CRIs are members of the Centres of Research Excellence (CoRES) funded through the Tertiary Education Commission.
Bio-Protection Research Centre
Objective: To find innovative, natural and sustainable solutions to protect New Zealand's plant-based, productive ecosystems from pests, diseases and weeds.
CRI: AgResearch, Plant & Food Research, Scion
MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology
Objective: To build materials and devices from atoms and molecules, and develop and apply new techniques in physics, chemistry and engineering.
CRI and Crown Agent: GNS Science, Callaghan Innovation
Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery
Objective: To improve the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, diabetes and infectious disease by seeding high-risk, high-reward projects not otherwise funded.
CRIs and Crown Agent: AgResearch, Plant & Food Research, Callaghan Innovation
MedTech
Objective: To develop new technologies to improve hospital, community and home-based healthcare, and nurture a MedTech business sector to help grow the economy.
Crown Agent: Callaghan Innovation
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga
Objective: To carry out economic, cultural, social and environmental research relevant to Maori communities, to bring about positive change and transformation.
CRI: Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research
QuakeCoRE
Objective: To develop an earthquake-resilient New Zealand where thriving communities can recover rapidly after major earthquakes through mitigation and pre-disaster preparation.
CRI: GNS Science
Te Pūnaha Matatini
Objective: To apply inter- and transdisciplinary approaches to address the most complex and critical issues of our time.
CRI: Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research, NIWA
The Riddet Institute
Objective: To lead a “NZ Inc.” approach to food research targeting health and wellness, and to generate knowledge and capability that transforms the New Zealand food industry.
CRIs: AgResearch, Plant & Food Research