Research and innovation system reorganised
Would reorganise research and innovation governance, funding, public research organisations, and ethical review.
Research, Science, Innovation, and Technology Bill
What's changing
- Would create an advisory council on research, science, innovation, and technology.
- Would create a funding board to decide how allocated research and technology funding is distributed.
- Would set rules for public research organisations, including their objectives and functions.
- Would rename Callaghan Innovation as Gracefield Innovation Quarter Holdings.
- Would disestablish the Health Research Council of New Zealand and set research review arrangements.
Who's affected
Research organisations, funding bodies, researchers, technology organisations, and people involved in health research could be affected.
When
This is a proposal still going through Parliament and has only just been introduced; no start date is given.
Background
The Bill says it would reform New Zealand’s research, science, innovation, and technology system through linked governance, funding, and institutional changes. It says the changes would create aligned arrangements for policy advice, funding, public research organisations, innovation, and research review.