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Marsden Fund preliminary proposals for 2017

This year there were 1106, preliminary proposals – 776 Standards and 330 Fast-Starts. The number of proposals received were similar to last years 1097, the third year of a slightly reduced number of applicants.  In total, 259 applicants have been invited to submit full proposals – 165 Standards and 94 Fast-Starts.

We anticipate approximately 140 proposals will eventually be contracted.  The projected amount of funding available is approximately $84.8 million (excl. GST).

 

Submitted and invited to full round by panel

    Received Invited to full round
Panel Code Panel Name Standard Fast-Start Total Standard Fast-Start Total
BMS Biomedical Sciences 91 28 119 21 8 29
CMP Cellular, Molecular and Physiological Biology 72 16 88 15 5 20
EEB Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour 96 33 129 19 9 28
EHB Economics and Human and Behavioural Sciences 59 37 96 13 10 23
EIS Engineering and Interdisciplinary Sciences 71 35 106 14 10 24
ESA Earth Sciences and Astronomy 74 46 120 13 11 24
HUM Humanities 56 35 91 12 7 19
MIS Mathematical and Information Sciences 79 26 105 16 10 26
PCB Physics, Chemistry and Biochemistry 74 21 95 17 9 26
SOC Social Sciences 104 53 157 25 15 40
Grand Total   776 330 1106 165 94 259

View descriptions of assessment panels

Institutional Statistics

Total proposals submitted by institution

 

Institution 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
AgResearch 15 16 13 14 13 9
GNS Science 31 30 39 30 33 31
Industrial Research Ltd 14 8        
Institute of Environmental Science and Research 5 2 6 5 1 3
Landcare Research 19 14 11 11 9 12
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd 31 22 12 14 20 25
Plant and Food Research 14 15 7 16 11 8
Scion 4 7 6 1 5 7
CRI Total 133 114 94 91 92 95
             
Auckland University of Technology 21 30 24 35 23 27
Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology       1    
Lincoln University 16 7 15 20 13 11
Massey University 110 129 132 137 122 129
Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology         2 1
Open Polytechnic of New Zealand         1 1
Otago Polytechnic           1
Te Wānanga o Aotearoa           1
Te Wānanga o Raukawa           1
Unitec - Institute of Technology 4 1 6 4 4 1
The University of Auckland 271 323 320 322 291 283
University of Canterbury 95 98 95 103 81 92
University of Otago 190 184 232 218 204 217
University of Waikato 79 69 74 71 64 61
Victoria University of Wellington 156 170 195 163 173 153
Waiariki Institute of Technology         1  
Waikato Institute of Technology       1    
Whitireia Community Polytechnic           1
Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology           1
TEO Total 942 1011 1093 1075 979 981
             
Other* Total 31 25 29 28 26 30
             
Grand Total 1106 1150 1216 1194 1092 1106

 

Total Invited to submit a full proposal 

Institution 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
AgResearch 1 2 4 1   1
GNS Science 10 5 3 7 5 6
Industrial Research Ltd 3 2        
Institute of Environmental Science and Research 1   1 1 1 1
Landcare Research 2 2 1 3 2 4
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd 6 4 2 3 6 4
Plant and Food Research 2 3 2 4   3
Scion     1      
CRI Total 25 18 14 19 14 19
             
Auckland University of Technology 1   1 2 1 3
Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology            
Lincoln University   1 2 2   2
Massey University 21 22 24 22 19 37
Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology            
Open Polytechnic of New Zealand            
Otago Polytechnic            
Te Wānanga o Aotearoa            
Te Wānanga o Raukawa           1
Unitec - Institute of Technology           1
The University of Auckland 63 76 76 64 60 67
University of Canterbury 16 24 26 21 23 22
University of Otago 55 42 47 38 47 67
University of Waikato 14 8 11 8 11 7
Victoria University of Wellington 30 39 51 30 36 31
Waiariki Institute of Technology            
Waikato Institute of Technology            
Whitireia Community Polytechnic            
Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology            
TEO Total 200 211 237 187 199 231
             
Other* Total 5 2 5 2 3 2
             
Grand Total 230 231 256 208 216 259

 

*Other applicants includes private individuals, health boards, museums and independent research organisations.

 

 

 

 

 

Source: Royal Society Te Apārangi