Royal Society Te Apārangi will oversee new research fellowships

The Aotearoa New Zealand Tāwhia te Mana Research Fellowships are a major investment in Aotearoa New Zealand’s ability to address our current and future research needs. They are designed to support a range of research organisations and talented future research leaders across career stages.

The Tāwhia Fellowships will support researchers at different career stages to produce excellent and impactful research and to develop into leaders in their fields, their respective host organisations and across the whole of the Aotearoa New Zealand science, innovation and technology system.

The Rutherford Foundation, Rutherford Discovery and James Cook Research Fellowships will no longer be offered from 2024, but researchers already awarded these fellowships will continue to be supported at the current funding levels for the duration of those awards. The Royal Society Te Apārangi will continue to manage these fellows for the duration of existing awards.

Selection of the Royal Society Te Apārangi to administer the new Tāwhia Fellowships was through an open tender process. Further information for applicants about the new Aotearoa New Zealand Tāwhia te Mana Research Fellowships will be published shortly. We expect applications for the Tāwhia Fellowships to open towards the middle of this year.

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