Welcome
We manage the Government's investment in health research. Our vision is to improve the health and quality of life of all New Zealanders.
Funding Opportunities
The HRC allocates funding through an annual funding round for researcher initiated projects, Requests for Proposals, and a range of career development awards.
About Us
We invest in a broad range of research on issues important to New Zealand, and support the development of health research careers. Our mission is 'benefiting New Zealand through health research'.
News and Publications
We produce a wide range of publications and documents, which provide information about funding opportunities, research outcomes and HRC-related news.
Ethics and Regulatory
We help ensure all research involving human participants is based on good science, meets ethical standards and complies with best practice.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about the HRC or would like to know more about how our funding process works, please drop us a line.
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Research and Funding
These documents contain support and reference information for applicants applying for funding, as well as background information for referees and committee members.
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This booklet introduces researchers to dissemination and implementation of research, and working with mass media. It covers intellectual property, research and clinical practice, public health, changing policy, media advocacy and getting good media coverage.
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The HRC uses a funding framework for the annual funding round. The funding framework has four Research Investment Streams, as described below:
- Health and Wellbeing in New Zealand - Keeping populations healthy and independent throughout life
- Improving Outcomes for Acute and Chronic Conditions in New Zealand - Improving outcomes for people with illness or injury
- Rangahau Hauora Māori - Supporting Māori health research that upholds rangatiratanga and uses and advances Māori health knowledge, resources and people
- New Zealand Health Delivery - Improving health and disability service delivery outcomes over the short-to-medium term
All four Research Investment Streams are described in the HRC's Research Investment Streams document 2017/2018, along with general guidelines about the investment stream framework.
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The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), the HRC, the Royal Society of New Zealand, and the Heart Foundation use a common CV template, which can be used in all funding applications. It standardises the type of information asked for and eliminates the need for researchers to reformat their CV each time they apply to a different funder. This template should be used for HRC applications which require CVs.
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This pro forma Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) formalises the intention of the parties to collaborate in a research project and to enter into a sub-contract.
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The Peer Review Manual describes for applicants and reviewers each stage of the review process, the roles of referees, science assessing committees and the HRC Secretariat. The overall assessment process and the scoring system for each application type in the annual funding round is given in detail.
The CDA Peer Review Manual is specifically for Career Development Award applicants and reviewers. It contains similar information as that in the above funding round manual.
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This declaration serves two purposes. It allows Named Investigators and the Contractor to revise and update the FTE information provided when the proposal supporting this contract was submitted. It also provides written confirmation that the staff named and paid, in full or in part, from the funding provided for this contract will be given sufficient workload relief to fulfil the research contract objectives and milestones (Principles on Full Cost Funding of University Research, January 2003).
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This form is for researchers to provide information to the HRC about proposed variations to their current HRC research contracts.
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How the HRC handles requests for a review of funding decisions.
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