Through the 2025 Te Pūnaha Hihiko: Vision Mātauranga Capability Fund funding round, the Government is investing in 15 projects that will strengthen capability, innovation capacity and networks between Māori and the science, innovation and technology system, for the benefit of New Zealand.

University of Waikato is receiving Smart Ideas funding for the following projects.

We received 169 applications for Smart Ideas funding in the 2025 round of the Endeavour Fund and 46 were approved for funding. We also continue to fund about 100 Smart Ideas awarded in previous years.

Details of approved funding for past rounds of the Te Pūnaha Hihiko: Vision Mātauranga Capability Fund.

Current and recently completed Partnerships and their research objectives.

This page provides information about the institutions included in the Kitmap survey, defining research infrastucture and limitations of the survey data.

In 2018 a mid-way review of the National Science Challenges concluded with the Science Board agreeing to fund all 11 National Science Challenges at the maximum funding amount. This amount was set by Cabinet in 2013 for 1 July 2019 – 30 June 2024, and brings the total investment to $680.8 million.