
2025-08-17 20:37:36
sci pol; NZ pol
ICYMI Another handbrake turn in research management, this time Aotearoa New Zealand under Christopher Luxon's National party coalition.
"New Zealand’s largest source of funding through competitive grants, the Endeavour Fund, remains stagnant at NZ$245 million but has *canceled all applications for the 2026 funding round to “reduce the operational burden of applying for funding”* during the mergers of Crown Research Institutes."
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