Our website
Content Overview
Overview of top-level content
Our investment Areas
This part of the site gives you an overview of our investment framework. It sets out detailed information on each of our investment areas, organised by who is eligible to apply for funding.
It also sets out:
- our place in the RS&T sector
- how we set investment strategies
- the investment processes we run
- how we select research to invest in.
Current Funding Available
This part of the website allows you to see whether we are currently accepting funding applications in each of our investment areas. It also tells you what you need to do to apply.
Results and Review
An important part of being an investor in research, science and technology is monitoring the progress and results from our investments.
In this section you can:
- view the latest concept or proposal decisions
- view the recent results for research organisations from our investment rounds
- search our databases to find out about contracts we've funded
- browse our research and development success stories
- find out about the reviews we do before and after making investments
- find out about the types of evaluation we do to monitor the overall effectiveness of our investments for New Zealand.
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We use a knowledge network of 20,000 pre-screened and qualified experts from leading universities, research institutions and corporations around the world to help you acheive your goals.
Library:
In the library, you can find:
- Corporate reports: publications about the Foundation and our activities.
- Reviews: these evaluate the expertise New Zealand has in a particular scientific area, and assess how well New Zealand is performing in terms of worldwide science quality and outcomes.
- Evaluations: studies that assess how effectively the Foundation is investing in research science and technology for the benefit of New Zealand.
News
This section contains our newsletters, media releases, FRSTPost - our service updating subscribers on the latest funding and website information - and RSS feeds, for those who use this technology.
Awards and Events
We host a number of events and awards to encourage and recognise excellence in research, science and technology in New Zealand. In this section you can find out about:
About us
In this section you can find about the Foundation, including our staff, governance structure, job vacancies, our place in the science sector, our committment to maori innovation and how to contact us.