Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 6, 2021 4:12:05 GMT 12
MĀORI AND PASIFIKA RESEARCH 'NEEDS ITS OWN DEDICATED FUNDING' - UNIVERSITIES NZ
Universities are nervous about changes that will boost research funding for Māori and Pasifika academics ahead of their Pākehā colleagues.
The government has announced the $315-million-a-year Performance Based Research Fund (PBRF) will reward work by Māori researchers at 2.5 times the rate of non-Māori academics, while Pasifika academics' work will be funded at two times the non-Pasifika rate.
It will also give research into Māori knowledge a funding weighting of three times higher than the current rate of 2.5 which applies to the most expensive sciences.....
www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/446190/maori-and-pasifika-research-needs-its-own-dedicated-funding-universities-nz
Universities are nervous about changes that will boost research funding for Māori and Pasifika academics ahead of their Pākehā colleagues.
The government has announced the $315-million-a-year Performance Based Research Fund (PBRF) will reward work by Māori researchers at 2.5 times the rate of non-Māori academics, while Pasifika academics' work will be funded at two times the non-Pasifika rate.
It will also give research into Māori knowledge a funding weighting of three times higher than the current rate of 2.5 which applies to the most expensive sciences.....
www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/446190/maori-and-pasifika-research-needs-its-own-dedicated-funding-universities-nz