Foundation for Research, Science and Technology
Our mission:
Actively growing value for New Zealand by investing for results from research and development.
We invest close to $500 million a year in science and technology research on behalf of the New Zealand Government, seeking benefits to New Zealand’s economy, environment and society.
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Smart science underpins abalone breeding - 5 Sep 08
Thinking big is part of OceaNZ Blue DNA – the company’s goal is to produce 250 tonne of saleable abalone (paua) each year making it by far the largest abalone farming facility in New Zealand and one of the biggest in the world. Read more. -
Winner 2008 MacDiarmid Young Scientist of the Year Award - 15 Aug 08
An underwater run-in with a slimy hagfish and curiosity about the food source for these scavenging fish that live up to 400 metres below sea level in the New Zealand fiords, have unravelled secrets of the underworld and won researcher Rebecca McLeod the title of 2008 MacDiarmid Young Scientist of the Year. Read more. -
Secrets from the Ice - 18 Jul 08
The multinational Antarctic Drilling Programme (ANDRILL) project is giving the international scientific community its first comprehensive picture of how Antarctic ice shelves and ice sheets behaved during past periods of natural global warming. Read more.