Funding Opportunities
Upcoming Funding
The current funding opportunities are available below.
Download the Funding Opportunities for the period commencing 16 January, 2012 (in PDF format)
Community of Sciences Funding Opportunities Database
The University of Otago now has a subscription to the Community of Sciences (COS) Funding Opportunities Database. COS can be accessed via www.cos.com and if you access the website from any on-campus computer you can start searching the funding opportunities right away. Alternatively you can create a user name and password for off-campus access. If you would like further information about how to do this please contact the Research and Enterprise Office.
When you need to contact us
Staff are reminded that every application for external research funding needs to come through the Research and Enterprise Office. If you are not sure, please call and we will be able to advise you. All grant applications and proposals should be submitted by academic staff.
Please inform your Research Advisor if you intend to apply as Principal Investigator for any contestable funding, whether advertised here or not, at the beginning of the development of your application. The same situation exists if you have been approached by researchers at another institution/organisation to collaborate on a funding proposal where Otago is not the lead institution and/or is not submitting the proposal. Contact details for Research Advisors are given below.
University of Otago Research Grants (UORG)
Applications for University of Otago Research Grants, administered centrally by the Research Committee, are invited once per year for requests in excess of:
- $2,500 for Humanities disciplines
- $5,000 for Social Sciences disciplines
- $10,000 for the Life, Human and Biomedical, Physical and Clinical and Public Health Sciences.
Applications are considered by panels established by the Research Committee, taking into account the excellence of the research proposed, the research record of applicants and the overall research perspectives of the University. The Research Committee will give special consideration to grants which enable eligible staff to develop a research profile to the extent that they become better able to compete for externally funded grants and also to support excellence in research and scholarship for which external funds are not readily available. Grants are generally for one year but a small portion of the money is available for two or three year projects.
The Committee gives special consideration to applications from early career staff.
The application round for these grants occurs annually in around June/July. Please see the Research Forms site (http://www.otago.ac.nz/research/forms/) for the forms and guidelines.
Major Equipment Grants
The announcement of a new round is sent out electronically to the Vice-Chancellor, Assistant Vice-Chancellors, Heads of Resource Responsibility Centres and others as appropriate.
Major equipment grant forms are available from the Financial Services web site http://www.otago.ac.nz/fsd under FSD Forms (Central Purchasing Office Forms - Major Equipment Grant Application Form Word).
Māori Consultation
For information on Māori Consultation please visit http://www.otago.ac.nz/research/maoriconsultation/index.html
Ethics and Regulatory Consents
For information on Ethics and Regulatory Consents please visit http://www.otago.ac.nz/research/proposals/index.html
Costings and Consents Worksheet
A University of Otago Costings and Consents Worksheet (CCW) is required for all applications, signed by the applicant, their Head of Department/Resource Centre and their Dean/PVC, in accordance with University policy on externally funded research. You can download the latest version of our CCW. For advice on the use of the CCW to develop costings for your project, please contact your Research Advisor.
The University of Otago Policy Document on Externally Funded Research outlines both the need for and the usage of the CCW.
Research News and Upcoming Funding Opportunities
If you would like the Research Opportunities emailed out to you weekly, you can join the ResearchInfo List. You can subscribe to the List by going to http://lists.otago.ac.nz/listinfo/researchinfo and enter in your email address, your name, and then click on Subscribe. If you have any problems subscribing please contact the Research and Enterprise Office.
Checklist for submitting grant proposals
- Copy of the application (signed by applicant, and HoD/Dean if requested by funder)
- University of Otago Costing & Consents Worksheet (CCW) (signed by applicant, HoD and Dean/AVC, including copies of ethical/regulatory approvals)
The Research and Enterprise Office then obtains the authorised signature of the University for you, copies the application, and sends it to the funding body by the due date.
Contact Details for the Research Adviser Team
For further information, advice and assistance regarding anything to do with contestable research funding, please contact the Research Advisor for your Division/Department:
Division of Health Sciences
Anatomy and Structural Biology, Dentistry, Physiology, Physiotherapy
Dr Eric Lord
Tel 64 3 479 4592
Email eric.lord@otago.ac.nz
Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Pharmacy
Natalie Harfoot
Tel 64 3 479 4591
Email natalie.harfoot@otago.ac.nz
Dunedin School of Medicine (DSM)
Dr Edwin Meijerink
Tel 64 3 474 7708
Email edwin.meijerink@otago.ac.nz
Christchurch School of Medicine & Health Sciences (CSMHS)
Karen Chaney
Tel 64 3 364 1593
Email karen.chaney@chmeds.ac.nz
Website http://www.uoc.otago.ac.nz/research/
Wellington School of Medicine & Health Sciences (WSMHS)
Christine Groves
Tel 64 4 918 6855
Email christine.groves@otago.ac.nz
Website http://www.uow.otago.ac.nz/Research/index.html
Division of Sciences
Kate Berard
Tel 64 3 479 4190
(Tel 64 3 479 8484 - Division of Sciences)
Email kate.berard@otago.ac.nz
A.J. Woodhouse
Tel 64 3 479 7717
Email aj.woodhouse@otago.ac.nz
Division of Humanities
Dr Elaine Webster
Tel 64 3 479 4173
Email elaine.webster@otago.ac.nz
Division of Commerce
Diana Rothstein
Tel 64 3 479 4043
Email diana.rothstein@otago.ac.nz
General Enquiries
Dunedin Research and Enterprise Office
Email research@otago.ac.nz
Chenoa Cox
Tel 64 3 479 5294
Email chenoa.cox@otago.ac.nz
Janet Kerr
Tel 64 3 479 9093
Email janet.kerr@otago.ac.nz
Lindsay Greenwood
Tel 64 3 479 8413
Email lindsay.greenwood@otago.ac.nz
