Callaghan Innovation

Callaghan Innovation is a stand-alone Crown Entity established on 1 February, 2013. Our role hasn’t previously existed in New Zealand.

The road aheadWhen we succeed, all New Zealanders will benefit from a stronger economy, higher value exports, more productive and sustainable resource use, more jobs and higher incomes.

International evidence shows advanced technology institutes like Callaghan Innovation have been successful at helping businesses build innovation capability that contributes to their growth and the broader economy.

The value of innovation

Innovation is about doing things better. It can lead to new products and services, smarter and more efficient ways of doing things and a point of difference that sets a business apart.

Our people

Callaghan Innovation is a team of about 400 researchers, scientists, engineers, technologists, business people investment managers and account managers, working across the country.

We connect businesses with research organisations across the innovation system: offering the expertise and facilities they need; operating our own research and technology laboratories and specialist equipment; and managing more than $140 million a year in government funding and grants to support business innovation and capability building.

Who we work with

We work with firms with an economic footprint in New Zealand, from start-ups and SMEs with potential to innovate, through to leading businesses with the potential to innovate more and grow faster. We work with business in a number of ways – directly with individual firms, through to broad collaborative projects with multiple businesses, industry groups and research partners.

Our relationships across the innovation system ensure a single front door for businesses needing innovation services, advice and support from Callaghan Innovation, other research and technical services providers and our government sector partners.

As well as businesses, Callaghan Innovation works closely with industry organisations, investors, Māori, worldwide research organisations, regional economic development agencies , and with other government agencies, particularly New Zealand Trade and Enterprise and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.