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Schedule 6: Ageing Well: Kia eke kairangi ki te taikaumātuatanga
1. Objective
1.1 This Challenge will harness science to sustain health and well-being into the later years of life.
2. Funding
2.1 The Science Board may allocate no more than $34.9 million (excl GST) for up to 10 years for Ageing Well: Kia eke kairangi ki te taikaumātuatanga and no more than $14.6 million (excl GST) for the first five years.
3. Specific eligibility criteria
3.1 To be eligible for funding under this Challenge the applicant must provide a proposal for research, science, and technology, or related activities that:
(a) addresses all or most of the "themes" in the table below; and
(b) is directed towards meeting the "outcome statements" in the table below:
| Themes | Outcome statements |
|---|---|
| Maintaining brain health | The number of older people requiring residential care due to cognitive and other neurodegenerative deficits, including those resulting from strokes, is reduced. |
| Dealing with physical frailty | Older people maintain more independent mobility later in life with reduced osteoarthritis and fracture rates, reduced hospital re-admissions, and increased physical activity. |
| Enhancing the role of older people in society | Older people have increased engagement and a sense that their roles and contributions are valued and supported within their culture and communities. |
3.2 If the applicant can better meet the Challenge objective with different theme(s) and/or outcome(s) it may in its proposal vary a theme or outcome providing it gives reasons for such change. The Science Board will decide whether such change better enables the Challenge objective to be met.
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