新西兰马尔斯登基金面临削减2 000万美元、减少赠款库、影响科学部门。 New Zealand's Marsden Fund faces $20M cut, shrinking grant pool and impacting science sector.

新西兰的马尔斯登基金是一个重要的研究赠款方案,由于政府削减,其拨款将减少2 000多万美元,从今年约8 000万美元减少到2026年的5 580万美元。 New Zealand's Marsden Fund, a major research grant program, will reduce its allocation by over $20 million due to government cuts, dropping the pool to $55.8 million for 2026 from about $80 million this year. 给予的赠款将减少,对科学部门的影响可能很大。 Fewer grants will be awarded, and the impact on the science sector could be significant. 该基金以前将重点转移到具有经济影响的研究上,停止为社会科学和人文学科提供资金。 The fund previously shifted focus to economically impactful research and stopped funding social sciences and humanities.