We’re delighted to report that five College of Arts-led expressions of interest (EOIs) have been selected to move through to the final rounds of two highly competitive research funds. Four of the College’s 20 Marsden EOIs have made it through to the second round, as has the Te Hiranga Reo EOI to the Centres of Research Excellence (CoREs) Fund.
Marsden Fund 2020
Congratulations to the following principal and associate investigators with Marsden EOIs proceeding to round two:
- Associate Professor Nik Taylor and Professor Annie Potts—‘Understanding and preventing human-animal violence links in Aotearoa, New Zealand’, with AI Dr Yvonne-Crichton Hill.
- Dr Lynn Clark—‘Understanding the onset of vernacular reorganisation’, with AIs Dr Amy Scott, Professor Gail Gillon and Associate Professor Brigid McNeill.
- Professor Bronwyn Hayward—‘Critical hope: Supporting young people’s citizenship capabilities in chaotic climate futures’, with AI Professor Angus Macfarlane
- Dr Jonathan Dunn (Fast Start)—’ How do population movements influence language change?’
Thanks also to the many colleagues who have supported these bids, including expert advice and support from the Research and Innovation office, as well as in-College workshops and mentoring.
The Centres of Research Excellence (CoREs) Fund
The Centres of Research Excellence (CoREs) Fund EOI led by Professor Jen Hay, and involving 71 academics from a range of institutions and disciplines, has also made it through a very demanding first round process to reach the final round. The proposed CoRE—Te Hiranga Reo—will be a centre of excellence focussing on the creation, curation and analysis of large collections of annotated language data (corpora) in languages of significance to Aotearoa New Zealand. Researchers working across different disciplines will collaborate on the curation and analysis of language corpora to address social, scientific, and technological challenges.
‘Centres of Research Excellence (CoREs) are inter-organisational research networks, with researchers working together on commonly agreed work programmes. CoREs make a contribution to New Zealand’s development and link to user groups. They also build research capacity and capabilities through post-graduate programmes and the training of new researchers.’
