Open and upcoming science and innovation funding opportunities
View current and upcoming funding and investment opportunities.
View current and upcoming funding and investment opportunities.
Informed by advice from the Prime Minister’s Science, Innovation and Technology Advisory Council, the Plan provides a 10-year direction for sustained investment toward opportunities with the greatest potential to drive economic growth and long-term prosperity and identifies research areas where New Zealand can lead, building on existing strengths that provide a competitive edge.
Take a look at some of the research that contributed to New Zealand’s COVID-19 response.
MBIE’s COVID-19 Research database gives visibility on how the sector is supporting the pandemic-related research undertaken by New Zealand’s research, science, and innovation sector.
Our Investment Management System (IMS) portal is a secure online system that lets applicants view, edit and submit funding applications.
We use a range of funding and support programmes to invest the majority of our science and innovation funds. Each programme is supported with comprehensive documentation covering application and assessment details.
We are inviting proposals for the Transition Research Fund 2027 Programmes mechanism. The focus is on supporting larger, ambitious, multi-year research programmes that bring together collaborative, interdisciplinary teams to address complex challenges and deliver impact for New Zealand.
The 2027 Transition Research Fund (the Fund) is a core component of the reformed Science, Innovation and Technology (SI&T) system. It responds to the direction set in the Science Investment Plan (SIP) and the investment principles and national priorities for the SI&T System.
This page describes the research, science and innovation system, its objectives and the role of regulation in the system. It lists the main statutes and changes to regulation either planned or in progress.
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