneurial ecosystems such as professional service firms, impact, social and commercial investors, incubators and accelerators, government organisations, social and commercial start-ups, community and social organisations and corporates

Participation in the Doctoral Entrepreneurial Leadership programme is designed to support students to freely share and explore ideas. To enable this, all participants will sign a non-disclosure agreement.

Reviews from past participants

“With DELP’s guidance, I now better recognize the powerful potential that lies within the intersection of our research skills and entrepreneurial spirit inherent in PhD candidates.”

“This course is beautifully run and unlike any other I have participated in at the University.”

“It was something I greatly looked forward to each month.”

Timing and commitment
Participation in the Doctoral Entrepreneurial Leadership programme involves a year-long commitment with mandatory participation in monthly afternoon workshops, a residential overnight workshop at Waitakere Resort and additional work and reflection required in participants’ own time.

For more information and application details

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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

Funds are available to support students writing up their thesis as publication(s). Each grant is worth $3000 (120 hours at 25$ all included). There is no deadline to apply. Applications are evaluated as they come by members of Rangahau (2 weeks turn over max.), until we use all the funds available.

Do you have a good candidate in mind? Please complete this form and submit to melanie.kah@auckland.ac.nz.

Rangahau – Research

New Research Group

Kia ora e te whānau

Are you interested in research in the natural resources space with a big focus on helping transform society to a low pollution and sustainable future? I’d like to help build a proactive group of students and staff in this space who come together to discuss research and contribute as critic and conscience of society. I’m imagining a group in which we may differ in our approach to the problem but where we are committed to doing our bit as geoscientists and social scientists for a liveable future.

If you’d like to participate in this group and help make it meaningful, please get in touch with JR (j.rowland@auckland.ac.nz) or Eduardo (eduardo.fritis.perez@auckland.ac.nz) – all students and staff from any field in the geosciences and social sciences welcome.

If you’ve already got something happening in this space and we aren’t involved, let us know so we can be 😉

Thanks JR

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

Announcements

Horizon Europe Bid Registration – University of Auckland as a Partner/Collaborator

New Zealand researchers can now apply to Pillar 2 of the Horizon Europe funding programme. Following an increased level of interest and bidding activity, and to ensure a smooth funding application process when the University of Auckland is invited to join a project as a collaborator.

Please refer to the below attachments for further details and register bid via registration link provided.

· Horizon Europe Bid Registration Process

· Horizon Europe – Cluster Information Days

*Please notify FIRST at the earliest possible opportunity if they intend to partner on a Horizon Europe bid (Pillar 2)

Building your Knowledge Capability in Responsiveness to Māori within your Research

The workshops will be primarily presentation based with Q&A. These sessions will provide a general overview of the Treaty of Waitangi as it relates to research. The content focuses on why it was written, what it says, what went wrong, where are we today, and how it applies to research.

Before the Workshops

Those without any experiences in the study of the Treaty of Waitangi should consult these resources before attending: https://teara.govt.nz/en/te-tiriti-o-waitangi-the-treaty-of-waitangi

· Workshop2: Putting the Treaty into Practice in a Research Context (Part 2/2): 2^nd October 2023 at 1-4pm via zoom. Christine explores application of the main Treaty concepts to the major stages of research. Please register bid via registration link provided.

Funding Calls

MBIE Catalyst 2023 : Strategic – New Zealand-NASA Research Partnerships
This funds aims to build a strategic relationship with NASA by partnering in global research initiatives that unlock information about the environment, Earth systems, and climate through observation of the Earth from high-altitude and space. Areas of mutual interest are Natural hazards, Water and climate modelling, Environmental monitoring, and Biodiversity.
Value/Duration:	Internal Deadline:
Up to $75,000 (excluding GST) over a maximum of 6 months is available for each successful feasibility study.	12 noon, Monday 6 November 2023.
Further Information (funding call, guidelines, registration info): · Funding Call · Website · Proposal Template *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*

Spencer Foundation: Research-Practice Partnerships – Collaborative research for educational change
This fund is intended to support education research projects that engage in collaborative and participatory partnerships. It aims to facilitate the long-term accumulation of knowledge in new ways as researchers and practitioners work together to ask practitioner- and policy-relevant questions on key topics in specific settings over time.
Value/Duration:	Internal Deadline
· Value: up to USD400,000 (circa NZD660,000). · Duration: up to a maximum duration of 36 months (three years)	Two – Stage Submission Process: · Intent to apply: 17th October 2023 (this is the funder deadline date) · Full Proposal: 5:00pm, Monday, 6th November 2023
Further Information (funding call, guidelines, registration info): · Funding Call · Website, Guideline *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*

MBIE 2024 Endeavour Fund (Smart Ideas)

This fund aims to catalyse and rapidly tests promising, innovative research ideas with high potential for benefit to New Zealand, to refresh and enable diversity in the science portfolio.

For the 2024 investment round, the Science Board will aim to fund at least 49 Smart Ideas proposals.

Value/Duration:

Internal Deadline:

· Total funding pool: $18 million

· Value: $0.4 – $1 million over the term of the contract

· Duration: 2 or 3 years

· Registration: 12noon, Tuesday, 24 October 2023

· Concept Proposal: 12noon, Monday, 13 November 2023

· Full Proposal: TBD (selected applicants will be invited to submit a full proposal)

Further Information (funding call, guidelines, registration info, templates):

· Guideline

· Website

* The funder will be holding virtual endeavour fund roadshows on 2^nd ,10^th, and 11^th of October. It is highly recommended to attend to at least one of the sessions and you can do it by following this link.

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

MBIE 2024 Endeavour Fund (Research Programmes)

This fund aims to support ambitious, excellent and well-defined research ideas which have credible and high potential to positively transform New Zealand’s future in areas of future value, growth, or critical need.

For the 2024 investment round, the Science Board will aim to fund at least 19 Research Programmes proposals.

Value/Duration:

Internal Deadline

· Total funding pool: $39 million

· Value: $0.5 million or more per year

· Duration: 3, 4 or 5 years

· Registration: 12noon, Monday, 27 November 2023

· Full Proposal: 12 noon, Monday, 26 February 2024

Further Information (funding call, guidelines, registration info, templates):

· Guideline

· Website