Deadline: 30 November 2016
Sustainable Seas National Science Challenge is seeking applicants for its Innovation Fund with an aim to introduce new innovative approaches, capability, research and researchers to the Challenge.
Request for proposals will be sought in two areas:
- Enhance utilisation of our marine resources within environmental and biological constraints.
- Methods to increase diversification in marine economies.
Areas of Interest (Not limited):
- Adding value to the economy while reducing or remediating environmental stress in marine ecosystems
- Enhancing diversification of the economy from marine industry (current and future) or new marine commercialisation prospects, including use of waste by-products and new energy sources
- Developing new technologies and / or approaches for increasing value of activities within environmental contraints (e.g. increasing value within spatial limitations)
- Developing new synergies between land-based activities / industry, coastal environmental monitoring, connectivity or cross-system remediation
- Harnessing international research and / or bioinformatics to add value to existing marine industries, ideally also reducing waste flow and environmental burden
- Identifying new marine-based commercial ventures for harnessing interest and support for and from Māori economic programmes.
Funding Information
- Funding available $1.5M (ex GST) per year for 2 years
- Expected value per project Maximum of $150,000 per year for 2 years.
- Project duration Up to 2 years
Eligibility Criteria
Sustainable Seas National Science Challenge Innovation Fund is open to all New Zealand based researchers.
How to Apply
The process for submitting proposals will be broken down into two phases:
- Phase one: A short Expression of Interest
- Phase two: Proposals submitted in phase one will be evaluated on their relevance to the Challenge, science quality and innovation. Based on this evaluation selected Expressions of Interest will then be invited to develop detailed proposals
For more information, please visit Innovation Fund.