What's at stake: The country's largest contestable science fund, the Endeavour Fund, has spent $6m less funding science projects than last year.
Background: The latest funding cut follows already announced reductions last month and in Budget 2025 to the science sector, including the four key science research funds. The money is being reallocated to part-fund the new public research organisation, the NZ Institute for Advanced Technology.
Main players: The Endeavour Fund; Science, Innovation and Technology Minister Shane Reti; the NZ Association of Scientists; the Dodd-Wall Centre for Photonics and Quantum Technologies.
The country’s largest contestable science fund, the Endeavour Fund, has had its funding cut for science research by $6m to $230m this year.
That’s on top of an already announced $13.49m being reallocated from its budget in 2028/2029 towards the new public research organisation (PRO), the NZ
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What's at stake: The country's largest contestable science fund, the Endeavour Fund, has spent $6m less funding science projects than last year.
Background: The latest funding cut follows already announced reductions last month and in Budget 2025 to the science sector, including the four key science research funds. The money is being reallocated to part-fund the new public research organisation, the NZ Institute for Advanced Technology.
Main players: The Endeavour Fund; Science, Innovation and Technology Minister Shane Reti; the NZ Association of Scientists; the Dodd-Wall Centre for Photonics and Quantum Technologies.
