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NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 146
5 DECEMBER 2012
Schedule 2
Enabling Technologies Investment Mechanism
1. Specific policy objectives
1.1 Enabling Technologies is designed to:
(a) support the development and application of generic technologies that have the potential to be applied in a number of different ways by a number of disparate users across New Zealand’s scientific, business or other communities;
(b) accelerate the development of technology platforms that will lead to the development of the technologies described in clause 1.1(a) of this schedule;
(c) support the technology platforms’ short-term, medium-term or long-term development needs and help them build a core of expertise, knowledge and relevant infrastructure;
(d) fund research, science, and technology, or related activities that are:
(i) purpose-driven and aligned with national priorities that generate economic, environmental or social benefits for New Zealand; and
(ii) likely to involve knowledge-transfer and co-ordination between participants linked to the proposed activities;
(e) build on New Zealand’s existing capability to undertake research, science, and technology, or related activities so there are not long start-up periods before impacts begin to accrue;
(f) support proposals that are closely aligned or partnered with users, including industry, so that pathways to development of tangible outcomes of benefit to New Zealand are incorporated from the outset;
(g) involve an integrated and multidisciplinary mix of “fit-for-purpose” research, science, and technology, and related activities that includes the expertise, capabilities and infrastructure required to deliver results (ie encompassing all stages of research from basic-targeted to applied); and
(h) support proposals that include, if appropriate, strong international links so there is both rapid absorption of relevant and applicable overseas knowledge and expansion of New Zealand’s market potential, while ensuring appropriate safeguards for New Zealand’s intellectual property.
1.2 For the purposes of this schedule, a “technology platform” is a critical mass of capabilities and equipment that is responsive to industry needs and that provides the means to enhance the performance and capabilities of the users.
2. Specific assessment criteria
A proposal for Enabling Technologies funding that has been assessed as meeting the eligibility criteria for Science-led contestable funding must be assessed against the following specific assessment criteria, which are all weighted equally:
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