Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga advances in Māori CoRE Funding Roun

Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga advances in Māori CoRE Funding Round

The Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) announced today that Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) New Zealand’s Māori Centre of Research Excellence (CoRE) has been selected as the only applicant to go forward to the next stage of the Māori CoRE funding round for 2016 – 2020.

Today’s announcement by the commission, which is managing the funding process, means Ngā Pae can now submit a full funding proposal to the commission’s selection panel, marking the final stage of a three-stage application process which was initiated last year.

The University of Auckland hosts the Auckland-based centre, and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) Jane Harding says the University is delighted that Ngā Pae will have the opportunity to develop a full proposal.

“Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga has an expansive research network that spans all New Zealand universities, several wānanga, a CRI and museums as well as community-based research units across the country,” she says.

“The University welcomes the opportunity to work further with these organisations to ensure that researchers involved with the competing bids are incorporated into the next phase of Ngā Pae’s detailed proposal.

“Ngā Pae is inclusive of all Māori researchers and institutions and we are all committed to ensuring that this ethos remains in place.”

Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga’s director, Associate Professor Tracey McIntosh (Tūhoe), says “We are pleased to have the opportunity to refine our proposal and in doing so demonstrate the significant further advances we can make based on our strong history of success.”

Many researchers across the country assisted with Ngā Pae’s funding bid and Tracey thanked them for their support.

“Their vision for the next phase in Māori research demonstrates the depth and breadth of Māori research leadership.”

She says a new research leadership model with a collaborative governance structure and greater community involvement is planned in Ngā Pae’s proposal.

“This collective model supports and values the efforts of all researchers to ensure research excellence which benefits Māori and the nation, and enables diverse leadership skills from around the country to be embraced and expanded.

“We hope the TEC will support this inclusive approach and provide the funding we need to realise our vision for Māori to lead the nation into the future.”

The TEC Board of Commissioners is expected to make the final funding decision by June 2015.

Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) is a Centre of Research Excellence hosted at the University of Auckland comprising 16 research partners (participating research entities) and conducting research of relevance to Māori communities. Our goal is to unleash the creative and economic potential of Māori, transform communities and conduct research of relevance that will bring about positive change. Visit www.maramatanga.ac.nz

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