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Catalyst Fund
The Catalyst Fund supports activities that initiate, develop and foster collaborations which take advantage of international science and innovation for New Zealand’s benefit.
International science and innovation connectivity is a key contributor to achieving the Government's vision for New Zealand's science, innovation and technology system.
Catalyst Fund objectives
The Catalyst Fund objectives include:
- Targeted international partnerships maximise the impact and quality of New Zealand science and innovation.
- Emerging international science cooperation opportunities are pursued and advanced to deliver benefits to New Zealand.
- International science and innovation is leveraged in key areas, delivering benefit to New Zealand at a faster pace, of better quality, or of greater impact than can otherwise be achieved.
Research priority areas
The current priority research areas for the Catalyst Fund are:
- Quantum technology
- Health and biomedicine
- Biotechnologies
- Artificial Intelligence
- Antarctic research
- Space and Earth observation
Catalyst Fund Investment Plan 2024 - 2028
Some Catalyst Fund programmes are devolved to the Royal Society Te Apārangi and the New Zealand Health Research Council and administered under an MBIE funding agreement.
Contact us
For more information, email:
internationalscience@mbie.govt.nz
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Catalyst Fund Investment Plan 2024-2028
Global connectivity to drive innovation.
New Zealand-Singapore Leveraging AI for Healthy Ageing 2025 Call for Proposals
Proposals are invited for New Zealand research organisations to work with Singapore research organisations to develop health related Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions to support healthcare providers to deliver better health outcomes.
New Zealand - Singapore Biotech in Future Food Research Programme Call for Proposals 2025
Proposals are invited for New Zealand research organisations to work with Singapore research organisations using advanced biotechnology solutions in food manufacturing.
New Zealand-China Strategic Research Alliance 2024 Call for Proposals
The Call for Proposals has now closed for joint research partnerships between New Zealand and Chinese research organisations.
Funded projects
Recently funded initiatives from the Catalyst Fund.
- Catalyst: Strategic – New Zealand-Japan Joint Research Programme 2024
- e-ASIA Joint Research Programme 2024
- Catalyst: Strategic – Australia New Zealand Collaborative Space Programme
- Catalyst: Strategic – New Zealand-China joint research partnerships 2023
- Catalyst: Strategic – a quantum technologies research platform
- Catalyst: Strategic – New Zealand-China joint research partnerships 2022
- Catalyst: Strategic New Zealand–German Aerospace Centre Joint Research Programme
- Catalyst: Strategic – New Zealand-DLR Joint Research Programme December 2020
- Catalyst: Strategic – New Zealand-China joint research partnerships 2020/2021
- Catalyst: Strategic – New Zealand-Singapore Data Science Research Programme
- Catalyst: Strategic – New Zealand-Singapore Future Foods Research Programme
- Catalyst: Strategic - MethaneSAT atmospheric science project
- Catalyst: Strategic – New Zealand-China joint research partnerships 2019/2020
- Catalyst: Strategic – The Cyber Security Research Programme
- Catalyst: Strategic – Space 2019
- Catalyst: Strategic – NZ-Korea joint research partnerships
- Catalyst: Strategic – a collaborative biomedical science research programme with China
- Catalyst: Strategic – the New Zealand-China Research Collaboration Centres
- Catalyst: Strategic – Auckland Bioengineering Institute 12 Labours project
- Catalyst: Strategic – New Zealand-Germany Green Hydrogen Research Programme
- Catalyst: Strategic – Investment in health-related A.I. research in partnership with Soul Machines
- Catalyst: Strategic – New Zealand – NASA Research Partnerships 2023