Deadline: 17-Feb-22
The Royal Society Te Aparangi has launched a call for nominations for the 2022 Marsden Fund Council Award to support excellent research projects that advance and expand the knowledge base and contributes to the development of people with advanced skills in New Zealand.
The Marsden Fund invests in excellent, investigator-led research aimed at generating new knowledge, with long-term benefit to New Zealand.
The Marsden Fund encourages New Zealand’s leading researchers to explore new ideas that may not be funded through other funding streams and fosters creativity and innovation within the research, science and technology system.
Objectives
- The primary objectives of the Marsden Fund are to:
- Enhance the quality of research in New Zealand by creating increased opportunity to undertake excellent investigator-initiated research; and
- Support the advancement of knowledge in New Zealand, and contribute to the global knowledge base.
- The secondary objectives of the Marsden Fund are to:
- Contribute to the development of advanced skills in New Zealand including support for continuing training of post-doctoral level researchers, and support for the establishment of early careers of new and emerging researchers.
- Contribute in the long-term to economic, social, cultural, environmental, health or other impacts for New Zealand.
Award Categories
There are three categories of proposals available for the Marsden Fund:
- Fast-Start: For emerging researchers, capped at $120,000 per year for up to three years or a maximum amount of $360,000 over 3 years. Two–stage process, with an Expression of Interest (EOI) to be submitted by the February deadline. The EOI consists of a one-page abstract of proposed research, CVs plus supporting information. Assessed by discipline-based panels.
- Standard: Open to all eligible researchers, amount of funding is flexible and is capped. These are larger than Fast-Start proposals. Funding can be sought for up to three years. Two-stage process, with an Expression of Interest to be submitted by the February deadline. The EOI consists of a one-page abstract of proposed research, CVs plus supporting information. Assessed by discipline-based panels.
- Marsden Fund Council Award: Open to all eligible researchers. Larger than Standard grants, up to $1 million per year for up to 3 years, or a maximum amount of $3 million over 3 years. One-stage proposal process, with a full proposal to be submitted by the February deadline. Assessed in a two-stage process by the Council.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Marsden Fund is fully contestable and is open to applicants who meet the Marsden Fund’s eligibility criteria.
- The criteria are determined by the Council.
- Eligibility to apply for funding as a contact Principal Investigator (PI) is restricted to New Zealand-based researchers.
- The research should be carried out in New Zealand, except in cases where its nature demands that it be carried out elsewhere.
- For Marsden Fund Council Award proposals, “New Zealand-based,” for researchers who have overseas appointments, has been defined by the Council as being employed, and present, in New Zealand for 0.5 FTE (or more) per year.
- Please note that the requirement to be “New Zealand-based” for the duration of the grant applies to contact PIs only. It does not apply to co-PIs or AIs.
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