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AMAT Research Institute.  Email amat
c/- Auckland Medical Aid Trust, PO Box 29 095, Greenwoods Corner, Auckland

The Research Institute was established in 1997 to publish and disseminate literature, and promote
educational material in matters of human reproduction. The institute uses its limited budget to seek
out and promote already successful research 'outputs', rather than funding processes that may never
come to fruition.


In the current reform of the welfare state, charities are being called upon to supplement and/or
replace government  funding. The institute sees its initial role as providing direct funding for suitable
research projects, and in the longer term developing sponsorship arrangements with commercial
enterprises seeking involvement in philanthropic activities.

The Institute is currently researching the contestable nature of knowledge, especially about human
reproduction, and its inter-relationship with the cyber-revolution in science and technology. A mini
conference was held last year to explore some of the issues surrounding bioethics in relation to human
reproduction.

The institute has established a postgraduate scholarship in this area, with the inaugural award
conferred on a PhD student in 2005.  Applications are invited each year for the scholarship.  Check the
research promotion ideas for a possible development focus for the future.

AMAT has a procedure for ethics committee approval for research proposals involving empirical
research. View  Ethics Committee procedure, or download PDF (125kb)