New Zealand Gazette – 1992 – No. 26

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✨ Grant Scheme Guidelines



27 FEBRUARY

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

Qualifying Costs:

  • Costs which directly relate to the investigation may qualify. These include: fees of professional advisers hired for the investigation; tolls, fax and postage costs; power which is separately metered; cost of hiring or leasing of plant and equipment; pilot plant costs, trial planting costs.

  • Travel costs qualify, but only up to a maximum of $10,000, thereby giving a maximum grant component of $5,000.

  • Both domestic and overseas travel costs qualify but overseas travel is only available for proposals which involve the possibility of technology transfer to New Zealand.

  • Patent search fees and provisional patents only qualify.

Costs Which Do Not Qualify:

Examples of ineligible costs are applicant’s own salary/wages, those of existing employees, and those of subsidiary/associate companies and immediate family members; debt servicing; capital items not directly associated with the investigation; cost of obtaining planning permits, and required licences.

Residual Value

Applicable only to items which are larger scale than necessary for an investigation; value determined is based on market value of items at the conclusion of the investigation.

Maximum benchmarks for horticultural and livestock investigations apply; these are:

Horticultural Crop:

  • Herbs
  • Essential oils
  • Bulbs
  • Flowers
  • Avocados
  • Cherries
  • Tree fruits (stone and pip)
  • Nashi
  • Grapes
  • Sub-tropicals (kiwifruit/tamarillo)
  • Fuelwood
  • Vegetables - field
  • Vegetables - glasshouse
  • Nuts
  • Berries

Trial area:
0.1 hectare
1.0 hectare
0.1 hectare
0.1 hectare
0.5 hectare
0.5 hectare
0.5 hectare
0.5 hectare
0.5 hectare
0.4 hectare
0.5 hectare
0.2-0.4 hectare
100 sq metres
1 hectare
0.2 hectare

Livestock : Technical feasibility:

Involves investigating species of breeds that are new to New Zealand or a region:

Number of Animals

Maternal Traits and Reproductive Performance
As a pure species or breed evaluation
As a crossbreeding programme
As semen

50-200
2-3 sires
1.5

Productive Traits (Growth, milk, fibre, pelts)
As a pure species or breed evaluation
As a crossbreeding programme
As semen

20-30
2-3
1.5

Embryo Transfer/Semen Collection
Embryo transfer evaluation
Semen collection, mating techniques

10-20
10-20

Commercial Feasibility:

Involves testing through the processing and manufacturing stages, through to market feasibility studies.

Product:

Number of Animals

Carcass evaluation
20
Pelt evaluation
30
Milk production:

  • Cows
    20-30 litres
  • Water buffalo
    10
  • Sheep
    15
  • Goats
    50-75

Fibre: Craft market

  • Sheep
    20-30 kg
  • Alpaca
    6
  • Goats: Mohair
    10
  • Goats: Cashmere
    12
  • Rabbits: Angora
    25


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