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RESEARCH PROPOSAL TEMPLATE
Please delete all instructions in italics. A limit of 20 pages applies to full
proposals. See Contestable Funding Round, Request for Proposal document for
information on the strategic objectives of this research investment.
Summary Information (Maximum 2 page limit)
Title of project
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Contact Person
Insert name and contact details
Research Leader
Insert name and contact details
Funding Requested
Insert total for project GST exclusive
Duration of project
Insert Project Duration (starting dates from 1 October 2017. Final completion date 30th
June 2019)
Abstract – 450 words
Research hypothesis - 150 words
Summary of impact of the proposed research – 250 words
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Research Project Information (Maximum 18 page limit)
Project Title
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Outcomes, Impact and Value Proposition
What is the value proposition for your project?
What are the key outcomes and impact that will result specifically from this project?
Please try and identify an outcome that can be achieved by 2019 even if the main
outcomes are going to be delivered longer-term?
What is the scale of the impact? What is your evidence to support your assessment of
value and impact?
Rationale and justification
Brief description of why this project is important and why it should be prioritised for as a
strategic priority for the Contestable Funding Round investment and how it aligns with
the National Science Challenge BBHTC vision and mission.
Vision Mātauranga
How does your research deliver on Vision Mātauranga? How does your research
deliver tangible outcomes for diverse Māori populations? How does your research
extend the Mātauranga Maori continuum beyond Vision Mātauranga?
http://www.mbie.govt.nz/info-services/science-innovation/unlocking-maori-potential
Aligned research
What (past or current) research does this research align with as evidence through the
literature? How will you ensure that this research stays aligned with key
complementary research?
Research Question(s)
What is(are) the specific research question(s) associated with this project?
Tasks
What are the tasks or steps that you will undertake in this project? Please include a
brief (one or two sentence) rationale for each task. An accompanying gantt chart would
be useful.
Milestones
What are the key milestones that will be achieved through the course of the project?
When are they expected to be achieved? Please identify any of these milestones that
represent key decision points or go/no go points. Note: Funding for the current phase
of projects ends in 2019 so please ensure your project is scoped within the 2017-19
timeframe.
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Outputs
What are the outputs that will be generated from project? Include papers, publications,
workshop reports, data, digital stories and demonstrations etc? Include outputs that
may not be intended for publication in the wider domain.
KPIs, Baselines and Measures
What are the KPIs and Measures that you will use to measure progress towards
outcomes for this project. What is your baseline measure?
Stakeholder & End-user partners
Project(s) should have at least multiple stakeholder or end-user partners. Who are
these stakeholders and/or end-users and how will they be involved in the project? How
are they represented and budgeted for in the project?
Co-creation with end-user partners
How have the researchers and end-users worked together to co-create and develop
this research proposal? How will you continue to work together to co-create research?
Be as specific as you can.
Case studies / spatially located research
For projects that involve spatially located research, case studies or choices to be made
between multiple options. What are the criteria and what is the process for deciding on
a location. The criteria should be clearly related to the research question(s) and project
rationale; and there should be a clear link with outcomes (a willing community and
convenient location are not sufficient in themselves). The process for making final
choices should be clear, transparent and include some degree of independence.
Conflicts of interest should be declared and recorded.
Key skills and team
What are the key skills required to undertake this project? How do these skills match to
current team resources including, both researchers and end users? Are there any
gaps?
Skill required on the
research project
Specific project activity
Team member
(what will be carried out)
(Name the team
member with these skills
who will undertake the
project activity)
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Key Researchers and Best Team
Provide the names of principal investigators and associate investigators who will be
involved and complete the FTE table.
Contact Principal Investigator:
Name, Institution
Postal Address
Email Address
Telephone
Other Principal Investigators:
Name, Institution, Country
Associate Investigators:
Name, Institution, Country
Project Team Leaders/Collaborators
Name
Institution
PI /Co- FTE
PI/ AI
17/18
FTE
18/19
Final Project Budget
All requested funding to June 2019, figures are GST exclusive
Please use your institutional budget tool to make accurate calculations. (Additional
rows can be inserted into table if needed) Justification for budget amounts should be
provided as required in the proposal.
Salaries*
Salary
amount
PI / AI (PI at FTE
least 0.1FTE)
$
Overheads Please provide overhead rate used (%)
$
Salary-related costs
$
ACC
Superannuation
Project costs
expenses
(eg.
consumables)
and
Travel (if essential)
materials/research $
$
$
TOTAL (GST exclusive)
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Resources
What additional resources (if any) beyond personnel, does this project require? Please
outline operational expenses, beyond personnel here. Please note that NSC funding
prohibits expenditure on capital items.
Co-funding
What co-funding have been secured for this research?
Approvals
Does this project require any approvals, including but not limited to ethical approvals? If
so what are they?
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