New Zealand Research Information System

About NZRIS

The NZRIS database provides data about funded research in New Zealand. Access to the database is open to everyone; students, members of the public, media, government, businesses, and of course, the research community itself.

Over time, NZRIS will provide:

• a more comprehensive picture of what research is being undertaken
• greater visibility of New Zealand’s science, innovation, and technology sectors
• improvements in the collection and re-use of data across the sector
• a single-source of data about the system that can inform policy and investment decisions
• information about opportunities and gaps in the system that can be leveraged to develop new products and services

NZRIS is helping to create common data standards, reduce the reporting burden, simplify administration, and enable the re-use of data. And to help ensure NZRIS benefits all participants and users, ongoing development of NZRIS by MBIE’s NZRIS programme team will be underpinned by a commitment to collaborate with the Research, Science and Innovation sector, including the Māori research community.

How NZRIS works

NZRIS is a technology solution that allows data to be held in one place and be presented in a way that is user-friendly and manageable.

NZRIS contains:

• data about funding and other resources that enable research to happen. This data generally includes the name of the research fund or other resource, its purpose, how it is being distributed, and who it is distributed to
• data about the research activity itself. This data generally includes the name of the project and outputs. 

This data is provided by organisations that fund research and organisations that undertake research and will include the names of organisations and individuals involved.

More information

New Zealand Research Information System(external link)

Email: nzris@mbie.govt.nz