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- Antarctica New Zealand
- Antarctica New Zealand logistic funding is for providing logistical support for the 2008/09 and/or the 2009/10 season(s).
- Balance Factors
- In order to ensure consistency across all the Foundation's contestable portfolios and schemes, Balance Factors are used to guide final funding decisions. They include overall portfolio balance, risk and return, economic horizon and alignment to priority interest.
- Basic-targeted
- Basic-targeted research is experimental or theoretical research to acquire new knowledge focused on a strategic need.
- Basic-untargeted research
- Basic-untargeted research is experimental or theoretical research to acquire new knowledge with no particular application in mind.
- Bionics
- As used in the Future Human Technologies (FHT) portfolio, bionics relates to artificial devices implanted into humans replacing or extending normal human functions.
- Bridge to employment
- Bridge to Employment funding is available through the New Zealand Science and Technology Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme to bridge the gap between attainment of a doctoral degree and employment in the New Zealand science, engineering and technology sector.
- Building an Inclusive Society
- Building an Inclusive Society (BIS) funding supports research that contributes to improved social outcomes and achieving or sustaining an inclusive society in New Zealand. This portfolio is funded through the Social Research (SOC) output expense.
- Building Knowledge Intensive Service Industries
- Building Knowledge Intensive Service Industries (SER) funding is for research on increasing the benefits to New Zealand through international tourism. This portfolio is funded from the Research for Industry (RFI) output expense.
- Building Sustainable Cities and Settlements
- Building Sustainable Cities and Settlements (SCS) funding is for research that improves environmental, social, cultural and economic management of New Zealand's cities and settlements. This portfolio is funded from the Environmental Research (ENV) output expense.
- Business manager
- Business managers act as the main interface between the Foundation and our investment clients. They then assist clients to put forward high-quality research proposals and are also involved in contract negotiation, contract monitoring, performance management and annual reporting.
- Closed tender
- In a closed tender investment process, invitations to tender are issued to a pre-determined list of organisations. Closed tenders are a one-off process and not used repeatedly for the same work.
- Collectives
- Collectives helps Māori, iwi, hapu or other tribal groups to evaluate and unlock the potential of their collective resources and assets through a research and development project. This scheme is funded through the Technology New Zealand output expense.
- Contestable process
- We invest a portion of our funds through contest-based investment processes. These are either one-stage or two-stage.
- Creating Opportunities Through New Physical Technologies
- Creating Opportunities Through New Physical Technologies (NPT) funding is for research into physical materials, information and communications technologies. This portfolio is funded from the New Economy Research Fund (NERF) output expense.
- Envirolink
- The Envirolink scheme provides funds for applied environmental research to be carried out by research organisations on behalf of regional councils. This scheme is funded from the Environmental Research (ENV) output expense.
- Environmental Research
- Environmental Research (ENV) is an output expense that aims to increase knowledge of the environment, and the factors that affect it, in order to establish and maintain the environment.
Output expenses support specific government goals. The funding for each output expense is specified in the Government Budget each year. The Foundation splits output expenses into schemes or portfolios, to help manage how we invest these funds.
- Future Human Technologies
- Future Human Technologies (FHT) funding is for generating new knowledge about human health, function and wellbeing. This portfolio is funded from the New Economy Research Fund (NERF) output expense.
- Geothermal
- Geothermal (GEO) is an investment process that includes funds from the Optimising Physical Resources and Infrastructure (ORI) portfolio during the 2007/08 investment round. Another investment process being run by this portfolio is Infrastructure and Resources (IFS).
- Global Expert
- Global Expert locates pre-screened experts who can solve a broad range of business problems.
- High Value Manufacturing Products, Processes and Services
- High Value Manufacturing Products, Processes and Services (MAN) funding is for research that contributes to manufactured goods, materials and related services. This portfolio is funded from the Research for Industry (RFI) output expense.
- Information and communication technologies
- Information and communication technologies are service or manufacturing technologies that enable information processing and communication by electronic means and can include hardware, stand-alone software and software embedded in hardware.
- Infrastructure and Resources
- Infrastructure and Resources (IFS) is an investment process that includes funds from the Optimising Physical Resources and Infrastructure (ORI) portfolio during the 2007/08 investment round. Another investment process being run by this portfolio is Geothermal (GEO).
- Innovative Foods
- Innovative Foods (INF) funding is for research that improves the value of New Zealand’s food production. This portfolio is funded from the Research for Industry (RFI) output expense.
- International Investments Opportunities Fund
- International Investments Opportunities Fund (IIOF) funding supports research that offers significant benefit in terms of international science collaboration, capability building or economic benefit to New Zealand, with good prospects of capturing those benefits. This scheme is funded from the International Investments Opportunities Fund (IIOF) output expense.
- Investment area
- The Foundation receives money from the government for a number of different research areas (also known as output expenses), including social research, Māori knowledge and environmental research. In some areas, the funding available is broken down into specific schemes or portfolios.
- Investment strategy
- This document outlines the research focus, purpose and scope of each Foundation investment portfolio. They can be used to help guide the direction that research will need to take if it is to meet the priorities and outcomes described in the Request for Proposals (RfP).
- Leveraging New Zealand’s Natural Resources
- Leveraging New Zealand’s Natural Resources (LNNR) is an investment process including funds from three portfolios during the 2007/08 investment round: Innovative Foods (INF), Niche Biological Products (NBP) and Technologies to leverage New Zealand’s Strengths (NZS).
- Low Carbon Energy Technology
- Low Carbon Energy Technology (LCET) funding supports research that is related to the scale up and demonstration of existing research on second generation biofuels, other low carbon liquid biofuels and low carbon energy technologies. This scheme is funded from the Sustainable Energy Research (SED) output expense.
- Maintaining Environmental Integrity for Sustainable Resource Use
- Maintaining Environmental Integrity for Sustainable Resource Use (SRU) funding is for research related to productive resource use, emphasising maintaining environmental integrity. This portfolio is funded from the Environmental Research (ENV) output expense.
- Māori Knowledge and Development Research
- The Māori Knowledge and Development Research (MKDR) output expense aims to build knowledge and resources for the benefit for Māori and Aotearoa New Zealand, while also building Māori research capability.
Output expenses support specific government goals. The funding for each output expense is specified in the Government Budget each year. The Foundation splits output expenses into schemes or portfolios, to help manage how we invest these funds.
- Montreal process
- The Montreal process is an international treaty which has helped reduce the release of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) into the atmosphere, and consequently reduce the size of the hole in the ozone layer.
- myFRST
- MyFRST is an online portal which is used to apply for funding, contracting successful applications and reporting.
- Negotiated process
- Negotiated processes allow us to negotiate directly with researchers who have an established track record with us to determine the scope of a new research contract that builds on an existing one.
- New Economy Research Fund
- The New Economy Research Fund (NERF) output expense aims to develop new technology platforms to support the creation of new industries or sectors.
Output expenses support specific government goals. The funding for each output expense is specified in the Government Budget each year. The Foundation splits output expenses into schemes or portfolios, to help manage how we invest these funds.
- New Materials, Technologies and Services
- New Materials, Technologies and Services (NMTS) is an investment process including funds from four portfolios during the 2007/08 investment round: Future Human Technologies, Creating Opportunities through New Physical Technologies (NPT), High Value Manufacturing, Processes, Products and Materials (MAN) and Building Knowledge Intensive Service Industries (SER)
- Niche Biological Products, Processes and Services
- Niche Biological Products, Processes and Services (NBP) funding is for research that develops value-added non-food products from biological raw materials. This portfolio is funded from the Research for Industry (RFI) output expense.
- On-demand process
- On-demand schemes are open for applications more than once a year, in contrast to our yearly investment rounds, which are open for applications at most once per year.
- Optimising Physical Resources and Infrastructure
- Optimising Physical Resources and Infrastructure (ORI) funding is for research to improve energy management and infrastructure. This portfolio is funded from the Research for Industry (RFI) output expense.
- Output expense
- The various Crown agencies and Ministries that make up the New Zealand Government are funded through a series of financial packages, called ‘Votes’. The Foundation's funding is provided through Vote
RS&T (research, science and technology). The money is divided by the government into output expenses, each of which support specific government goals (see a complete list of Vote RS&T output expenses). The funding for each output expense is specified in the Government Budget each year.
The Foundation splits output expenses into schemes or portfolios, to help manage how we invest these funds. The money we invest through these portfolios and schemes helps support a range of organisations and people to carry out research, science and technology for the benefit of New Zealand.
- Peri-urban
- Peri-urban areas are those outside formal urban boundaries that are undergoing a process of urbanisation (transforming from rural to urban).
- Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme
- The Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme provides scholarships for top New Zealand doctoral graduates to undertake science and technology research in New Zealand and overseas. This scheme is funded from the Supporting Promising Individuals (SPI) output expense.
- PreSeed
- The PreSeed Accelerator Fund (PSAF) is designed to maximise the commercial benefits to New Zealand from publicly-funded research in science and technology. This scheme is funded from the PreSeed output expense.
- Primary Production and Sustainability
- Primary Production and Sustainability (PPS) is an investment process including funds from two portfolios during the 2007/08 investment round: Production, Quality and Assurance (PQA) and Sustainable Production Systems (SPS).
- Production, Quality and Assurance
- Production, Quality and Assurance (PQA) funding is for research that improves the primary sector industries productivity and efficiency by producing high-quality products for export. This portfolio is funded from the Research for Industry (RFI) output expense.
- Public Good Science and Technology
- Public good, science and technology (PGS&T) research is likely to increase knowledge and understanding of the physical, biological, cultural or social environment; maintains or builds research skills and scientific expertise of importance to New Zealand; is of benefit to New Zealand, but is unlikely to be funded from non-governmental sources.
- Research and Development
- Research and Development (R&D) is discovering new knowledge about products, processes, and services, and then applying that knowledge to create new and improved products, processes, and services that fill market needs.
- Research Consortia
- Research Consortia is funding for long term contracts between government and business partnerships. This scheme is funded from the Research for Industry (RFI) output expense.
- Research for Industry
- Research for Industry (RFI) is an output expense that aims to increase the global competitiveness of New Zealand industries and sectors through strategic research, supporting research that underpins the development of new products, processes and services of use to New Zealand industries and sectors.
Output expenses support specific government goals. The funding for each output expense is specified in the Government Budget each year. The Foundation splits output expenses into schemes or portfolios, to help manage how we invest these funds.
- Resilient Infrastructure and Communities
- Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (RIC) funding is for research that identifies, prepares and allows for prompt recovery from hazards and risks. This portfolio is funded from the Research for Industry (RFI) output expense
- Resilient, Functioning and Restored Ecosystems
- Resilient, Functioning and Restored Ecosystems (ECO) funding is for research that supports New Zealand's land, freshwater and marine ecosystems to operate, adapt or recover. This portfolio is funded from the Environmental Research (ENV) output expense.
- SmartStart
- SmartStart helps companies to start or complete a research and development project. This scheme is funded from the Technology New Zealand output expense.
- Social Research
- Social Research (SOC) is an output expense that supports research that improves social wellbeing.
Output expenses support specific government goals. The funding for each output expense is specified in the Government Budget each year. The Foundation splits output expenses into schemes or portfolios, to help manage how we invest these funds.
- Statement of Intent
- Statements of Intent are documents required by the Crown Entities Act and set the Foundation’s strategic direction for the next three years.
- Statement of Investment Outcomes
- A statement of investment outcomes provides an overview of the investments made by the Foundation during the specified year, along with the outcomes or results of those investments.
It tells a completing story of the benefit that investment in research, science and technology brings to New Zealand and demonstrates our commitment to our mission: investing in innovation for New Zealand’s future.
- Strategy manager
- Strategy managers develop investment strategies that identify the science and technology research that is most needed for New Zealand to prosper.
- Sustainable Energy Development
- The Sustainable Energy Development (SED) output expense is limited to providing financial assistance to private and public organisations for the development of sustainable energy technologies.
Output expenses support specific government goals. The funding for each output expense is specified in the Government Budget each year. The Foundation splits output expenses into schemes or portfolios, to help manage how we invest these funds.
- Sustainable Productive Systems
- Sustainable Productive Systems (SPS)funding is for research that allows for primary production to be environmentally sustainable and not adversely affected by pests. This portfolio is funded from the Research for Industry (RFI) output expense.
- Sustaining New Zealand's Economic and Technological Advancement
- Sustaining New Zealand's Economic and Technological Advancement (SET) funding is for research that contributes to understanding how New Zealand can achieve improved wellbeing for its people through economic and technological development. This portfolio is funded from the Research for Industry (RFI) output expense.
- Te Tipu o Te Wānanga
- Te Tipu o Te Wānanga (TTW) funding supports research that helps to achieve the innovation potential of Māori knowledge, people or resources. This portfolio is funded from the Māori Knowledge and Development Research (MKDR) output expense.
- Te Tipu Pūtaiao Fellowships
- Te Tipu Pūtaiao Fellowships (TTP) funding support students to develop their science and Māori knowledge research capability. These fellowships replace the Tuapapa Pūtaiao Māori Fellowships (TPMF). This scheme is funded from the Supporting Promising Individuals (SPI) output expense.
- TechNet
- TechNet (NZ expert access) helps you access expertise from local universities and crown research institutes. This scheme is funded from the Technology New Zealand output expense.
- Technologies to Leverage New Zealand's Strengths
- Technologies to Leverage New Zealand's Strengths (NZS) funding is for research that contributes to developing technology platforms that leverage New Zealand's strengths. This portfolio is funded from the New Economy Research Fund (NERF) output expense.
- Technology Expert
- Technology Expert (TIF Expert) partially funds the costs of an expert to work in the company on a research and development project. This scheme is funded from the Technology New Zealand output expense.
- Technology Fellowship
- Technology Fellowship (TIF Education) supports research by postgraduate students in innovative companies. This scheme is funded through the Technology New Zealand output expense.
- Technology for Business Growth
- Technology for Business Growth (TBG) partially funds the costs of a research and development project. This scheme is funded from the Technology New Zealand output expense.
- Technology Internship
- Technology Internship (TIF Undergraduate) supports undergraduate students to do a research and development project in innovative companies. This scheme is funded from the Technology New Zealand output expense.
- The Foundation
- The Foundation for Research, Science and Technology is a Crown entity governed by a Board appointed by the Minister of Research, Science and Technology.
We were established under the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology Act 1990. Under the Act the Foundation’s principle purposes are: to allocate funds for the production of outputs relating to public good science and technology; to allocate funds pursuant to ministerial schemes; and to provide independent policy advice to the Minister of Research, Science and Technology on matters related to research, science and technology, including advice on national priorities for those matters.
We invest close to $500 million a year in science and technology research on behalf of the New Zealand Government, seeking benefits to New Zealand’s economy, environment and society.
- Understanding and Adapting to Global Processes and Change
- Understanding and Adapting to Global Processes and Change (GLO) funding is for research to understand and adapt to global environmental change. This portfolio is funded from the Environmental Research (ENV) output expense.
- Vote RS&T
- The various Crown agencies and Ministries that make up the New Zealand Government are funded though a series of packages called ‘Votes’. Our Vote — Vote Research, Science and Technology (Vote RS&T) — currently stands at $658 million (2007/08 Budget). The Foundation oversees allocation of nearly $500 million of Vote RS&T in several hundred research projects every year. The rest is split between the The Health Research Council, the The Royal Society of New Zealand and Fulbright New Zealand.
