Deadline: 11-Nov-21
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) is seeking applications for Te Punaha Hihiko: Vision Matauranga Capability Fund to invest in activities that strengthen capability and networks between Maori organisations and the science and innovation system, to deliver benefit to Aotearoa.
Aims
Energy System: Vision Education Capability Fund aims to:
- strengthen capability, capacity, skills and networks between Maori and the science and innovation system, and
- increase understanding of how research can contribute to the aspirations of Maori organisations and deliver benefit for New Zealand.
Themes
The purpose of the Vision Matauranga policy is to provide strategic direction for government’s investments in science and innovation, focusing on four themes:
- Indigenous innovation – Contributing to economic growth through distinctive science and innovation
- Taiao – Achieving environmental sustainability through iwi and hapu relationships with land and sea
- Hauora/Oranga – Improving health and social wellbeing
- Matauranga – Exploring indigenous knowledge and science and innovation.
Funding Information
- Approximately $2.0 million (excluding GST) per year is available to fund successful proposals in the Te Punaha Hihiko: Vision Matauranga Capability Fund 2022 investment round. This funding is available through 2 schemes: Connect Scheme and Placement Scheme.
- The Connect Scheme seeks to build new connections between Maori organisations and the science and innovation system.
- The Placement Scheme seeks to enhance the development of an individual(s) through placement in a partner organisation.
- The work programme term for both Connect and Placement schemes is up to two years.
- For a work programme with a project of:
- up to 1 year in length, the maximum funding per successful proposal is $150,000 (excluding GST)
- between 1 and 2 years in length, the maximum funding per successful proposal is $250,000 (excluding GST).
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for funding, proposals must:
- Be made by a New Zealand based single legal entity that is a Maori organisation, Research organisation or individual researcher.
- A Maori organisation is defined as an organisation that identifies itself as Maori and uses (or wishes to use) research, science and technology or related activities.
- A Research organisation is defined as an organisation that has the internal capability to carry out research, science and technology or related activities. Government departments are not considered to be Research organisations and are not eligible to apply for this funding.
- An individual researcher is defined as a person operating on his or her own, and is not employed by a Research organisation, with the capability to carry out research, science and technology or related activities.
- Include both a Research organisation or individual researcher and a Maori organisation, with one or the other taking the lead as Contracting organisation and the other as Partner organisation.
- A relationship must not be solely between the applicant and an organisation that is either a parent entity, subsidiary, or co-subsidiary of another organisation; or between departments within a single organisation (for example, a tertiary institution).
- Be for activities that ft one of the two schemes, and the requirements of one of the two schemes as set out in the Te Punaha Hihiko: Vision Matauranga Capability Fund Investment Plan. For Placement Scheme, a proposal must name the individual(s) who will be the placement person(s).
- Not be for activities for the same purpose already funded by any government agency.
- Not include any full-time tertiary or school students.
Note: Proposals with work programme activities that are eligible for funding from the Ministry of Education, or Unlocking Curious Minds are a poor fit for Te Punaha Hihiko: Vision Matauranga Capability Fund.
- Address one or more Vision Matauranga themes, and not solely address hauora/health.
- The MBIE-led investments outlined in the Investment Plan and the Health Research Council (HRC) investments are designed to complement each other. To avoid duplication with the investments made by the HRC, MBIE does not provide funding for programmes exclusively relevant to the health/hauora area.
- Proposals where hauora improvements are part of a much broader suite of outcomes will be considered.
- Be for activities the majority of which are to be undertaken in New Zealand, unless MBIE considers there are compelling reasons to consider the proposal.
- If the majority of the work programme will not be carried out in New Zealand, then explain in your proposal the reasons for this and why they are compelling.
- If a work programme is to have significant linkages with indigenous knowledge practitioners in other countries, demonstrate how this will be of benefit to New Zealand.
- Be submitted via MBIE’s Investment Management System (IMS) and meet any applicable timing, formatting, content or other administrative requirements set out by MBIE.
For more information, visit https://www.mbie.govt.nz/science-and-technology/science-and-innovation/funding-information-and-opportunities/investment-funds/vmcf/