✨ Biological Industries Research Fund Guidelines
5 DECEMBER 2012 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 146 4233
Schedule 3
Biological Industries Research Fund
Proposals for funding out of the Biological Industries Research Fund may be considered in the 2013 science investment round under the following Investment Mechanisms:
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Phase 1 Smart Ideas - proposals must be for research, science, and technology, or related activities in areas described under the heading "Nature of the Fund" in the Biological Industries Research Fund section of the notice entitled "Description of Funds within Vote RS&T", published in the Supplement to the New Zealand Gazette, 31 January 2011, No. 9, page 200.
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Enabling Technologies – proposals must be for research, science, and technology, or related activities:
- in the "protection and risk management" area listed in the "Investment priorities" column of the table below; and
- directed towards answering the corresponding research question listed in the "Research questions" column of the table below.
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Targeted Research – proposals must be for research, science, and technology, or related activities:
- in one or more of the areas listed in the "Investment priorities" column of the table below, except the "protection and risk management" area; and
- directed towards answering one or more of the corresponding research questions listed in the "Research questions" column of the table below.
| Investment priorities | Research questions | Other requirements |
|---|---|---|
| Improving the competitive advantage of existing export goods and services (Targeted Research only) | How can we improve the competitive advantage of, and returns from, export species of greater than $150 million (fresh and processed state) worth of exports per year to ensure that our current primary-based production remains competitive, is sustainable, and can grow? | Proposals must be of 4 to 6 years’ duration. |
If a proposal covers more than one investment priority and/or more than one research question within an Investment Mechanism, it must include a separate impact statement for each research question.
Proposals must specify how stakeholders, including Māori organisations where relevant, were involved in scoping and setting the direction of the research in the proposal.
Proposals must specify how researchers will work with those stakeholders to ensure they are able to utilise the research results. |
| New value-add export goods and services (Targeted Research only) | | In all three areas proposals must focus on new goods or services that have the potential to form the basis of an export industry that:
- has an expected growth rate to meet the Business Growth Agenda target (between 5.5 to |
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