MBIE Science Whitinga Fellowship funding round statistics
• The Society received a total of 239 eligible applications.
• 217 applications passed the excellence threshold and entered the ballot.
• 30 Fellowships awarded.
Host distribution of applications and recommended Fellowships
| Host | Type of Organisation | Fellows | ||
| TEO | CRI | Other | ||
| AgResearch | 2 | |||
| Auckland Museum | 1 | |||
| Auckland University of Technology | 7 | 3 | ||
| Burwood Academy Trust | 1 | |||
| Cawthron Institute | 1 | |||
| Dairy New Zealand | 1 | |||
| Eastern Institute of Technology | 1 | |||
| GNS Science | 3 | 1 | ||
| Landcare Research | 2 | |||
| Lincoln University | 2 | |||
| Malaghan Institute of Medical Research | 1 | |||
| Massey University | 15 | 3 | ||
| National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research | 2 | |||
| New Zealand Brain Research Institute | 1 | |||
| New Zealand Geographic | 1 | |||
| Plant and Food Research | 4 | 1 | ||
| Te Wananga-o-Raukawa | 1 | |||
| The University of Auckland | 95 | 7 | ||
| Unitec New Zealand | 1 | 1 | ||
| University of Canterbury | 31 | 3 | ||
| University of Otago | 20 | 3 | ||
| University of Waikato | 15 | 1 | ||
| Victoria University of Wellington | 30 | 6 | ||
| Zealandia | 1 | |||
| Grand Total | 218 | 13 | 8 | 30 |
Ethnicity and diversity across application and recommended Fellows
|
Applications (number) |
Applications (% of total) |
Number of recommended Fellows |
Percent of recommended Fellows |
|
|
Māori |
20 |
8.4% |
8 |
26.7% |
|
Pacific Peoples |
9 |
3.8% |
4 |
13.3% |
|
Female |
141 |
59.0% |
18 |
60% |
|
Total applications |
239 |
|
30 |
|
Research category across application and recommended Fellows
|
Applications (number) |
Applications (% of total) |
Fellows (number) |
Fellows (% of total) |
|
|
Humanities and Social Sciences |
75 |
31.4% |
14 |
46.7% |
|
Life Sciences |
94 |
39.3% |
5 |
16.7% |
|
Physical Sciences, Engineering, and Mathematics |
70 |
29.3% |
11 |
36.7% |
|
Total |
239 |
30 |
|