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Introducing Marsden at 30

Ka whakanuia te rangahau
Celebrating 30 years of the Marsden Fund.
  • Ka whakanuia te rangahau
    Celebrating 30 years of the Marsden Fund.

30 years of Marsden Fund research excellence celebrated at Parliament

The Marsden Fund celebrated ...
  • The Marsden Fund celebrated 30 years of research excellence at an event in Parliament this week...

Photos of Marsden Fund 30th Anniversary

View photos from the event celebrating 30 years of researc...
  • View photos from the event celebrating 30 years of research excellence from Te Pūtea Rangahau a Marsden, the Marsden Fund.

Publication: Marsden Fund Update Issue 60

The latest putanga issue of the Marsden Fund Update has ...
  • The latest putanga issue of the Marsden Fund Update has been published...

Impact story: Global leadership in climate science

A Marsden Fund grant in 2001 was the first exte...
  • A Marsden Fund grant in 2001 was the first external grant the Antarctic Research Centre (ARC) at Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington ever received, an...

Impact story: Shaking up earthquake modelling and engineering

It’s been more than 15 years since...
  • It’s been more than 15 years since the Canterbury earthquakes began a revolution in how we understand the way earthquakes affect Aotearoa New Zealand...

Impact story: Ecology in a warming world

Aotearoa New Zealand has stand out research in biodiversi...
  • Aotearoa New Zealand has stand out research in biodiversity, pollinator networks, and food webs – using new techniques and increasing our understanding of global warm...

Video: Best and boldest ideas – 30 years of the Marsden Fund

A video recording is now available ...
  • A video recording is now available from our event that celebrated 30 years of the Marsden Fund at Parliament, hosted by Hon Judith Collins KC MP, Minister of Scien...

Impact story: Immunotherapy breakthroughs from fundamental research

Researchers are discovering ne...
  • Researchers are discovering new ways to train or assist the immune system to fend off
    cancers and diseases.

Impact story: Bayesian Theory and astrophysics

New Zealand’s space sector grew by more than 50 p...
  • New Zealand’s space sector grew by more than 50 percent in the five years to 2025 and contributed around 17,000 jobs and approximately $2...

Impact story: Helping children self-regulate
  • Thirty years ago, Professor Elaine Reese FRSNZ from Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka - University of Otago received her first Marsden Grant to look at language, self and memory i...

Impact story: Women's reproductive health

Women’s reproductive health is bound up in fertility, ...
  • Women’s reproductive health is bound up in fertility, but for researchers these days, it’s not only the ability for a body to become pregnant that is important, but...

Impact story: Mārauranga Māori

Many Māori-led research projects have been supported over the li...
  • Many Māori-led research projects have been supported over the lifetime of the Marsden Fund, enriching our cultural heritage from the digitisation of Māori-language ne...

Impact story: Nanoscience

At the heart of nanoscience lies a simple premise, to understand and man...
  • At the heart of nanoscience lies a simple premise, to understand and manipulate things at the atomic scale...

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