Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

Research council, Wellington Region

Also known as MBIE

New Zealand

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Given in 2025 NZD 419.2m

Typical grant NZD 973k Middle half NZD 200k to NZD 1.0m

New grantees in 2025 22% first grant from this funder

Giving by year

NZD 373.4m 2017 291

NZD 367.3m 2018 224

NZD 461.0m 2019 288

NZD 421.2m 2020 250

NZD 316.7m 2021 150

NZD 510.8m 2022 201

NZD 479.8m 2023 202

NZD 389.4m 2024 238

NZD 419.2m 2025 183

NZD 22.9m 2026 51

22% of 2025 grantees were new to this funder 58% of grantees are funded again within three years

Amount and number of grants we hold records for in each year, which can be less than everything the funder gave. The current year is incomplete.

Yorkshire and The Humber 5 grants · typical NZD 30k

All years we hold. Grants with no recorded place are left out.

New Zealand Institute for Bioeconomy Science Limited - formerly Plant & Food Research Biodiscovery Platform 1 Jul 2026

New Zealand Synchrotron Group Limited Australian Synchrotron Access NZD 7.0m 1 Jul 2026

Cawthron Institute Trust Board Leveraging social-ecological adaptation for nature-based coastal wetland restoration NZD 300k 1 Jun 2026

University of Auckland Synthetic Aperture Radar for Search and Rescue (SAR4SAR) NZD 150k 1 Jun 2026

Te Runanga o Te Rarawa Trustee Limited Tohe te Tohe - Using water sensor networks to inform Toheroa management practice NZD 350k 1 Jun 2026

University of Waikato Improved harakeke processing for next generation textile materials NZD 350k 1 Jun 2026

Tanenuiarangi Manawatū Charitable Trust Following Māori traditions: a pathway to high value, zero-waste food products from Karaka NZD 350k 1 Jun 2026

Earth Science Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences Slovakia Weather-affected tourism in Aotearoa: Mitigating economic impact with bespoke AI forecasting tools NZD 350k 1 Jun 2026

New Zealand Institute for Bioeconomy Science Limited - formerly Scion Relocatable Harakeke Processing platform for rural economic transformation NZD 350k 1 Jun 2026

University of Waikato Enhanced CO2 sequestration from coal-fired power plants in deep saline aquifers NZD 300k 1 Jun 2026

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