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Published 10 May 2019Marsden preliminary proposals for 2019
The Marsden Fund received a total of 1163 proposals – 770 Standard and 389 Fast-Start Expressions of Interest (EOIs), and 4 Marsden Fund Council (MFC) Award proposals. This represents an increase compared to last year's total of 1103. In total, 259 applicants have been invited to submit full proposals – 159 Standards and 100 Fast-Starts – and 2 MFC Award proposals have progressed to stage 2, making a total of 261 proposals through to the second round.
We anticipate approximately 125 proposals will eventually be contracted. The projected amount of funding available is approximately $82.2 million (excl. GST).
Submitted and invited to full round by panel
| Received | Invited to full round | ||||||||
| Panel Code | Panel Name | Standard | Fast-Start |
MFC Award |
Total | Standard | Fast-Start | MFC Award | Total |
| BMS | Biomedical Sciences | 85 | 22 | 107 | 17 | 6 | 23 | ||
| CMP | Cellular, Molecular and Physiological Biology | 72 | 33 | 105 | 14 | 8 | 22 | ||
| EEB | Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour | 83 | 48 | 131 | 19 | 12 | 31 | ||
| EHB | Economics and Human and Behavioural Sciences | 80 | 48 | 128 | 14 | 13 | 27 | ||
| EIS | Engineering and Interdisciplinary Sciences | 72 | 46 | 118 | 15 | 11 | 26 | ||
| ESA | Earth Sciences and Astronomy | 74 | 33 | 107 | 17 | 8 | 25 | ||
| HUM | Humanities | 61 | 40 | 101 | 12 | 10 | 22 | ||
| MIS | Mathematical and Information Sciences | 72 | 28 | 100 | 17 | 8 | 25 | ||
| PCB | Physics, Chemistry and Biochemistry | 57 | 23 | 80 | 12 | 7 | 19 | ||
| SOC | Social Sciences | 114 | 68 | 182 | 22 | 17 | 39 | ||
| MFC | Marsden Fund Council Award | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Grand Total | 770 | 389 | 4 | 1163 | 159 | 100 | 2 | 261 | |
View descriptions of assessment panels
Institutional Statistics
Total proposals submitted by institution
|
Institution |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
|
AgResearch |
13 |
14 |
13 |
9 |
11 |
11 |
|
GNS Science |
39 |
30 |
33 |
31 |
29 |
27 |
|
Institute of Environmental Science and Research |
6 |
5 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
|
Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research |
11 |
11 |
9 |
12 |
11 |
15 |
|
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd |
12 |
14 |
20 |
25 |
23 |
18 |
|
Plant and Food Research |
7 |
16 |
11 |
8 |
15 |
15 |
|
Scion |
6 |
1 |
5 |
7 |
4 |
5 |
|
CRI Total |
94 |
91 |
92 |
95 |
96 |
93 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Auckland University of Technology |
24 |
35 |
23 |
27 |
35 |
26
|
|
Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
IPU Tertiary Institute New Zealand |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
Lincoln University |
15 |
20 |
13 |
11 |
11 |
19 |
|
Manukau Institute of Technology |
|
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
Massey University |
132 |
137 |
122 |
129 |
117 |
124 |
|
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 |
6 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
|
|
The University of Auckland |
320 |
322 |
291 |
283 |
268 |
294 |
|
University of Canterbury |
95 |
103 |
81 |
92 |
80 |
114 |
|
University of Otago |
232 |
218 |
204 |
217 |
226 |
224 |
|
University of Waikato |
74 |
71 |
64 |
61 |
68 |
74 |
|
Victoria University of Wellington |
195 |
163 |
173 |
153 |
163 |
163 |
|
Waiariki Institute of Technology |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
Waikato Institute of Technology |
|
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
Whitireia Community Polytechnic |
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
|
Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
TEO Total |
1093 |
1075 |
979 |
981 |
976 |
1039 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other* Total |
29 |
28 |
26 |
30 |
31 |
31 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grand Total |
1216 |
1194 |
1092 |
1106 |
1103 |
1163 |
Total invited to submit a full proposal (including MFCA proposals going to Stage 2)
|
Institution |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
|
AgResearch |
4 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
GNS Science |
3 |
7 |
5 |
6 |
8 |
5 |
|
Industrial Research Ltd |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Institute of Environmental Science and Research |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Landcare Research |
1 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
|
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd |
2 |
3 |
6 |
4 |
4 |
6 |
|
Plant and Food Research |
2 |
4 |
|
3 |
5 |
1 |
|
Scion |
1 |
|
|
|
|
3 |
|
CRI Total |
14 |
19 |
14 |
19 |
22 |
19 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Auckland University of Technology |
1 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
7 |
1 |
|
Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lincoln University |
2 |
2 |
|
2 |
2 |
|
|
Massey University |
24 |
22 |
19 |
37 |
31 |
27 |
|
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 |
76 |
64 |
60 |
67 |
70 |
77 |
|
University of Canterbury |
26 |
21 |
23 |
22 |
22 |
23 |
|
University of Otago |
47 |
38 |
47 |
67 |
76 |
59 |
|
University of Waikato |
11 |
8 |
11 |
7 |
18 |
12 |
|
Victoria University of Wellington |
51 |
30 |
36 |
31 |
52 |
36 |
|
Waiariki Institute of Technology |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Waikato Institute of Technology |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Whitireia Community Polytechnic |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TEO Total |
237 |
187 |
199 |
231 |
278 |
235 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other* Total |
5 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grand Total |
256 |
208 |
216 |
259 |
305 |
261 |
*Other applicants include: private individuals, health boards, museums and independent research organisations.