Investment

Plant & Food Research receives funding from four major sources – commercial contracts, contestable government funding, the New Zealand CRI Capability Fund and commercialisation activities such as royalties.

Our most significant source of contestable funding comes from the Foundation for Research Science and Technology, the administrators of the New Zealand government’s science and technology investment. We are involved in over 50 Foundation-funded research projects, in association with commercial partners, Universities and other Crown Research Institutes.

We are also involved with research projects funded through the MAF Sustainable Farming Fund, the International Science & Technology Linkages Fund and the European Seventh Framework Programme (FP7).

Plant & Food Research works closely with industry bodies, such as Horticulture New Zealand, MAF Biosecurity and Horticulture Australia Limited, to identify and develop research programmes applicable across the horticultural industry. In addition, we are a major research provider to sector and grower organisations in New Zealand and internationally.

We provide research services for a number of scientific and commercial partners, on a fee-for-service basis or through collaborative agreements. We also receive royalties and licensing fees through the commercialisation of our science, such as proprietary cultivars and other IP.