The Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC) is offering Pacific Emerging Researcher First Grant in New Zealand. Each award is limited to a maximum of $250,000 over a maximum of three years.
The primary role of Pacific health research is to generate knowledge and understanding of Pacific peoples that will improve their health outcomes
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( votes)The Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC) is a Crown agency of the New Zealand Government. It is responsible for managing the government’s investment in health research for the public good.
Course Level: Grants are available for pursuing research programme.
Study Subject: Grants are awarded in the field of health research.
Scholarship Award: Each award is limited to a maximum of $250,000 over a maximum of three years.
Scholarship can be taken in New Zealand
Eligibility: Applicants are eligible if they:
- Applicants should be New Zealand citizens or hold residency in New Zealand at the time of the application, and be of indigenous Pacific descent.
- Have not previously held a competitive research grant as a first Named Investigator for research expenses of ?$100,000 from any source at the time of assessment (including institutional or internal funding), not at the time of application. Scholarship and fellowship stipends are not included, provided they do not exceed the $100,000 expenses threshold.
- Normally no more than 6 years from attaining a most recent postgraduate degree, but this period could be greater for parental leave, caring responsibilities, career breaks, ill health or other justified reasons.
- Are developing an independent research stream.
- Are not studying for a PhD degree.
- Justify how they fit the definition of emerging researcher as defined above. The HRC reserves the right to accept the assessment of the assessing committee
Nationality: New Zealand citizens are eligible to apply.
College Admission Requirement
Entrance Requirement: Applicants must have previous degree.
How to Apply: This form must be downloaded and completed by applicants before being uploaded to the HRC Gateway as a pdf file. The complete application with all Modules will be generated by the HRC Gateway for downloading and printing.
Application Deadline: The application deadline is July 5, 2017.
