Leon Salter
[FYI request #15595 email]
Ref: [DOIA 2021-2414] and [DOIA 2021-2411]
Dear Leon,
Thank you for your two emails of 28 May 2021 to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
(MBIE) requesting, under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA), the following information:
DOIA 2021-2414:
“
I would like to request the number of applications made to the Rutherford Discovery Fellowships
in 2021.”
DOIA 2021-2411:
“
I am writing to request the total number of applications received to the MBIE Science Whitinga
Fellowship, which closed on 20 April this year.
I would also like a breakdown of the number
received from each of New Zealand's 8 universities.”
The Royal Society Te Apārangi manages the Rutherford Discovery Fellowships and MBIE Science Whitinga
Fellowship on behalf of MBIE.
The total number of applications made to the Rutherford Discovery Fellowships 2021 is 114.
The fund closed on 29 April 2021. More information on the fund is available at the Royal Society webpage
here:
https://www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/funds-and-opportunities/rutherford-discovery-
fellowships/
The total number of applications received to the MBIE Science Whitinga Fellowship in 2021 is 246. The
breakdown of the numbers received from each of New Zealand’s eight Universities follows:
University
Number of Applications
Auckland University of Technology
7
Lincoln University
2
Massey University
15
The University of Auckland
95
University of Canterbury
31
University of Otago
20
University of Waikato
15
Victoria University of Wellington
30
The fund closed on 20 April 2021. More information on this fund is available on the Royal Society wepage
here:
https://www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/funds-and-opportunities/mbie-science-whitinga-
fellowship/
I trust that you find the information helpful.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of my response. Information
about how to make a complaint is availab
le at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802
602
Yours sincerely,
Heather Penny
Acting Manager – Specialised Investments
Science System Investment and Performance Branch
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
