Information on the 2022 Marsden Fund round
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Information about the number of funded proposals in the 2022 Marsden Fund round broken down by research area and institution, also including gender and ethnicity data
Published on 3 Whiringa-ā-rangi November 2022
Number of applications by research area
The number of proposals by panel is given in Table 1. While overall 12.5% 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
Panel | EoIs | Full | Proposed Contracts | Success Rate | ||||||||
FS | SD | Tot. | FS | SD | Tot. | FS | SD | Tot. | FS | SD | Tot. | |
BMS | 37 | 72 | 109 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 10.8% | 12.5% | 11.9% |
CMP | 17 | 63 | 80 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 11.8% | 11.1% | 11.3% |
EEB | 33 | 63 | 96 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 18.2% | 11.1% | 13.5% |
EHB | 28 | 51 | 79 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 17.9% | 13.7% | 15.2% |
EIS | 30 | 49 | 79 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 13.3% | 12.2% | 12.7% |
ESA | 31 | 48 | 79 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 9.7% | 14.6% | 12.7% |
HUM | 31 | 42 | 73 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 12.9% | 14.3% | 13.7% |
MIS | 32 | 58 | 90 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 12.5% | 12.1% | 12.2% |
PCB | 16 | 64 | 80 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18.8% | 9.4% | 11.3% |
SOC | 61 | 71 | 132 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 9.8% | 14.1% | 12.1% |
MFC | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0.0% | ||||||||
Grand Total | 316 | 581 | 901 | 80 | 140 | 223 | 41 | 72 | 113 | 13.0% | 12.4% | 12.5% |
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
Institution | EoI | Full | Fund | Success Rate | ||||||||||||
FS | SD | MFCA | Total | FS | SD | MFCA | Total | FS | SD | MFCA | Total | FS | SD | MFCA | Total | |
CRI | 27 | 36 | 1 | 64 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 14.8% | 5.6% | 0.0% | 9.4% |
AgResearch | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||||||||
GNS Science | 7 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 28.6% | 50.0% | 36.4% | ||||
Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd | 11 | 16 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18.2% | 0.0% | 7.4% | ||||
Plant & Food Research | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||||
Scion | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||||
OTHER | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0% | 20.0% | 14.3% | ||||
Malaghan Institute of Medical Research | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||||
Motu Economic & Public Policy Research Trust | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||||||||
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 50.0% | 50.0% | ||||||||
Auckland Museum | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||||||||
Ngāti Pikiao Iwi Trust | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||||||||
PRIVATE | 4 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 25.0% | 18.2% | 20.0% | ||||
Cawthron Institute | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.0% | 0.0% | 25.0% | ||||
Palaecol Research | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||||||||
Private Individual | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||||
Māori and Indigenous Analysis Ltd (MAIA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 100.0% | ||||||||
Verum Group Ltd (NZ) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||||||||
Takarangi Research Ltd | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 100.0% | ||||||||
HistoryWorks Ltd | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||||||||
Qorox | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||||||||
Helico Bio | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||||||||
TEO | 283 | 529 | 3 | 815 | 73 | 130 | 3 | 206 | 36 | 67 | 0 | 103 | 12.7% | 12.7% | 0.0% | 12.6% |
Auckland University of Technology | 7 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0% | 16.7% | 10.5% | ||||
Lincoln University | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||||
Massey University | 30 | 67 | 1 | 98 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 28 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 20.0% | 11.9% | 0.0% | 14.3% |
The University of Auckland | 72 | 135 | 2 | 209 | 25 | 40 | 2 | 67 | 13 | 21 | 0 | 34 | 18.1% | 15.6% | 0.0% | 16.3% |
University of Canterbury | 32 | 59 | 91 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 15.6% | 13.6% | 14.3% | ||||
University of Otago | 58 | 142 | 200 | 11 | 37 | 48 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 5.2% | 14.1% | 11.5% | ||||
University of Waikato | 22 | 25 | 47 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13.6% | 8.0% | 10.6% | ||||
Victoria University of Wellington | 55 | 83 | 138 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 10.9% | 7.2% | 8.7% | ||||
Unitec Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||||
Grand Total | 316 | 581 | 4 | 901 | 80 | 140 | 3 | 223 | 41 | 72 | 0 | 113 | 13.0% | 12.4% | 0.0% | 12.5% |
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.
Investigators Identifying as Female |
Investigators Identifying as Māori |
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Principal Investigators |
EoIs | 32.0% | 4.9% |
Full | 32.4% | 7.9% | |
Funded | 32.9% | 11.5% | |
Associate Investigators |
EoIs | 33.4% | 6.2% |
Full | 33.7% | 8.0% | |
Funded | 36.2% | 9.3% | |
All Investigators |
EoIs | 35.1% | 5.8% |
Full | 35.3% | 8.0% | |
Funded | 37.0% | 10.1% |
Table 3: Gender and ethnicity data for 2022. 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 2022 round.
Figure 2: The percentage of responding Principal Investigators identifying as Female in the Marsden Fund for the 2022 round.