A senior acadameic says the changes are short-sighted, but a business group says it will boost productivity.
The Government has updated the Marsden Fund to focus on core scientific research that helps lift economic growth and contributes to science with a purpose.
Minister announces shock changes to New Zealand fund in order to “support growth”. Science minister Judith Collins has shocked New Zealand's researchers by ...
The University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka is deeply concerned to learn that humanities and social sciences research will no longer be funded.
Government shocks scientists and universities by halving funding for blue-sky research, raising fears it will worsen the brain drain to rest of OECD, ...
It's a tiny portion of our overall funding, yet social sciences and humanities research makes a massive impact. Without it, the pie starts to crumble.
Humanities and social science funding has been cut from the Marsden Fund, the main fund for 'blue-skies' research in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Co-director of the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Nicola Gaston, says the reallocation of Marsden research funding is a ...
The Government's rewrite of the Marsden Fund's investment plan and terms of reference demonstrates a complete lack of understanding and risks undermining ...
The areas that have been cut include research in subjects like nursing, law, and archaeology.
The government has eliminated Marsden grants for humanities and social sciences. Shanti Mathias explains what Marsden grants are, and why the change has ...