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automating production, and improved efficiencies in production from new engineering tools or processes.
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Agri-technologies — encompasses research including new and emerging technologies based on New Zealand’s expertise in the agriculture and other primary sectors, particularly those technologies that exploit crossovers between agriculture and new materials, information and communications technologies, and health technologies.
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Health and medical technologies — encompasses research including new and emerging technologies that impact on human health and wellbeing. This includes diagnostic and imaging devices, health IT, drug discovery and delivery systems, and assistive and rehabilitative devices. Health services research is not included.
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Information, communication and digital technologies — encompasses productivity improvement tools, data management tools, communications technologies and digital tools for creativity.
Tools for Allocating Funding
Research, science and technology supported under the High Value Manufacturing and Services Research Fund must in each case fit one of the following Tools:
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Science-led contestable funding — investing through a contestable process in RS&T and related activities.
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Long-term non-contestable funding — using non-contestable processes to invest in RS&T and related activities.
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Partnerships — support RS&T and related activities that provide for early and ongoing user engagement in research, science and technology and develop user-capability in engaging productively with researchers.
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Commercialisation and technology and knowledge transfer support — research to increase the stream of commercial prospects from publicly-funded RS&T, and supporting and equipping users to engage with research organisations and applying the results of publicly funded RS&T.
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Business-led R&D — research and development activities to increase New Zealand businesses’ investment in research and development to support increased productivity.
MONITORING AGENCY
The Ministry of Science and Innovation is to monitor and review these Funds.
PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND ALLOCATION
Annual performance measures for each Fund, and the amount of each Fund, will be published in the annual Estimates of Appropriation.
Dated at Wellington this 19th day of January 2011.
HON WAYNE MAPP, Minister of Research, Science and Technology.
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NZ Gazette 2011, No 9
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🎓 High Value Manufacturing and Services Research Fund
🎓 Education, Culture & Science19 January 2011
Research Fund, High Value Manufacturing, Services, Economic Diversification, Innovation, Agri-technologies, Health Technologies, Digital Technologies, Funding Allocation, Monitoring
- HON WAYNE MAPP, Minister of Research, Science and Technology