Keep up to date with news and events from across the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE).

Our Investment Management System (IMS) portal is a secure online system that lets applicants view, edit and submit funding applications.

The Science System Advisory Group members have been appointed and have begun discussing their work programme.

In July 2021 Bragato Research Institute received $5 million (excl GST) for a Future Winegrowing Platform to support the transition to be a financially self-sustaining research institute over a 2 year period from July 2021 to June 2023.

In 2015 Bragato Research Institute received $12.5 million (excl GST) to establish and build a Blenheim-based research institute over a 5.5 year period from June 2017 to December 2022.

In a first for New Zealand, research hardware is on its way to the International Space Station.

Strategic Science Investment Fund (SSIF) Programmes provides an active partnership between government and research organisations to deliver government science priorities.

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).

Government today announced a review into New Zealand’s national weather forecasting system, known as Project Hau Nuku.

Listen to New Zealand researchers share their personal career journey and thoughts on what progress has been made to promote diversity and what more can be done.