Tagged: Centres of Research Excellence

Science funding down under – a tale of opposites - Infectious Thoughts

Siouxsie Wiles • May 16, 2014 •

• Allan Wilson Centre,
• Australia,
• budget,
• Centres of Research Excellence,
• CoREs,
• Funding,
• Gravida,
• Keith Ng,
• Medical Research Future Fund,
• Peter Gluckman,
• Science,
• Steven Joyce,
• Tertiary Education Commission

This week has seen budget announcements from both Australia and New Zealand and it is a story of opposites when it comes to science funding. The fabulous Keith Ng (@keith_ng) has produced a great dynamic infographic if you want to see where New Zealand is going to be spending it’s money and how this … Read More

Government announces new Centres of Research Excellence (CoREs) - Infectious Thoughts

Siouxsie Wiles • May 08, 2014 •

• Allan Wilson Centre,
• Art in the Dark,
• Bio-Protection,
• Brain Research New Zealand,
• Centres of Research Excellence,
• CoREs,
• David Winter,
• Dodd-Walls Centre,
• Gravida,
• Lincoln,
• macdiarmid institute,
• Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery,
• Medical Technologies,
• National Science Challenges,
• Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga,
• Otaga,
• Riddet,
• Te Pūnaha Matatini,
• TEC,
• Tertiary Education Commission,
• tuatara,
• University of Auckland

The NZ government today announced the country’s next Centres of Research Excellence (CoREs), who between them will receive just under $35 million per year for 6 years starting in January 2015. They are: The Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, hosted by University of Auckland MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, hosted … Read More