Current open call
Catalyst: Seeding Kohi-tātea January Call is now open.
On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, Royal Society Te Apārangi has opened the Kohi-tātea January Call is now open. Call for Catalyst: Seeding. Catalyst: Seeding facilitates new small to medium pre-research strategic partnerships with international partners that cannot be supported through other means, and with a view to developing full collaborations that could be supported through other research funding mechanisms, including those administered by the Ministry.
For detailed information on open funding opportunities, please refer to the Catalyst Seeding Guidelines available below.
Funding Available
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Programme |
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Type |
Partner |
Application(s) Required |
Allowable expenses |
NZ$ Funding |
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General* |
International |
New Zealand |
Travel, research expenses, expenses related to hosting workshops |
Up to $80,000 in total for up to two years |
*75% of new Catalyst: Seeding General contracts must be in a Catalyst Fund priority research areas.
Eligibility
- The Proposal must be made by a New Zealand-based research organisation or a New Zealand-based legal entity representing a research organisation, unless otherwise agreed by the Society.
Priority research areas
The Catalyst Fund investment plan released in December 2024, identifies six priority
research areas for the Fund. These are:
- Quantum technology
- Health and biomedicine
- Biotechnologies
- Artificial Intelligence
- Antarctic research
- Space and Earth observations
Subject to the number and quality of submitted applications, proposals aligning with the Catalyst Fund priority research areas are expected to make up 75% of awarded Catalyst: Seeding contracts unless otherwise noted in the specific programme requirement for each sub-programme. The remaining 25% of awarded contracts can be in any field of research (including social sciences and the humanities).
Closing Date
Applications to all programmes are now open.
Closing Date: Thursday17 Paenga-whāwhā April 2025, 12:00pm Noon (NZST).
Submit an Application
- Applications to all programmes must be made to the Royal Society Te Apārangi via the Catalyst: Portal, please contact your Research Office for a URL Link to the Catalyst: Portal.
- Templates are available for downloading via the Catalyst: Portal, please contact your Research Office for a URL Link to the Catalyst: Portal.
- Catalyst Seeding Guidelines
- For inquiries, please contact International.Applications@royalsociety.org.nz