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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
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 1: The percentage of responding Principal Investigators identifying as Māori in the Marsden Fund for the 2022 round.

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Figure 2: The percentage of responding Principal Investigators identifying as Female in the Marsden Fund for the 2022 round.

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