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  • Scientists, take heart

    Passion for knowledge
    13 July, 2010

    It is heartening to see that despite a tight fiscal environment, the current government has prioritised science with new spending announced for the 2010 budget. Even more heartening is the focus on encouraging companies to invest in research and development with the majority of the $225 million of new funding being targeted in this area.

  • In fine company

    Good company
    25 March, 2010

    This edition of IRL Solutions focuses on the importance IRL places on having strong links with industry. As the country’s only Crown Research Institute with a mandate to provide R&D support for New Zealand industry, IRL is constantly seeking new ways to improve its level of engagement with the sectors we serve.

  • PM's Science Prize recognises HTS potential

    PM Science Prize
    10 March, 2010

    The inaugural Prime Minister’s Science prize was recently awarded jointly to two pre-eminent experts in the field of high temperature superconductors, IRL scientists, Drs Bob Buckley and Jeff Tallon.

  • NZ Institute report needs a leg up

    Biopolis
    5 February, 2010

    It is encouraging to see the New Zealand Institute wading into the debate around science and its role in the economy through the paper it released late last year, Standing on the Shoulders of Science.

  • Productive thinking

    CEO Shaun Coffey
    10 November, 2009

    While opinions on the best way forward for the world economy vary, there is one point that the overwhelming majority of economists and politicians agree upon — the undeniable link between investment in science and technology and sustained economic development.

  • Innovation: the key to improved productivity

    Early refrigerated cargo ship
    30 June, 2009

    While New Zealand has enjoyed respectable economic growth over the last few years, calls extolling the virtue of increased productivity have seemingly fallen on deaf ears.

  • R&D tax credits - a great opportunity

    R&D tax credit
    30 May, 2008

    The new R&D tax credit scheme which was introduced on 1 April 2008 has given most New Zealand industries a significant new tool for getting government support for their research and development projects.