Deadline: 12-Oct-22
Hīkina Whakatutuki/The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment invites applications to be considered for funding from Te Pūnaha Hihiko: Vision Mātauranga Capability Fund.
Te Pūnaha Hihiko: Vision Mātauranga Capability Fund invests in activities that strengthen capability and networks between Māori organisations and the science and innovation system, to deliver benefit to Aotearoa.
Aims
- Te Pūnaha Hihiko: Vision Mātauranga Capability Fund aims to:
- Strengthen capability, capacity, skills and networks between Māori and the science and innovation system, and
- Increase understanding of how research can contribute to the aspirations of Māori organisations and deliver benefit for New Zealand.
- The Fund invests in the development of skilled people and organisations that plan to undertake, or are undertaking, research that supports the themes and outcomes of their Vision Mātauranga policy.
Investment Objectives
- The investment objectives for Te Pūnaha Hihiko: Vision Mātauranga Capability Fund are:
- For Māori organisations (research users that identify themselves as Māori), to:
- Build Māori research users’ understanding of what research can do for them, including contributing to economic, social and environmental goals
- Increase the uptake and application of research results by Māori research users
- Build research capability, capacity and skills in Māori organisations and new partnerships with Research organisations.
- For individual researchers and Research organisations (including Māori researchers and Research organisations), to:
- Improve their understanding of mātauranga Māori research
- Build research capability relevant to Vision Mātauranga themes and outcomes and new partnerships with Māori organisations.
- For the science and innovation system, to:
- Identify effective ways to transfer knowledge between Māori and researchers
- Increase Māori organisation connections and collaborations with individual researchers and Research organisations
- Strengthen and increase networks of researchers, Research organisations and Māori organisations that will encourage and support each other
- Explore and develop new opportunities to undertake research that contribute to the Vision Mātauranga policy themes and outcomes.
- For Māori organisations (research users that identify themselves as Māori), to:
Themes
- The four themes of the vision mātauranga policy
- The purpose of the Vision Mātauranga 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 hapū relationships with land and sea
- Hauora/Oranga – Improving health and social wellbeing
- Mātauranga – 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 Pūnaha Hihiko: Vision Mātauranga 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 Māori 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 Māori organisation, Research organisation or individual researcher.
- A Māori organisation is defined as an organisation that identifies itself as Māori 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 (as defined in Schedule 2 of the Public Service Act 2020) 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 Māori 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 fit one of the two schemes, and the requirements of one of the two schemes as set out in the Te Pūnaha Hihiko: Vision Mātauranga 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.
- 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 Pūnaha Hihiko: Vision Mātauranga Capability Fund.
- Address one or more Vision Mātauranga 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.
- Not benefit a Russian state institution (including but not limited to support for Russian military or security activity) or an organisation outside government that may be perceived as contributing to the war effort.
- Be submitted via MBIE’s Investment Management System (IMS) and meet any applicable timing, formatting, content, or other administrative requirements set out by MBIE.
- Be made by a New Zealand based single legal entity that is a Māori organisation, Research organisation or individual researcher.
For more information, visit https://www.mbie.govt.nz/science-and-technology/science-and-innovation/funding-information-and-opportunities/investment-funds/vmcf/