Awesome news 😀Ben Kennedy wins Prime Ministers science communication prize #PMSciPrizes Huge congrats Ben 🌋

It was a pleasure to attend the Pacific Researcher Get Together today in Auckland. Thank you for sharing your aspirations and challenges. Our office is grateful for the opportunity to contribute to supporting this conversation. NZ ChiefSciAdvisor

ShakeOut is on tomorrow! Have you signed up?

Join people across Aotearoa practise their Drop, Cover and Hold, and tsunami hīkoi 🌟

It's not too late to sign up 👇
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Exciting news for budding researchers! We've announced details of the new research fellowships and an applied doctorates scheme opening next year. mbie.govt.nz/new-initiative…

Applications for MBIE 2024 Endeavour Fund open soon. Register to attend an online Endeavour Roadshow for all you need to know! 👇

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Make sure to walk your tsunami evacuation route on Shakeout / Tsunami Hīkoi Oct 19th. Long or Strong, Get Gone! Don’t wait for anything after that large earthquake every minute and metre evacuated is precious.
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Government is investing in an ambitious & internationally-connected programme developed by Te Whai Ao - Dodd-Walls Centre to leverage New Zealand’s niche expertise in quantum technology research. Learn more👇
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Applications are open for Te Ara Pōtiki! This new programme will see Māori innovators in STEM disciplines placed in world-leading international food & agriculture tech businesses, initially in the USA. Learn more & apply 👇
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📢Calling all researchers. MBIE is inviting proposals for collaborative feasibility studies with NASA in the areas of natural hazards, water & climate modelling, environmental monitoring & biodiversity. Learn more 👇
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We welcome the release of the Australian Government’s draft national science and research priorities. It’s imperative that the final priorities be backed by a robust implementation plan that clarifies how the Australian scientific ecosystem—scientists, institutions, funders and…

Congratulations to Kararaina Te Puni, inaugural recipient of the Mike Harvey Memorial Award for an up-and-coming researcher in the field of air-sea/land fluxes and aerosol chemistry. 🌏🌊🌳

Kararaina is pictured third from left with her whānau, Lorn Harvey and NIWA colleagues.

Good news for RNA research & development! 💉A platform plan by co-hosts Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington & University of Auckland | Waipapa Taumata Rau, supported by University of Otago & Malaghan Institute, has been approved. $69.5m will be invested in this ground-breaking tech over the next 7 years🥳 mbie.govt.nz/ribonucleic-ac…

📢 Ngā Puanga Pūtaiao Fellowships opened today!
This new one-off initiative provides opportunities for Māori and Pacific researchers in #STEM as new fellowship schemes are rolled out. Apply by 31 October: bit.ly/45SUl4f

📢The Te Pūnaha Hihiko: Vision Mātauranga Capability Fund is now open for applications. A fund that weaves mātauranga Māori with western science.

To learn more and apply, head to mbie.govt.nz/vmcf. Applications open until 11 Oct 2023.

Super proud of Kate Mauriohooho (Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Raukawa) for defending her PhD. Kate's research on the Taupō-Maroa region have revealed the ages, geochemistry and number of magmatic systems operating between two supereruptions. Ngā mihi Dr Mauriohooho!

Dominating the skyline, Mt Taranaki it is hard to miss 🌋  Keeping an eye on the volcano we have a robust volcano monitoring network to support the Taranaki region from future eruption risks & impacts.  Read more on this, & how you can be prepared here 👇
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Why—and How to—Engage Artists in Science eos.org/opinions/why-a… Inspired yet? That is the question posed as this article explores ways that art and science can collaborate. Yes! Is my answer.

Great day for me learning about the fantastic science being done under NZ Centres of Research Excellence ⁦Maurice Wilkins Centre⁩ presented here by Prof Greg Cook

More than 450 people attended the #TeAraPaerangi #FuturePathways information session yesterday chaired by Gill Jolly. If you missed it, there are still spaces available for tomorrow!

Friday 11 August, 1:30pm-2:15pm
Register 👉 bit.ly/3O7eeNw

Welcome to MBIE Professor Emily Parker of WellingtonUni & Professor Louise Parr-Brownlie of University of Otago & Kia eke kairangi ki te taikaumātuatanga 👋🎉Our departmental science advisors bring scientific expertise, fresh perspectives & play a vital role as connectors. Read more 👇
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