✨ Research Funding Criteria




NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 9

31 JANUARY 2011

Research, Science, and Technology Act 2010
Innovation Board β€” Criteria for assessing proposals for specified Research, Science and Technology funding

INTRODUCTION

In this notice I set criteria for the Innovation Board to adhere to for assessing proposals for specified Research, Science and Technology funding (specified funding). This notice is issued under section 8(1) of the Research, Science, and Technology Act 2010 and uses the following format:

  • Specified funding decided by the Innovation Board
  • Criteria to be applied
  • Administrative processes.

SPECIFIED FUNDING DECIDED BY THE INNOVATION BOARD

The Innovation Board must use one of the following investment tools when making a funding decision in respect of specified funding:

  • Business-led R&D
  • Commercialisation and Technology Transfer Support (Objective Two).

The Innovation Board can make funding decisions within the following Funds (government output expenses) when using one of the investment tools above:

  • Biological Industries Research
  • High Value Manufacturing and Services Research
  • Environmental Research

The Funds to which each investment tool can be applied are provided in "Description of Funds within Vote Research, Science and Technology" within the Supplement to the New Zealand Gazette on 31 January 2011.

CRITERIA TO BE APPLIED

In making funding decisions the Innovation Board must:

  • make funding decisions consistent with the following:

    • the Public Finance Act 1989, and
    • the "Description of Funds within Vote Research, Science and Technology" within the Supplement to the New Zealand Gazette on 31 January 2011.
  • make funding decisions consistent with the criteria specific to each investment tool, which are:

    • Objective of the tool
    • Eligibility criteria
    • Judgement criteria
    • Weightings for judgement criteria
    • Parameters specific to the tool.


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