Posted on 19 October 2016
Requests for Proposals – Innovation Fund
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The Sustainable Seas National Science Challenge is looking for innovative projects to fund.
What is the innovation fund?
Innovation fund projects will introduce new approaches, capability, research and researchers to the Challenge. The fund of $1.5million per year will support projects up to a value of $150k a year for 2 years.
Requests for proposals
Request for proposals will be sought in two areas, those that will contribute significantly to the Challenge meeting its objective: “Enhance utilisation of our marine resources within environmental and biological constraints” and will complement the research already funded within the Challenge. These projects are outlined in the Research Plan.
The second area of proposals sought will specifically address Project 2.2.2 in the Research Plan “Methods to increase diversification in marine economies” and address how we can add value to the marine economy.
The process for submitting proposals will be broken down into two phases:
- Phase one: A short Expression of Interest, due 30 November 2016.
- Phase two: Proposals submitted in phase one will be evaluated on their relevance to the Challenge, science quality and innovation. Based on this evaluation selected Expressions of Interest will then be invited to develop detailed proposals, due 1 March 2017.
The successful proposals from phase two will be notified in mid May 2017.
Please note that researchers who are currently Programme Leaders or Project Leaders within the Challenge will not be eligible for funding from the Innovation fund.
The Challenge and the MBIE contestable round
If you are preparing a Contestable proposal which may have links to the Sustainable Seas Challenge and want to note this in the proposal please contact Julie Hall ([email protected]) so that the links between the proposal and the Research Plan of the Challenge can be clearly identified and documented.