Previous budgets
Information on previous Budget announcements for science and innovation-related funding.
Information on previous Budget announcements for science and innovation-related funding.
This Ministerial briefing provides options for ensuring university researchers that have generated an invention have access to high-quality commercialisation support.
pdf, 520 KBIn Budget 2017, an additional $372.8 million was set aside to be invested over the following 4 years in science, skills, tertiary education, and economic development initiatives to build a stronger economic future for New Zealand.
The world's top squash players will compete in the 2028 PSA Squash World Championships in Auckland, supported by a $1 million investment from the Government's Major Events Fund.
As part of Budget 2020 and the COVID Response and Recovery Fund, the Government has announced a $401.3 million package over 4 years for research, science and innovation.
MBIE’s Commericalisation Engagement Guidelines support researchers, institutions, and technology transfer offices to navigate commercialisation. They provide helpful, easy-to-use advice tailored for New Zealand’s distinct research and commercialisation environment.
As part of Budget 2021, the Government has invested $56.12 million in science, research and innovation.
To lift the performance of the science and innovation system, the Government is working to improve commercialisation outcomes from publicly funded research.
The Budget 2023 funding package includes the Government’s largest ever capital investment in science infrastructure, support for New Zealand’s participation in the world’s largest research and innovation programme Horizon Europe, and funding to retain and develop more than 260 future leaders of research, science and innovation over the next 10 years.
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