Information on the 2021 Marsden Fund round
Information about the number of funded proposals in the 2021 Marsden Fund round broken down by research area and institution, also including gender and ethnicity data
Published on 3 Whiringa-ā-rangi November 2021
Number of applications by research area
The number of proposals by panel is given in Table 1. While overall 10.4% of the Expressions of Interest have been recommended for funding at the final stage, this percentage is not constant over all panels or categories as a change of just one proposal — attributed to either a Fast-Start or Standard award — in the number of successful proposals causes significant change in this percentage.
Here are the definitions of the 10 Marsden Fund panels
|
EoIs |
Full |
Proposed Contracts |
Success Rate |
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|
FS |
SD |
Tot. |
FS |
SD |
Tot. |
FS |
SD |
Tot. |
FS |
SD |
Tot. |
|
|
Panel |
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|
BMS |
37 |
95 |
132 |
6 |
16 |
22 |
2 |
9 |
11 |
5.4% |
9.5% |
8.3% |
|
CMP |
27 |
59 |
86 |
6 |
11 |
17 |
4 |
6 |
10 |
14.8% |
10.2% |
11.6% |
|
EEB |
49 |
81 |
130 |
10 |
13 |
23 |
4 |
8 |
12 |
8.2% |
9.9% |
9.2% |
|
EHB |
42 |
79 |
121 |
10 |
13 |
23 |
5 |
8 |
13 |
11.9% |
10.1% |
10.7% |
|
EIS |
46 |
68 |
114 |
11 |
14 |
25 |
6 |
7 |
13 |
13.0% |
10.3% |
11.4% |
|
ESA |
33 |
65 |
98 |
9 |
13 |
22 |
5 |
6 |
11 |
15.2% |
9.2% |
11.2% |
|
HUM |
40 |
59 |
99 |
8 |
10 |
18 |
4 |
7 |
11 |
10.0% |
11.9% |
11.1% |
|
MIS |
30 |
68 |
98 |
6 |
15 |
21 |
3 |
8 |
11 |
10.0% |
11.8% |
11.2% |
|
PCB |
24 |
54 |
78 |
8 |
9 |
17 |
3 |
5 |
8 |
12.5% |
9.3% |
10.3% |
|
SOC |
81 |
107 |
188 |
18 |
21 |
39 |
8 |
11 |
19 |
9.9% |
10.3% |
10.1% |
|
MFC |
8 |
1 |
1 |
12.5% |
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|
Total |
409 |
735 |
1152 |
92 |
135 |
228 |
44 |
75 |
120 |
10.8% |
10.2% |
10.4% |
Table 1: Number of funded proposals by panel (and as a percentage of number of EOIs). For the purposes of clarity, the Marsden Fund Council Award has been presented as a panel (MFC) and is assessed by the Marsden Fund Council.
Proposals by institution
|
EoI |
Full |
Fund |
Success Rate |
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|
FS |
SD |
MFCA |
Total |
FS |
SD |
MFCA |
Total |
FS |
SD |
MFCA |
Total |
FS |
SD |
MFCA |
Total |
|
|
CRI |
32 |
43 |
1 |
76 |
4 |
7 |
0 |
11 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
3.1% |
7.0% |
0.0% |
5.3% |
|
AgResearch |
2 |
5 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
|
|
GNS Science |
8 |
5 |
0 |
13 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
12.5% |
0.0% |
7.7% |
|
|
ESR |
3 |
4 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
|
|
Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research |
3 |
5 |
1 |
9 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.0% |
20.0% |
0.0% |
11.1% |
|
NIWA |
13 |
19 |
0 |
32 |
3 |
5 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0.0% |
10.5% |
6.3% |
|
|
Plant and Food Research |
2 |
5 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0% |
0.0% |
|
0.0% |
|
Scion |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0% |
0.0% |
||
|
OTHER (8 institutions) |
2 |
15 |
0 |
17 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
50.0% |
0.0% |
5.9% |
|
|
PRIVATE (13 institutions) |
17 |
14 |
1 |
32 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
5.9% |
7.1% |
0.0% |
6.3% |
|
TEO |
358 |
663 |
6 |
1027 |
84 |
126 |
1 |
211 |
41 |
71 |
1 |
113 |
11.5% |
10.7% |
16.7% |
11.0% |
|
Auckland University of Technology |
12 |
20 |
0 |
32 |
3 |
5 |
0 |
8 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
8.3% |
15.0% |
12.5% |
|
|
Lincoln University |
10 |
8 |
0 |
18 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
20.0% |
0.0% |
11.1% |
|
|
Massey University |
43 |
83 |
1 |
127 |
12 |
11 |
0 |
23 |
6 |
5 |
0 |
11 |
14.0% |
6.0% |
0.0% |
8.7% |
|
The University of Auckland |
97 |
169 |
2 |
268 |
25 |
36 |
1 |
62 |
10 |
20 |
1 |
31 |
10.3% |
11.8% |
50.0% |
11.6% |
|
University of Canterbury |
34 |
69 |
0 |
103 |
6 |
14 |
0 |
20 |
3 |
9 |
0 |
12 |
8.8% |
13.0% |
11.7% |
|
|
University of Otago |
55 |
162 |
0 |
217 |
14 |
35 |
0 |
49 |
6 |
18 |
0 |
24 |
10.9% |
11.1% |
11.1% |
|
|
University of Waikato |
33 |
48 |
1 |
82 |
7 |
7 |
0 |
14 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
7 |
9.1% |
8.3% |
0.0% |
8.5% |
|
Victoria University of Wellington |
71 |
103 |
2 |
176 |
15 |
18 |
0 |
33 |
10 |
12 |
0 |
22 |
14.1% |
11.7% |
0.0% |
12.5% |
|
Ara Institute of Canterbury |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0% |
0.0% |
||
|
Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0% |
0.0% |
||
|
Unitec Institute of Technology |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0% |
0.0% |
||
|
Te Wānanga o Aotearoa |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0% |
0.0% |
||
|
Grand Total |
409 |
735 |
8 |
1152 |
92 |
135 |
1 |
228 |
44 |
75 |
1 |
120 |
10.8% |
10.2% |
12.5% |
10.4% |
Table 2: Number and percentages of funded proposals by institution, grouped by type of institution. The ‘Other’ category includes not-for-profit research institutes and the ‘Private’ category includes individuals and companies.
Gender and Ethnicity Data
Table 3 presents the percentages of applicants who self-identify as either female or as Māori researchers in the Expressions of Interest, Full Applications and those proposals recommended for funding.
|
Proportion of Responding Investigators Identifying |
Proportion of Responding Investigators Identifying |
||
|
Principal |
EoIs |
5.6% |
34.0% |
|
Full |
8.0% |
39.3% |
|
|
Funded |
9.3% |
37.0% |
|
|
Associate |
EoIs |
6.8% |
32.5% |
|
Full |
8.5% |
33.6% |
|
|
Funded |
8.7% |
33.9% |
|
|
All |
EoIs |
6.3% |
34.9% |
|
Full |
8.3% |
38.1% |
|
|
Funded |
8.9% |
37.1% |
Table 3: Gender and ethnicity data for 2021. Please note, gender identity data is collected in accordance with Stats NZ's Standard classification of gender identity.
Figure 1: The percentage of responding Principal Investigators identifying as Māori in the Marsden Fund for the 2021 round.
Figure 2: The percentage of responding Principal Investigators identifying as Female in the Marsden Fund for the 2021 round.