The Research Funding Accelerator

The Research Funding Accelerator

By Dr Tracey A. SwiftScience
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The Research Funding Accelerator episodes

  • Tapping into National Priorities
    Excellent science with impact and relevance to New Zealand underpins all funding across the country. In this episode I review the key documents that researchers can refer to in order to understand national priorities for their project and thereby improve their funding applications.
    13 min
  • Optimise Your Research Office For Future Growth

    Have you ever complained that your research office is so old fashioned, bureaucratic and compliance driven it just can't keep up with real world research?  In this episode, I explain the McKinsey 3 Horizons Framework and how you can optimise your research office functions for future income generation targets for immediate, 5 year, and 10 year time horizons.  Learn how being like the big old oak tree will not save administrative functions that are no longer fit for purpose.   

    25 min
  • The Path of the Moon: Capability and Capacity Mapping

    The ancient Polynesian peoples followed the Path of the Moon to tell them what to plant and when to plant, what to fish and how to fish.  In this episode, you can learn how to use Research Capability and Capacity Mapping to similarly guide you as to the what and when to grow your research endeavour, whether for research groups, organisations or government.  

    16 min
  • Get 10 extra weeks to write your MBIE Proposal!

    In this episode of the Research Funding Accelerator, Dr Tracey Swift reveals how to get an extra 10 to 14 weeks to write your MBIE Smart Ideas or Research Programmes Proposal by using the New Zealand Gazette Notice to your competitive advantage.  Learn the 4 actions you can take now and discover if you are Professor Ant or Professor Grasshopper when it comes to funding proposal preparation. 

    17 min

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Tips, techniques, tactics and commentary for researchers and scientists in New Zealand who want to increase their odds of winning research funding.