New Zealand Gazette – 2017 – No. 83

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✨ Science Funding Notices



NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 83 — 17 AUGUST 2017

Revocation of Previous Notices

  1. I hereby revoke the notice titled "Endeavour Fund" published as a Supplement to the New Zealand Gazette, 25 August 2016, Issue No. 75, Notice No. 2016-go4875.

The update to the funding available for the 2017 Investment Round as set out in the Investment Plan dated August 2017 comes into effect on 18 August 2017.

This notice and the Investment Plan dated August 2016 will otherwise come into effect on 1 September 2017.

Dated at Wellington this 8th day of August 2017.

HON PAUL GOLDSMITH, Minister of Science and Innovation.

Schedule 1

Smart Ideas investment mechanism

Specific Policy Objectives

  1. This investment mechanism is intended to catalyse and rapidly test promising, innovative research ideas with high potential for benefit to New Zealand, to enable refresh and diversity in the science portfolio.

Assessment Criteria

  1. A proposal for Smart Ideas that has been assessed as eligible for the Endeavour Fund under clause 6 of the main notice must be assessed having regard to the extent to which the proposal meets the following criteria:

    a. Excellence.

    i. Science (weighted 50%). Research should be well-designed, well-performed, and leverage additional value from wider research. Assessment must have particular regard to whether the proposed research, science or technology or related activities:

      a. progress and disseminate new knowledge;

  b. possess high scientific risk, technical risk, novelty or innovative approaches;

  c. are well-positioned in the domestic and international research context; and

  d. have a well-managed research plan and credible approach to risk management.

    ii. Team (weighted 15%). The proposed team should have the mix of complementary skills, knowledge and resources to deliver the proposed research, science or technology or related activities and to manage risk.

  2. Only proposals that have been assessed as having sufficient quality against the Excellence assessment criterion under clause 2(a) of this Schedule will be assessed with regard to the criterion above and the following criterion:

    a. Impact.

    i. Benefit to New Zealand (weighted 25%). Research should have direct and indirect benefits or effect on individuals, communities or society as a whole, including broad benefits to New Zealand’s economic, social, human or natural capital. Assessment must have particular regard to:

      a. the credibility of the need for scale and extent of potential benefits from the proposed research, science or technology or related activities; and

  b. the relevance and additional value they deliver to New Zealand.

    ii. Implementation Pathway(s) (weighted 10%). The credibility of indicative implementation pathway(s) to deliver public benefit to New Zealand, not limited to a single firm or end-user, and which may be uncertain in nature.

  3. When assessing proposals, the extent to which a proposal is likely to meet the following must be taken into account:

    a. General policy objectives set out in clause 2 of the main notice and specific policy objective set out in clause 1 of this Schedule including, where appropriate, the Vision Mātauranga policy.

Schedule 2

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🎓 Endeavour Fund Notice to the Science Board (continued from previous page)

🎓 Education, Culture & Science
8 August 2017
Science Board, Endeavour Fund, Research, Science, Technology, MBIE, Smart Ideas
  • HON PAUL GOLDSMITH, Minister of Science and Innovation