NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 146

31 OCTOBER 2013

Departmental Notices

Business, Innovation and Employment

Crown Entities Act 2004

Direction to Callaghan Innovation—Criteria for Assessing Proposals for Funding

Under section 103 of the Crown Entities Act 2004, I direct Callaghan Innovation to give effect to Government policy as specified in this direction.

INTRODUCTION
In this direction, I set criteria for Callaghan Innovation to adhere to for assessing proposals for Research, Science and Technology (R,S&T) funding. This notice uses the following format:

• R,S&T Funding decided by Callaghan Innovation.
• Criteria to be applied.
• Administrative processes.
• Transitional provisions.

R,S&T FUNDING DECIDED BY CALLAGHAN INNOVATION
Funding allocated by Callaghan Innovation may be allocated from any of the following multi-year appropriations:

• Research and Development Growth Grants (for Research and Development Growth Grants).
• Targeted Business Research and Development Funding (for Research and Development Project Grants and Research and Development Student Grants).

CRITERIA TO BE APPLIED
Callaghan Innovation must make funding decisions in accordance with the:

• Public Finance Act 1989;
• parameters specific to the business-led research and development (R&D) tool; and
• criteria specific to each initiative within the tool, which are:
  • policy objectives;
  • eligibility criteria;
  • judgement criteria (if applicable); and
  • parameters specific to the initiative (if applicable).

In addition to the criteria listed above, Callaghan Innovation must take into account the overall mix of relevant investments.
Detailed criteria specific to each initiative are set out in more detail in the following sections.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSES
Callaghan Innovation will:

• market the tool and provide easy to access public information explaining its features;
• actively seek out applicants from inside and outside the group of businesses it currently works with;
• develop and implement processes for vetting and auditing businesses to ensure that claimed research and development is legitimate;
• ensure that applicants and recipients of grants have access to complementary advice and services where appropriate;
• gather data on applicants during and following the grant period to support programme evaluation; and
• monitor funded businesses' activities during and after the grant period and seek to claw-back (recover) funding as appropriate. Callaghan Innovation is expected to implement claw-back mechanisms.

Callaghan Innovation may issue standing or periodic calls to generate proposals for consideration. The calls for proposals will be consistent with the criteria in this direction, and will provide guidance for applicants. This guidance may include, where applicable:

• the area(s) of investment in which a funding decision is required;
• more detail as to how the criteria in this notice apply to the area of investment;
• the tool (or initiative within the tool) to be used;
• the amount of funding available;
• specific outcomes sought for a given investment process or decision; and
• other timeline and process information.

Calls for proposals will be published on the Callaghan Innovation website www.callaghaninnovation.govt.nz

REVOCATION OF PREVIOUS NOTICE
The notice entitled Direction to Callaghan Innovation—Criteria for Assessing Proposals for Funding, published in the New Zealand Gazette, 25 July 2013, No. 94, page 2518, is revoked.