A Better Start | E Tipu e Rea
The aim of the Better Start Challenge is to improve the potential for young New Zealanders to have healthy and successful lives.
The aim of the Better Start Challenge is to improve the potential for young New Zealanders to have healthy and successful lives.
The government has invested in 18 projects that advance iwi, hapū, hapori, and Māori Science, Innovation & Technology (SI&T) priorities. This will allow for stronger deployment of SI&T investment towards communities and rohe/takiwā where Māori knowledge is practiced, and where experts and practitioners are based.
The Government is investing up to $31m (excluding GST over 5 years in He tipu ka hua investment programme (formally He tipu ka hua investment fund). The funding is for Māori-led research programmes that generate new research outcomes and expand the capacity of Māori communities and researchers to harness the Science, Innovation, and Technology system (SI&T).
Strategic Science Investment Fund (SSIF) Programmes provides an active partnership between government and research organisations to deliver government science priorities.
The 2027 Transition Research Fund ensures we continue to support great ideas from inception all the way through to the benefits they deliver for New Zealand. The fund supports high quality foundational and applied research across all disciplines that deliver impact aligned with national priorities.
The He Ara Whakahihiko Capability Fund supports economic growth by investing in and growing Māori science, innovation and technology (SI&T) by strengthening the capability, capacity, skills and networks between the Māori economy and the SI&T system.
Te Pūnaha Hihiko: Vision Mātauranga Capability Fund invests in the development of skilled people and organisations that plan to undertake, or are undertaking, research that supports the themes and outcomes of our Vision Mātauranga policy.
The Regional Research Institute (RRI) initiative established new, independently governed, private or private not-for-profit regional research institutes.
Funding commercialisation projects from publicly funded research.
The Partnerships Scheme supports high-quality research aimed at increasing the competitiveness and sustainability of New Zealand’s economy.
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