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> it would divert half of the NZ$75 million Marsden Fund NZ$75 million is almost negligible? How can New Zealand do any kind of research or afford to just hire
by n144q 2y ago
> it would divert half of the NZ$75 million Marsden Fund
NZ$75 million is almost negligible? How can New Zealand do any kind of research or afford to just hire graduate students?
- dralley 2y agoNumbers that look small by American standards are somewhat more significant in a country of 5 million people.
- acdha 2y agoNZ$15/person still seems like a drop in the bucket out of a $3.2B budget, especially since it’s boosting the local economy rather than going out of the country.
- dralley 2y agoIt's a bit more than 2% of the annual budget. How much higher should it go? There are tons of other things that need funding - healthcare (NZ has single-payer), coast guard / military, industrial / agricultural policy, environmental protection, etc.
- acdha 2y agoThe whole thing is a bit more, but much of that is not going to social sciences at all and a lot of things which are lumped together are useful - economics is a social science, for example, and if you search for the EHB code on the most recent awardees you’ll see that it includes things like studies on autism or suicide which seem pretty useful to me. https://www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/funds-and-opportunities/marsden/awarded-grants/marsden-fund-awards-2024/ https://www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/funds-and-opportu...
- robertlagrant 2y agoAmerican numbers fund world research, not just American research.