The STAR Project, funded by the Tertiary Education Commission, will provide essential leadership to the nursing and allied health disciplines through investment for individuals and collaborative teams to foster cohesion, develop much needed capacity and enhance research capability. This will ensure that nursing and allied health disciplines are able to play a fuller role within the academic research environment and transfer new knowledge to the health workforce to shape the health service of tomorrow and enhance the quality of life and wellbeing of New Zealanders.

STAR will build sustainable and collaborative research networks by funding research grants, PhD scholarships, post doctoral fellowships and a visiting scholar programme, implementing a communications strategy, establishing a mentoring programme and fostering collaboration between the universities and community stakeholders.

To learn more about the STAR Project follow this link.