Research Fund Proposal Guidelines




5 DECEMBER 2012 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 146 4237

Investment priorities Research questions Other requirements
Food for health biomarkers from existing data
(Targeted Research only) How can health claims for food (ie for the prevention of disease and/or enhancement of human health and/or human development) be substantiated using biomarkers obtained from the compilation and collation of existing published data?

(A biomarker is anything that can be used as an indicator of a particular disease or physiological state. Biomarkers can be specific cells, molecules, genes, enzymes, hormones or measurable indicators such as respiratory state. Complex organ functions or general characteristic changes in biological structures can also serve as biomarkers. Biomarkers help in areas such as early diagnosis and disease prevention.) | 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.

Proposals must be of 1 year’s duration only.

Proposals must not be for work on the discovery or validation of new biomarkers.

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. |



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