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Innovation
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Innovation Services offers grants, tax incentives, and startup support to help you seize new opportunities and drive innovation. From nurturing future talent to R&D initiatives to taking world-leading innovations to market, we're here to provide the funding or assist you in finding it.

Products and Services

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New to R&D Grant

Funding to grow your core R&D skills and knowledge, and lay the foundations for long-term success.
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R&D Career Grants

Pay it forward. Kick off someone's R&D career and we'll help with the costs.
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R&D Experience Grants

Add Capability, Not Cost. Grants available for employing interns to your R&D operation.
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R&D Tax Incentive

Claim a 15% tax credit on your eligible research and development costs, with free tailored support from our dedicated team.
Fund Arohia new
Ārohia Trailblazer Grant

Funding for the game-changers, to take those vital final steps to market, and keep creating opportunities for other innovators in Aotearoa.
Founder and Startup Support Programme
Startup and Founder Support

Turbo-charge your startup with accelerators and other growth programmes, delivered by trusted partners, and part-funded by Callaghan Innovation.

Supported Aotearoa New Zealand's innovators:

7,800 +
New Zealand businesses as customers
1,100 +
Participants in innovation skills programmes for customers
$ 1.1 b+
Delivered in research & development funding
$ 5 b+
Research & development supported through tax incentives

News and updates

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Media release
28 Oct 2025 RDTI: Backing businesses and boosting R&D

A little over five years ago, the Research & Development Tax Incentive (RDTI) was introduced. Its intention was to incentivise business R&D activity, which would lead to economic growth for New Zealand.

Customer story
28 Jan 2025 Zenno: pioneering superconducting magnets for space movement

The past decade has seen a dramatic increase in the number of space launches and objects now in orbit around our planet. New Astronautics businesses are disrupting away from traditional business models and modes of operations, whilst taking on the industry’s growing challenges of sustainability and cost management.

Customer story
16 Jan 2025 EMROD: Reimagining the movement of energy

EMROD is researching, developing, and implementing cutting-edge long-range wireless power transfer technology. They have developed a proprietary system for safely sending large amounts of power over long distances using microwave energy - also known as power-beaming. Their technology has the potential to revolutionise power grids globally, connect locations that were previously possible to reach, and provide power on the go.

Customer story
14 Mar 2023 Saflex Pumps: Adapting chemical dispensing tech to take on COVID-19

Saflex Pumps: Adapting chemical dispensing tech to take on COVID-19. When the pandemic hit, Saflex Pumps turned to Callaghan Innovation to help accelerate R&D and hurry new cleaning and sanitation technology to market.

Media release
07 Dec 2022 New research and development grant to help Kiwi businesses build R&D skills open for applications

In a bid to help Kiwi businesses who are just starting out on their R&D journey, Callaghan Innovation has introduced the New to R&D Grant.

Customer story
14 Oct 2021 Seequent: Seeing success after seeing below the surface

With support from Callaghan Innovation, 3D geological modelling software business Seequent attained the elusive ‘unicorn’ status back in 2021. And things aren’t slowing down.

Customer story
30 Sep 2021 Biotelliga: Helping feed the world without harmful chemicals

Minimal environmental impact, maximal crop yields. Biotelliga’s natural agricultural crop protection technologies, developed with the help of Callaghan Innovation, are the answer to reducing the reliance on harmful chemicals.

Customer story
12 Jul 2021 Partly: Driving change in the auto parts industry

Digitally disrupting the $1. 9 trillion auto parts market sounds tough. But Partly, with support from Callaghan Innovation, is doing just that with their global platform for replacement parts.

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