Portfolio Overview
Understanding and Adapting to Global Process and Change (GLO)
The research this portfolio supports
The GLO? portfolio supports New Zealand’s efforts to understand our bio-geophysical environments, including the Southern Ocean and Antarctica?, in a global context.The types of sectors targeted for investment from this portfolio include:
- tectonic
- oceans
- Antarctica
- climate and atmospheric.
This portfolio supports basic-targeted and applied research.
What this portfolio aims to do
Investments in this area aim to support research that works to reduce the uncertainty of earth system processes, improving our ability to predict, mitigate and adapt to the impacts of global environmental change.
Who can apply for this funding?
Research organisations, including universities, crown research institutes and private organisations doing research for the wider benefit of New Zealand.Target outcomes and themes
Each portfolio has overarching goals, called target outcomes. Themes may support each target outcome. All of these are detailed in the portfolio investment strategy.
The investment signal for each investment process will focus on some or all of these target outcomes and themes.
The target outcomes for GLO are:
| Target Outcomes |
|---|
| GLO1 – characteristics, causes and consequences of geological processes, global change and variability Increased understanding of the characteristics, causes and consequences of tectonic and global processes, variation and change (in and between the atmospheric, biogeophysical environments and in the Antarctic and surrounding oceans and seabeds), as a basis for anticipating and managing risk, future opportunities and impacts within New Zealand and globally. |
| GLO2 – mitigation and adaptation responses to geological processes, global change and variability To ensure New Zealand has strategies and effective tools to enable it to respond to environmental change in a timely manner that minimises negative impacts and maximises economic, social and environmental opportunities, based on a better understanding of what adaptation is achievable and what motivates people to mitigate and adapt to global change and variability |
Current funding available
For information on whether funding is currently available in this portfolio, visit the funding summary page.
For more information
The Foundation? business manager is the primary contact for all applicants. If your organisation does not have a business manager, or you have questions about the process, contact investments@frst.govt.nz.
Please note: the information on this page is a guide only. Applicants should refer to the investment signal linked from the relevant funding overview page for this portfolio when shaping their concepts or proposals.