What this funding is for
The R&D Career Grant helps you hire a master's or PhD graduate to work on a research and development project in your business.
You can use the funding to:
- employ a graduate in a full-time R&D role for six months
- build your team's R&D skills and knowledge
- bring new skills and ideas into your business
- support the delivery of an R&D project.
Graduates can come from a range of disciplines, including science, technology, engineering, design, and business.
- Type
- Grant
- Amount
- Contribution towards six months of a graduate’s salary. Up to $30,000 for a master’s graduate. Up to $35,000 for a PhD graduate
- Co-funding
- No
- How it's allocated
- Funding is allocated on a first come, first served basis
- Availability
- Open, set dates apply
- Application effort
- Moderate effort, four to 12 hours
Who this funding is for
This grant is for businesses that want to grow their research and development capability by hiring a master's or PhD graduate.
Your business must have an R&D project for the graduate to work on and be able to supervise them during the placement.
- Business type
- Companies, limited partnerships, and Māori organisations
- Business size
- Any, must have at least one R&D full-time employee (FTE)
- Business stage
- Businesses already doing R&D
- Business goal
- Develop new products, services, or technology
What to know before you apply
Your business must be able to carry out the R&D project and supervise the graduate during their placement.
Some government-owned organisations are not eligible.
Apply to MBIE for the R&D Career Grant
Find out if you're eligible and apply to Innovation Services on business.govt.nz.
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