Research Support
Active Research Essentials
Welcome to the BioHeritage National Science Challenge! The BioHeritage National Science Challenge is just one of 11 National Science Challenges (NSCs), but we like to think we did things a little bit differently. Take a look at how we set up our research and see if our approach might work for you.
1. Logic Frameworks
We changed a lot of things but there was logic to our madness. In fact, there was an astounding amount of work put in by a variety of knowledgeable people to make this happen. You can click the following links if you’d like to peek under the lid at our logic frameworks for the National Science Challenge or Ngā Rākau Taketake mahi (work).
2. Contestable Funding
No, was no contestable funding! We rebelled against the traditional funding model and because of this many people wondered how we put teams together. We want to be as transparent as possible about this process so please click here to read how we built the ‘right teams’, and how you can too.
3. Scoping process timeline
Because we were breaking the mould in Tranche 2, setting up investments took a little longer than usual. You can find a timeline of the process here, along with information about what went on behind the scenes.
4. Partnership with Māori
Working in partnership with Māori underpined everything we did in Tranche 2. This was particularly important in our investments. We believed that to create impact and long-term benefit we must adequately resource Māori to participate fully in New Zealand’s science and innovation system. You can find our guidelines for working in partnership with Māori here.
5. Equity, Diversity, Access and Inclusion Policy
This is one of the many values we held close and tried to live by every day. To see the full list of our values, inclusion policies and codes of conduct you can click here.
6. Prioritising the priorities
Of course, everything is important. And there are some important things that are essential. And there are some essential things that are urgent. Unfortunately we are able to invest a very finite amount into research and related activities, so we had to prioritise the priorities – click here to find out how we did it.
7. Criteria for choosing research leads and lead providers
If you can see yourself leading one of the areas identified for Tranche 2 investment please take a minute to read what we are looking for in co-leaders and their organisations. We are determined to ensure our values are upheld in every aspect of the Challenge, so it is vital both you and your host organisation are on board with these.
8. Conflict of Interest policy
If you’re ‘on the kaupapa’ with how we believe things should be done then the next step is to think about any conflict of interest you might have. A mere two degrees of separation in Aotearoa can lead to everyone knowing someone who will benefit from anything, so it’s a good idea to read how we approached conflicts of interest.
9. Annual Workplan template
Our Annual Workplan Template is a guide to putting together the ‘right teams’ and how to actively manage research and related activities.
10. Communications Plan template
To avoid duplication of work or the spontaneous combustion of your social licence, it is important to communicate your mahi (work) before, during and after it happens. To do this you need a communications plan – click here for our template.
11. Intellectual Property Management Plan
This IP Plan sets out how the Challenge Members managed the intellectual property arising from Challenge Programmes to maximise the benefit of that Project IP for New Zealand.
12. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
The BioHeritage Challenge had people we needed to report to, so we had Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for Tranche 2 funding, and we also had KPIs for the independent funding we received for Ngā Rākau Taketake. Click the respective links to read these.
13. Key messages for our scoping process
Read our Key Messages document, so you get an idea of the work that went on behind the scenes to get us up and running. Since our research co-leaders were a critical part of building the right teams to get the most impact, we wrote a guide to help them pick the perfect people.
14. Why get involved with BioHeritage?
When others were curious about the BioHeritage Challenge but not sure if they wanted to be a part of it, we put together a one-pager so they could discover what we were all about.
15. Summary: Operating principles, values, codes of conduct, and diversity and inclusion policies
A one-page summary of our guidelines on how we wanted our people to work.
16. Recognition Guidelines
The following guidelines were created to help our people recognise and promote their involvement with New Zealand’s Biological Heritage National Science Challenge.