29 August 2025
D. Gray
By email
: [FYI request #31537 email]
Dear D. Gray
Official Information Act request OIA 25.305 – Sources of Funding via NASA and USNSF
I refer to the Official Information Act (the Act) request dated 12 August 2025 for information relating to
Sources of Funding via NASA and USNSF. You have specifical y requested:
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Under the Official Information Act, I am requesting information regarding any research or funding
connections between the University of Canterbury, (its departments, associated academics, and other
bodies) and the National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA).
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I further request information regarding any research or funding connections between the University of
Canterbury (its departments, associated academics, and other bodies) and the United States National
Science Foundation, including:
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The United States Antarctic Program (USAP)
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Office of Polar Programs (GEO/OPP)
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Directorate for Geosciences (GEO)
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Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE)
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Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (TIP)
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Directorate for Engineering (ENG)
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Directorate for Geosciences (GEO)
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These information requests include but are not limited to, names of academics or researchers who
receive funding from these sources, the quantity of funding, and the names of any programs or
research projects concerned.
We note the correspondence between yourself and the Information and Records Management team regarding
the timeframe for this request. Therefore, al research and consultancy funding executed on or after 1 January
2015 until 30 June 2025 was searched for this request.
Please note that the names of staff and their departments are withheld under s 6(d) of the Act, where the
making available of the information would be likely to endanger the safety any person.
Please see attached one record of consultancy work regarding Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), which is owned
by NASA.
No records of funding for research were found directly with NASA or any of the other named entities for this
request. Therefore, this refused under s 18(e) of the Act, as it does not exist.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision. Information about
how to make a complaint is available
at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
Yours sincerely
Information and Records Management
Attachment:
OIA 25.305 Data
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