What the SMF does not fund

The SMF is unable to consider applications that may include, but are not limited to, the following:

Research	Academic costs or research aimed at supporting the attainment of a qualification. Duplication of demonstration projects or pilot studies. Fundamental or strategic research. (The SMF may pay for the development and implementation of existing knowledge.)
Reports / websites / toolkits	Costs associated predominantly with the development of a report, for example, Iwi Management Plans; best practice documents and Codes of Practice. (Proposals that include their practical implementation are acceptable.) Funding that is wholly or predominantly for the development of a website or toolkit.
Capital expenditure	The purchase of capital items. (Lease expenses will be eligible for support.)
Support from other Government agencies	Projects that are clearly the responsibility of government agencies. This includes project outputs to be used specifically for the development of central government policy. Statutory duties of local government (ie, activities which councils are required to do by law), for example, local government planning, resource consent approval, or monitoring functions.
Retrospective costs	Retrospective / backdated costs (ie, costs incurred before an Agreement being signed, or 1 July 2009, whichever is the latter).
Financial profit	Venture capital or commercial development such as setting up or developing business activities, marketing a new idea or making a financial profit. Projects that financially benefit private landowners.
Operating costs	Normal operation costs (ie, funds to meet an organisation’s ‘normal’ responsibilities for the sustainable management of resources under their control. This includes buying materials and equipment that are normally part of an organisation’s responsibility for managing their property/day-to-day business.
Other	Patents / copyright (ie, products / outputs which will not be freely available for public use for non-profit purposes). Set-up costs (ie, registration charges, legal fees and recruitment costs). The SMF will not fund the same project for more than three years in duration.

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