Marsden Fund Standard Grant
Funds investigator-led basic research in New Zealand for both established scientists and emerging researchers.
The Marsden Fund Standard Grant is the flagship investigator-led research grant administered by Royal Society Te Apārangi on behalf of the New Zealand government. It supports fundamental, curiosity-driven research across the physical, biological, and engineering sciences; humanities and social sciences were excluded from eligibility in December 2024, narrowing the scope to physics, chemistry, math…
Physics, chemistry, mathematics, engineering, and biomedical sciences (humanities and social sciences excluded since December 2024).
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