✨ Endeavour Fund Notice
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 83 — 17 AUGUST 2017
b. drive an increasing focus on:
i. excellent research; and
ii. the potential for impact in areas of future value, growth or critical need for New Zealand.
Interpretation
- For the purposes of this notice and the Schedules to this notice:
a. Vision Mātauranga policy means the government policy which aims to unlock the innovation potential of Māori knowledge, resources, and people for the benefit of New Zealand.
b. research organisation means an organisation that has internal capability for carrying out research, science or technology, or related activities.
c. relevance means the science focuses on areas of strategic importance to New Zealand and is relevant to our economic, social and environmental needs (both current and future), usable and appropriate to potential end-users and beneficiaries.
d. areas of future value, growth or critical need for New Zealand means the investment signals set out in the relevant annual Investment Plan specified in clause 4.
Funding Decisions
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In making funding decisions on proposals for the Endeavour Fund, the Science Board will allocate funds as set out in the relevant Government annual Investment Plan, published on MBIE’s website: www.mbie.govt.nz/endeavour-fund-investment-plan.pdf.
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The Science Board must make funding decisions on proposals for the Endeavour Fund in accordance with:
a. the Public Finance Act 1989 and the relevant Appropriation Acts for Vote Business, Science and Innovation;
b. the eligibility and assessment criteria specified in this notice and the relevant Schedules to this notice;
c. the investment signals and mix of investment set out in the relevant annual Investment Plan specified in clause 4; and
d. the government’s Vision Mātauranga policy.
Eligibility Criteria
- For proposals to be assessed under the Endeavour Fund against the assessment criteria set out in the Schedules to this notice, they must:
a. be made by a New Zealand-based research organisation or a New Zealand-based legal entity representing a New Zealand-based research organisation;
b. not be solely for the benefit of the research organisation or legal entity which represents the organisation;
c. not be made by a department of the public service as listed in Schedule 1 of the State Sector Act 1988;
d. be made under an investment mechanism specified in the Schedules to this notice;
e. be for research, science or technology or related activities, the majority of which are to be undertaken in New Zealand, unless the Science Board considers that there are compelling reasons to consider the proposals, despite the amount of research, science or technology or related activities being proposed to be undertaken overseas;
f. not be for research with the primary objective of health outcomes;
g. meet any applicable timing, formatting, system or other similar administrative requirements imposed by MBIE in supplying administrative services to the Science Board under section 10(7) of the RS&T Act 2010; and
h. advise that the proposed funding recipient will, and the Science Board is of the view that it can, adhere to the terms and conditions of funding set out in an investment contract determined by the Science Board.
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