✨ National Science Challenges Funding Criteria
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(ii) outline how multiple researchers, organisations and end-users will work together in a way that achieves the Challenge objective, and outcomes (under the themes) over the period of the Challenge?
(iii) outline the mechanisms to bring in new ideas, knowledge, researchers and research organisations to ensure both stability and the flexibility to respond to future priorities?
(iv) outline arrangements that will continue to build the capability of the researchers, organisations, and end-users involved in the Challenge?
(v) outline arrangements that will leverage and build on existing governance structures to reduce transaction costs?
(vi) outline arrangements that will leverage existing and future funding in the Challenge research area, including ensuring alignment with related Crown research institute core funding?
(vii) outline a contestable process to allocate a proportion of the Challenge funding (involving assessment by an independent panel) that is designed to facilitate the introduction of new ideas and researchers into the Challenge?
(viii) outline the arrangements for the ownership and management of intellectual property arising from research in the Challenge?
(ix) outline accountability arrangements that enable performance to be monitored across the Challenge to ensure research quality, value for money, measurable outputs, and ultimately research outcomes?
(x) provide evidence that the most cost effective option for achieving the expected outcome(s) was selected?
(xi) outline appropriate financial management procedures?
(xii) give effect to the Vision Mātauranga policy in clause 3?
(d) The proposal is focused on delivering impact
Key questions: To what extent does the proposal:
(i) define the relationship between the proposed research, science, and technology and the impacts necessary to achieve the Challenge objective, and outcomes (under the themes)?
(ii) outline the nature and size of the benefits the proposed plan is expected to have for New Zealand, including benefits to New Zealand science, in relation to their costs?
(iii) outline the additional value the Challenge will deliver, including by addressing gaps and opportunities?
(iv) demonstrate that the research organisations and researchers have the necessary experience, track record, capability and resources to deliver the research to address the Challenge objective, and outcomes (under the themes)?
(v) outline a credible pathway to implementation of the Challenge objective, and outcomes (under the themes)?
(vi) outline arrangements for managing risks and liabilities?
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