How can researchers make their #CommunityEngagement meaningful? Read about how Marsden-funded researchers Dr Parlato (of Massey University) and Dr Painting (of The University of Waikato) are doing it in this new Research in Focus article 🕸🐦🕷 www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...

A research team supported by the Marsden Fund examined why glaciers in Aotearoa were blanketed by red dust? Using time-lapse photography, an eye in the sky and chemistry to uncover a trail leading to a certain neighbours backyard (Australia's bushfires) 📷👁️🛰️⚗️🆒 www.royalsociety.org.nz/research/red...

Just a reminder that I am still taking applications for this PhD scholarship (until 1 May). You don't need to be a NZ citizen or resident to apply (although you would need a student visa to take up the scholarship). Happy to answer any questions by email #18C #19C #Romanticism #Bigger6

There is a vacancy on the Marsden Fund Council for a convenor for the EHB (Economics, Human & Behavioural Sciences) panel. Please see details below if you are keen to apply. Deadline 17 April....https://jobs.mbie.govt.nz/job/Wellington-Marsden-Fund-Council-EHB-Panel-Convenor-6011/1063401266/

Did you know that Paenga-Whāwhā April is #autismacceptance month in Aotearoa? To celebrate, we chatted to Dr Hannah Waddington (Te Herenga Waka — VUW) about her efforts to develop neurodiversity-affirming support for #autistic tamariki and their whānau 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦. www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...

Will upzoning deliver housing affordability for everyone? Dr Ryan Greenaway-McGrevy, Professor Peter Phillips, and their team at Waipapa Taumata Rau The University of Auckland are looking at the evidence in Auckland! 🏘️💲 Read about their great work here: www.royalsociety.org.nz/research/wil...

How will climate change impact vulnerable alpine ecosystems? Associate Professor Julie Deslippe of Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington is keen to find out. Follow the #MarsdenFund flag into the maunga 🗻of China to find out more: www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...

How will Antarctic ice sheets react to rising temperatures and influence the oceans in the process? Professor Rob McKay of Te Herenga Waka VUW used geological samples to peer into the past for a look to the future. Check out what they found here: www.royalsociety.org.nz/research/war...

How can we make #MixedReality experiences feel more immersive? Dr Zhang and Prof Dodgson of Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington are developing new tools to do just that. Read more about this exciting mahi here 👀: www.royalsociety.org.nz/research/cha...

Dr Ryan Ridden at the University of Canterbury is launching #CosmicCataclysms at #Zooniverse where YOU can help with #MarsdenFund Fast-Start #research finding fast 💥explosion💥 events across the #universe 🌌 www.royalsociety.org.nz/research/hun... www.zooniverse.org/projects/che... #CitizenScience

Response from our President today: www.royalsociety.org.nz/news/respons...

Important update from the Marsden Fund. New Terms of Reference and revised Investment Plan from the Minister now available www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...

📢 Now that it’s official, @tepunahaumaru.bsky.social would love to tell you about our 🆕 project funded by @royalsocietynz.bsky.social that offers an Indigenous lens to understanding what leads to hara (crime) 🧵

Some stats on this year's #MarsdenFund round, including gender, ethnicity, and organisation success rates www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...

Here are some highlights from this year's new grants... www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...

A list of the new #MarsdenFund grants can be found here. Congratulations to all recipients! www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...

E haumi ana Te Pūtea Rangahau a Marsden ki ngā rangahau tino hou rawa www.royalsociety.org.nz/news/e-haumi...

Marsden Fund invests in new cutting edge research - 2024 results announced today. Ka rawe! www.royalsociety.org.nz/news/marsden...

There are 2 vacancies in the #MarsdenFund Council for the 2025 round - for the Physics, Chem and Biochem (PCB) and Maths and Information Sciences (MIS) panels- please spread the word! jobs.mbie.govt.nz/job/Wellingt... jobs.mbie.govt.nz/job/Wellingt...

We are seeking a Kaiarotake Rangahau Research Assessor for an 8-month fixed term to cover parental leave to join our Research Funding team @royalsocietynz.bsky.social Deadline 15 August! www.royalsociety.org.nz/who-we-are/o...

Marsden EOI results are out today www.royalsociety.org.nz/news/marsden...

Dr Wei-Qin Zhuang and Dr Shan Yi University of Auckland and Dr Ivanhoe Leung University of Melbourne are supported by #MarsdenFund to develop cleaner and greener solutions for industry with #nature’s catalysts - #enzymes #ecofriendly #gogreen #bioengineering www.royalsociety.org.nz/research/cle...

Dr Calude and PhD students Jessie Burnette and Alex Pohl at the University of Waikato will visit local #NZSchools to find out what #KiwiKids in mainstream #English language education are making of #TeReo Māori borrowings entering their variety of English🗣️👩‍🏫🎓 www.royalsociety.org.nz/research/two...

Inspiration from Nature: Molecular ‘flowers’ that bloom. New #MarsdenFund Research in Focus article on supramolecular chemistry by Christian Hartinger, James Crowley, James Wright @aucklanduni.bsky.social and Univ of Otago 🌸 royalsociety.org.nz/research/mol...

Reposting for the new year!

Our team @royalsocietynz.bsky.social is hiring! We are looking for a Kaiarotake Rangahau Research Assessor, preferably with a research background in physical sciences and / or maths. Fixed term 12 month contract, deadline 23 Jan 2024. Please spread the word! www.royalsociety.org.nz/who-we-are/o...

2 fully funded PhD positions with Charlotte Alster (researchers.lincoln.ac.nz/charlotte.al...) and myself! Come work at geothermal sites in Aotearoa New Zealand to explore how warming influences microbial trade-offs, food web structure, and soil ecosystem resilience. @marsdenfund.bsky.social

Nau mai haere mai Professor Jan Lindsay @aucklanduni.bsky.social to the #MarsdenFund Council as convenor of the Earth Sciences and Astronomy panel. Great to have you on board! www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...

Ngā mihi Dr Rachael Wood from the University of Canterbury who has a #MarsdenFund award to investigate the invasive properties of endometriotic cells, hoping to identify new avenues for managing #endometriosis. Congrats Dr Wood! 👩‍🔬🔬🧪🥼 Read more i te reo Māori: www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...

Ngā mihi nui ki a Dr Rachael Wood from the University of Canterbury who has a #MarsdenFund award to investigate the invasive properties of endometriotic cells, hoping to identify new avenues for managing #endometriosis. Congratulations Dr Wood! 👩‍🔬🔬🧪🥼 www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...

Dr Mevagh Sanson from Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato the University of Waikato has received a #MarsdenFund award to explore the ways in which our #emotions shape how we tell and re-tell personal #memories - ngā mihi Dr Sanson!📚🗣️⌛🧠💙 www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...

Dr Andrea Teng from Te Whare Wānanga o Otāgo the University of Otago has received a #MarsdenFund award to evaluate the effects of food taxes in #Tonga on improving #PublicHealth. Ka pai Dr Teng! 🍭🧑‍⚕️👩‍⚕️💸 www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...

Genetic pollutants, or precious carriers of whakapapa? Dr Aisling Rayne @aisrayne.bsky.social at the Cawthron Institute has a #MarsdenFund award to investigate attitudes towards hybrid species and their value in conservation - read more i te reo Māori: www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...

Genetic pollutants, or precious carriers of #whakapapa? Dr Aisling Rayne @aisrayne.bsky.social at the Cawthron Institute has a #MarsdenFund award to investigate attitudes towards hybrid species and their value in conservation www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...

Tino pai to mahi! Dr Erin Leitao at the University of Auckland @aucklanduni.bsky.social will use her #MarsdenFund award to create environmentally-friendly alternatives to 'forever chemicals' like PFAS 👩‍🔬🌏 #Chemistry #Engineering #WomenInSTEM www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...

Dr Liam Martin at Victoria University of Wellington has received a #MarsdenFund award to investigate the shift from incarceration (in prisons) to "e-carceration" (digital monitoring) - mahi tika ana! #prison #surveillance #monitoring www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...

Ngā mihi nui ki a Dr Brendan Harding at Victoria University of Wellington who has a #MarsdenFund award to model how particles move within fluid flow at the microscale - helping us to better understand what happens within microfluidic devices. 🩸🔬 www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...

Dr Elahe Parvizi at the University of Waikato will use her #MarsdenFund grant to study how the genome size and composition of sea squirts influences their ability to colonise new areas🧬🗺️ #InvasiveSpecies #conservation #climate www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...

Dr Maria Borovnik at Massey University has received a #MarsdenFund award to investigate the social and economic impacts of the global 'Crew Change Crisis', when >400,000 seafarers were stranded at sea and in ports due to COVID19. 🚢⚓ Story in te reo Māori here: www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...

Dr Enrique del Rey Castillo at the University of Auckland @aucklanduni.bsky.social has a #MarsdenFund award to make a sustainable, self-healing alternative to concrete inspired by Roman construction and mātauranga Māori - ka rawe! 🏛️🐚 www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...

Ngā mihi nui ki a Dr Cain @kecain.bsky.social at the University of Auckland @aucklanduni.bsky.social, who has a #MarsdenFund grant to investigate how sleep disruption impairs vocal learning in young birds! 🐦💤🎶 #birds #sleep #learning www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...

Dr Joseph Nelson at Lincoln Agritech has been awarded a #MarsdenFund award to discover new compounds for use in cheaper, better-performing #Lithium-ion #batteries - taputapu kē! 🔋🔋🔋 www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...

Dr Georgia Grant at Te Pū Ao GNS Science will be using her #MarsdenFund award to investigate how one of our largest ice sheets behaved in warmer climates in the past, and predict what this might mean for our future 🧊🌊☀️ #GlobalWarming #Melting #SeaLevel www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...

Congratulations to Dr Georgescu from Te Whare Wānanga o Otāgo the University of Otago who has a #MarsdenFund award to find out how fever is suppressed during pregnancy to protect the foetus. Mahi tika ana!! #WomenInSTEM #neuroscience 🧠🌡️🤰 🔬 www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...

Check out Dr Clint Oakley's (Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington) new Marsden Standard grant studying coral bleaching - i te reo Māori - Kia pai mai hoki! www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...

Check out Dr Clint Oakley's (Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington) new Marsden Standard grant studying coral bleaching. Kia pai mai hoki! www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...

Dr Collin Bjork @collinbjork.bsky.social at Massey University has received a #MarsdenFund grant for 'Sound Judgments' - a #research project to explore how #truecrime #podcasting encourages us to make judgements. Ngā mihi Dr Bjork! 🎙️🕵️‍♂️📻🎧 #podcast #media #comms www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...

Congrats to all 2023 Marsden grant recipients. Read more here about the MacDiarmid Institute affiliated crew who received Marsden grants in this round www.macdiarmid.ac.nz/news-and-eve... 🙌 ⚛️ 🔬⚗️

We hope to solve mesopelagic mysteries in this new collaboration with Steve Swearer, Alice Della Penna, Steve Wing, Suzie Mills, and Shaun Killen. Made possible by @marsdenfund.bsky.social . Find out more here!  tinyurl.com/utfba9em and stay tuned for student opportunities!

Associate Professor Nicola Daly at The University of Waikato has been awarded a #MarsdenFund grant to work with Huia Publishers looking at how Indigenous voices can be portrayed in pukapuka pikitia picturebooks🗣️📚 🖼️ www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...