Otago's 2017 participatory science funding round opens
The Otago Participatory Science Platform is now inviting proposals for 2017 funding. Up to $180,000 is now available to support new Otago-based projects for 2017, in an effort to boost locals'...
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The Participatory Science Platform is a programme designed to integrate three key action areas in the National Strategic Plan for Science in Society, ‘A Nation of Curious Minds - He Whenua Hiriri I Te...
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The Participatory Science Platform is a programme designed to integrate three key action areas in the National Strategic Plan for Science in Society, ‘A Nation of Curious Minds - He Whenua Hiriri I Te...
View ArticleSouth Auckland funds get green light for 2017
First of three funding windows open for 2017's South Auckland projects.The South Auckland Participatory Science Platform (PSP) has been given the green light for another year, with $180,000 available...
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Funding window opensFirst of three funding windows open for 20172017's South Auckland projects.The South Auckland Participatory Science Platform (PSP) has been given the green light for another year,...
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Fire, ice and… poo?
Year 5 to 8 students in Naenae have been playing with fire, making ice cream and even squishing poo. But they’re not being naughty; they are exploring the science of fire, ice and digestion.Many...
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What is the Participatory Science Platform?The Participatory Science Platform (PSP) is a programme designed to bring together three key action areas in the National Strategic Plan for Science in...
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How can hairdryers help solve a problem?
Not having access to clean drinking water, shelter or electricity are just some of the problems that young Kiwi girls are learning to solve with innovative engineering, as part of a series of...
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Can hairdryers help solve a big problem?
Not having access to clean drinking water, shelter or electricity are just some of the problems that young Kiwi girls are learning to solve with innovative engineering, as part of a series of...
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Girls and women in STEM
Increasing girls’ and women's participation in STEMWe will identify effective actions to influence girls’ subject choices and increase their participation in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and...
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How is the Kaipara's health changing?
The Kaipara Harbour is being slowly choked to death by too much sediment in the water, but Te Uri o Hau (Ngāti Whātua) kaitiaki – guardians of the Kaipara – are trying to reverse that.As part of their...
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Shining a Māori light on moths
Tamariki in the Otago region are seeing Aotearoa’s night creatures through Māori eyes, thanks to a new project connecting kura with the mātauranga Māori (traditional knowledge) and science of...
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Nicola Gaston
What do you do on an average work day?There is no such thing as an average work day! Sometimes I am lecturing, teaching anything from first year physical chemistry to quantum mechanics and...
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Sarah van Herpt
What do you do on an average work day? My day revolves around caring for patients – both Zoo animals and sick or injured native wildlife. In the morning we do our patient treatments and cleaning. At...
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Sarah Morgan
What do you do on an average work day?While my title is ‘project manager’ I think a more honest one would be ‘Problem Solving Organiser’, but maybe that’s what management is in general. The PSP pilot...
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Anna Guenther
What do you do on an average work day? I talk about crowdfunding, help people crowdfund, and work with my awesome team to help more Kiwis fund the things they care about (which includes improving our...
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Jean Fletcher
What do you do on an average work day?At the moment I am conducting research to see if and how stories can be used to change the way people understand, think about and make decisions regarding climate...
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Anna Madarasz-Smith
What do you do on an average work day?I look after the monitoring and investigations programmes that help us to understand how the things that we do on land affect our coastal and marine...
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