- agency
- Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) Innovation Services (transferred from the disestablished Callaghan Innovation)
- amount
- Funds 40% of eligible R&D activities and capability development, up to a maximum total of $400,000 (co-funding rate and cap continued after transfer to MBIE).
- country
- New Zealand
- deadline or recurrence
- Ongoing programme; continuity maintained after transfer to MBIE (products moved to MBIE around 1 December 2025).
- eligibility
- Helps startups kick-start their first commercial R&D project and build R&D capability over up to a two-year period. Recipient must be incorporated/registered in New Zealand under the Companies Act 1993 (or a NZ-registered Limited Partnership, or a Maori Trust/incorporation under Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993) and must not have received government R&D funding greater than $5,000 since 1 July 2019.