Deadline: 5 October 2023
The Emerging Researcher First Grants provide research funds to support emerging researchers who are seeking to establish independent careers in health research and who have NOT previously held any individual competitive research grant for research expenses of ≥$105,000 from any source (including institutional or internal funding).
Research proposals should represent an independent research stream, with the applicant able to undertake overall responsibility for the work to be completed. These contracts include working expenses, as well as salary for the first named investigator. Salary can also be claimed for research assistants, research managers, research fellows etc. Salary can also be claimed for other named investigators, but only where they are supporting the applicant and/or research in a capacity beyond what would be expected of them in their employed position. All other academics, professional supervisors or senior researchers should be included as named investigators on a time-only basis.
An emerging researcher is: “Someone who is at the beginning of their research career in health with a clear development path and is working in a strongly supportive research environment”.
Categories
- Applicants must select one of the following categories:
- Rangahau Hauora Māori Emerging Researcher First Grant: Supporting Māori health research that upholds rangatiratanga and uses and advances Māori knowledge, resources, and people.
- Pacific Emerging Researcher First Grant: Making significant improvements in, or developing knowledge contributing to, Pacific health outcomes.
- Health Delivery Emerging Researcher First Grant: Having the potential to directly inform changes to health delivery policy, practice or systems; and demonstrating a clear connection to a healthcare need.
- General Emerging Researcher First Grant.
Funding Information
- The maximum budget has been increased from $250,000 to $400,000.
Eligibility Requirements
- For these grants, an emerging researcher is defined as “someone who is at the beginning of their research career in health with a clear development path and is working in a strongly supportive research environment”.
- Applicants are eligible if they:
- are employed by a New Zealand host organisation and have citizenship or permanent residency status and are domiciled in New Zealand (Note: Host organisations are responsible for ensuring that Aotearoa New Zealand is the principal domicile and principal place of employment for the applicant. By submitting an application, the host is satisfied that this condition has been met). For the Rangahau Hauora Māori Emerging Researcher First Grant, the first named investigator must be of Māori descent. For the Pacific Emerging Researcher First Grant, the first named investigator must be of indigenous Pacific descent
- have not previously held any individual competitive research grant as a first named investigator for research expenses greater than $105,000 from any source at the time of assessment (including institutional or internal funding). Scholarship and fellowship stipends are not included, provided the expenses component of such awards does not exceed the $105,000 expenses threshold. Applicants are required to list the amount of research expenses of their previous awards in this application
- are no more than 6 years from attaining a postgraduate degree at the time of their application, although this period could be greater considering parental leave, caring responsibilities, career breaks, ill health, or other justified reasons. Time spent working in a career other than research is not considered a justified reason. Eligibility will be counted from the date of degree conferment, which should be confirmed in the application
- are developing an independent research stream
- are not studying for a PhD degree.
For more information, visit Emerging Researcher First Grants.
