Matariki Network of Universities (MNU)

Matariki Network of Universities (MNU)

The Matariki Network of Universities (MNU) is a select international alliance of seven leading research led universities who share a commitment to excellence in research, scholarship and rounded education. The network was formed in 2010 between Dartmouth College, USA; Queen's University, Canada; UWA, Australia; University of Otago, New Zealand; University of Tubingen, Germany; Uppsala University, Sweden; and Durham.

Recent Activity includes:

• Bioethics workshop at Durham

• Staff mobility grants (more information on the 2012 round is available below)

• The Student Experience Forum in September 2011 

• The Durham-Dartmouth Cosmology Workshop in Dartmouth.

•  The PVCs for Research from each of the institutions in the Network met at the Institute of Advanced Studies in Durham on the 16^th May 2012 to discuss research in the context of the network. A number of common research themes were identified and seven primary research themes agreed on for strategic focus by the network, following the rationale of following areas with greatest overlap with profile across the network. Each institution will take responsibility for each theme as follows:

1. Brain and Mind (Integrative Neuroscience) Otago;
2. Quantum Science Tübingen;
3. Peace and Conflict Uppsala;
4. Disaster Resilience Durham;
5. Cyber-security Dartmouth;
6. Energy, Resources and Environment Queen’s;
7. Medieval and Early Modern Thought and Affect and Digital Support for the Social Sciences and Humanities University of Western Australia.

• The lastest Executive Board meeting was held at Queen's University, Canada on the 1st-2nd November 2012.

MNU Staff Mobility Grants

MNU provides the University with a key network of partner institutions[1] with whom the International Office is keen to support collaboration. We are therefore offering a number of mobility grants for proposed outgoing and incoming visits to both academic and professional services staff members.

Number of grants 

10 individual awards of up to £1,000 each

 Eligibility

These Mobility Scholarships are to be awarded to postgraduate research students and/or staff of the University to visit one or more MNU member institution, or for the University to bring member scholars to Durham for research purposes. The activity funded must be completed no later than Easter 2014. Recipients will be required to submit a short impact report within an agreed time frame.

Interested staff should include a summary of the origin, destination and purpose of travel in their application. If more applications are received than there are grants available, selection will be made on the basis of those that best strengthen and support the development of MNU, as agreed by an appropriately constituted panel. Please note, all applications must receive final sign off by the Head of Department/ School at Durham University.

 Timetable for application/ allocation:

Application deadline: 24 May 2013

Selection period: Late May 2013

Notification of outcome: Mid June 2013

 Application procedure

To apply candidates must fill out the application form below and return it to the International Office by the 24 May 2013:

[1] As outlined in the Internationalisation Strategy 2010-2015

• MNU Mobility Grant Application Form 2013 (last modified: 26 April 2013)