Innovation Associates has specific expertise in applying for and developing proposals and strategies for research and innovation funding.
There are numerous funding opportunities for research and innovation. Research, Science and Technology is a key strategy for the New Zealand Government. It is currently pumping $321 million via the 2010 /11 budget into research and innovation.
Innovation Associates offers the key to accessing the funding and ensuring that your organisation benefits from funding schemes that can be difficult to understand and access.
Innovation Associates also offers support to assist research providers (Universities , ITP's, Polytechnics and Crown Research Institutes) to create, nurture and grow new business lines based on workable intellectual property policies and effective and well managed technology transfer programmes.
Innovation Associates experience in the University and the Institute of Technology sector can be used to,
Build external research income and raise research capability,
Manage and develop strong positions in the Performance-Based Research Fund,
Recognise and market valuable portfolios of pre-commercialised technology,
Develop robust and comprehensive research policy packages.
