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.
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The aim of the Better Start Challenge is to improve the potential for young New Zealanders to have healthy and successful lives.
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.
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.
The Partnerships Scheme supports high-quality research aimed at increasing the competitiveness and sustainability of New Zealand’s economy.
All essential documents can be found in the table below.
The 11 National Science Challenges focus science investment on issues that matter to all New Zealanders.
MBIE has announced the 4 successful proposals for the 2025 Catalyst: Strategic investment under the New Zealand – Singapore Biotech In Future Foods Research Programme.
MBIE has announced the 3 successful proposals for the Catalyst: Strategic investment under the New Zealand-Singapore Leveraging AI for Healthy Ageing 2025.
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