1006 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 33 15 MARCH 2012

Tomlin, Jillian Kaye, 32 West Town Belt, Rakaia. Wood, Jade Hassan, 2E Pratt Street, Freemans Bay, Auckland.
Topia, Lola, 16 Eroni Clarke Close, Flat Bush, Auckland. Woollett Hayden, Debra Anne, 65 Alfred Street, Onehunga, Auckland.
Tuivakano, Losalini, 82 Chelburn Crescent, Mangere, Auckland. You, Young Jun, 12 Charles Prevost Drive, The Gardens, Auckland.
Tyrrell, Sheena North, 798 Beach Road East, Wakanui, Ashburton.
Van De Rheede, Norma-Jean, 142 Clovelly Road, Bucklands Beach, Auckland.
Venasio, Michael Lemalie, 103 Malaspina Place, Papatoetoe, Auckland.

Dated at Wellington this 2nd day of March 2012.

HON CHESTER BORROWS, Associate Minister of Justice.
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Science & Innovation

Research, Science, and Technology Act 2010

Criteria for Proposals for Partnerships Funding

1. Notice to the Science Board

Pursuant to section 8(1) of the Research, Science, and Technology Act 2010, I set the criteria specified in this notice for the assessment by the Science Board of proposals for partnerships funding.

2. Interpretation

In this notice:

research organisation means an organisation whose primary business function and activity is the provision of science and technology services and expertise, and may be a Crown Research Institute, a Tertiary Education Institute, or an independent research organisation.

research user means an entity that uses research and determines the outcomes that will result from research.

3. Policy objective

3.1 The policy objective of the partnerships funding tool is to invest in research, science, or technology, or related activities that increase competitiveness in New Zealand industries through the establishment of partnerships between research organisations and research users.

3.2 It is intended that partnerships will:

(a) Provide for early and ongoing user engagement in research, science, or technology, or related activities, so as to increase the likelihood that the partnership will achieve successful application of the research; and

(b) develop user capability by engaging productively with researchers, so as to encourage an increase in the level of private investment in New Zealand-based research, science, or technology, or related activities.

4. Eligibility criteria

Proposals for partnerships funding must be assessed against the following eligibility criteria:

4.1 Partnership members

The partnership:

(a) must include at least two research users or at least one industry representative body; and

(b) must include at least one research organisation, which may be either a partner in the partnership, or an organisation contracted by the research users to undertake the research, science, or technology, or related activities of the partnership; and

(c) may include non-New Zealand partners, provided that the proposal meets the benefits to New Zealand criteria set out in clause 5 of this notice.

4.2 Funding

Co-funding is intended to leverage the government’s investment in the partnership. The partnership members must invest cash co-funding in the partnership that represents at least 50% of the total cost of the research, science, or technology, or related activities carried out by the partnership during the term of the relevant contract.

4.3 Partnership viability

Each organisation in the partnership must:

(a) be financially stable;

(b) have a good trading history; and

(c) demonstrate that it can provide the co-funding required by clause 4.2.

4.4 Partnership governance

The partnership must have appropriate governance arrangements in place that reflect best practice.

4.5 Intellectual property (IP) agreements

The partnership must:

(a) have an IP agreement signed by all parties to the partnership that is fair, commercially sensible, covers all key issues, and reflects shared risks proportional to shared benefits; and