✨ Environmental and Hazards Research Fund Investment Priorities
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 143 — 27 NOVEMBER 2014
| Investment priority | Indicative funding (excl GST) | Other requirements |
|---|---|---|
| Marine biosecurity and biodiversity risks and impacts Marine biosecurity risks are mitigated and biodiversity, including threatened marine species, protected through an improved understanding of marine ecosystems and their responses to a changing ocean. |
$1.4 million per annum | Proposals must be for 4 years’ duration. Proposals must consider broad scale oceanic changes such as climatic and biochemical/biophysical properties. |
| Aquifer management Groundwater quality and aquifer function are maintained or enhanced through effective, integrated management methods. |
$1 million per annum | Proposals must be for 3 years’ duration. Proposals must consider: (1) interrelationships across land use/activities, groundwater and freshwater systems; impacts of contaminants (including time lags and attenuation); and vadose zone processes (2) synergies with existing national freshwater limit-setting initiatives. |
| Quality and resilience of New Zealand’s estuaries and lakes Estuaries and lakes are sustained or restored through enhanced knowledge and actions that improve the quality and resilience of these ecosystems. |
$2 million per annum | Proposals must be for 4 years’ duration. Proposals can address either one, or both, ecosystem types. |
| Enhanced environmental decision-making and behaviour change Environmental decisions¹ are enhanced and implemented more effectively by: understanding system complexity and interconnectedness; motivators of behaviour change; and implementation of methods to scale-up or accelerate successful initiatives. |
$0.8 million per annum | Proposals must be for 3 years’ duration. Proposals must demonstrate strong engagement of decision-makers from policy agencies through to Māori and community. |
¹Decisions involving natural resources or their management.
Schedule 4
Hazards and Infrastructure Research Fund
1. Funding scope and amounts
1.1 The indicative level of funding available for the Science Board to allocate is $2.70 million per annum (exclusive of GST) from the Hazards and Infrastructure Research Fund for Targeted Research proposals in the 2015 science investment round.
1.2 Proposals for Targeted Research in the Hazards and Infrastructure Research Fund must be for research, science, or technology, or related activities which are in accordance with one or more of the investment priorities, and associated indicative funding levels and other requirements set out below.
2. Outcome-focused investment priorities
| Investment priority | Indicative funding (excl GST) | Other requirements |
|---|---|---|
| Benefits and improved methods of infrastructure provision Infrastructure networks are optimised and modernised, as the full range of benefits of infrastructure are understood and improved methods of infrastructure provision are identified. |
$1.2 million per annum | Proposals must be for 4 years’ duration. |
| Future mobility solutions² Transport systems and infrastructure are future-proofed and optimised. |
$1 million per annum | Proposals must be for 4 years’ duration. |
²Transport systems and infrastructure.
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Environmental Research Fund investment priorities
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🎓 Education, Culture & ScienceEnvironmental Research, Marine Biosecurity, Aquifer Management, Estuaries, Lakes, Decision-making, Funding
🎓 Hazards and Infrastructure Research Fund investment priorities
🎓 Education, Culture & ScienceHazards Research, Infrastructure, Mobility Solutions, Funding