Call for Expression of Interests: Biennial Grants in New Zealand

Goal

• Their goal is to invest in research and capability targeted at reducing the risk of impacts from natural hazards on people, property, and the community.

Objectives

• Invest in research and capability that are aligned to the organisation’s legislative functions and strategic goals and objectives.
• Coordinate research investment across the research sector to maximise outcomes.
• Improve the visibility of the research we invest in so that it can be used to reduce risk.
• Develop researchers’ capability in communicating their research and effectively collaborate and engage with policy, practice, and wider communities.
• Support research that seeks to understand and draw on diverse world views and perspectives and that supports improved outcomes for all communities.

Research Themes

• Quantifying hazards and risk
• Supporting people and decisions
• Resilient Buildings
• Smarter Land Use

Funding Information

• The indicative total funding of this Biennial Grant Contestable Round is approximately $1.2 million (excluding GST). Each individual grant will be between $50,000 and $100,000 (excluding GST) for a term of up to two years.
• The proposed projects should be feasible within a two-year timeframe, commencing in January 2026 (or before 1 April 2026).

Eligibility Criteria

• For proposals to be eligible under the Biennial Grants round, they must:
  • be made by a New Zealand-based researcher, research organisation, or legal entity representing a New Zealand-based research organization
  • New Zealand-based researcher can apply as an individual.
  • be designed so that the majority of the benefits in new knowledge accrue outside of the research organisation or legal entity which represents the research organization
  • not be made by a department of the public service as listed in Schedule 2 of the Public Service Act 2020
  • be for research related activities, the majority of which are to be undertaken in New Zealand, unless there are compelling reasons to consider the proposal
  • advise that the proposed funding recipient will adhere to the terms and conditions of funding set out in the Research Funding Agreement contract
  • not be for activities already funded elsewhere
  • clearly explain how the project has the potential to:
    • provide a benefit to insured persons (whether or not the research also has the potential to provide a benefit to persons who are not insured persons);
    • reduce the future cost of providing natural hazard cover.
  • if led by a post-graduate student, be supervised by an academic supervisor who monitors closely the quality of the research
  • produce research outputs that will be publicly available and able to be used by other researchers, practitioners and the public
  • not exceed $100,000 excl. GST or be for less than $50,000 excl. GST
  • 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.

For more information, visit Natural Hazards Commission Toka Tū Ake.