We’re here to empower our country’s many innovators and entrepreneurs, helping you make real your world-bettering ideas, boost our economy and power a better standard of living for us all, now and into the future. We take our name from Sir Paul Callaghan, one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most visionary scientists and also the founder of a world-leading business.
Callaghan Innovation provides funding and scientific expertise, promotes R&D, facilitates collaboration between researchers, scientists, and industry and supports the commercialisation of ideas with positive impact.
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Toku Eyes have developed MyKidneyAI, a platform that detects CKD using AI to interpret retinal images taken during routine eye exams. This non-invasive approach dramatically reduces patient discomfort and encourages earlier testing. This more affordable and community-focused approach contributes toward equitable healthcare delivery globally.
Callaghan Innovation is making its new AI Tools Policy available to private and public organisations seeking to front-foot the responsible use of AI tools in their workplaces.
Astrix Astronautics’s unique inflatable solar array deployment systems significantly reduce the cost and complexity of powering spacecraft while having a perfect footprint for these smaller satellites. This revolutionary system opens new opportunities for the space industry, not only providing lower-cost, high-performance solutions for satellite operators but opening up opportunities for a range of other space structures such as radiators, Antenna, heat shields and drag sails.
Callaghan Innovation and Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research are digging into artificial intelligence to develop a tool to help scientists uncover a treasure trove of soil research insights.
Callaghan Innovation is supporting the development of international AI standards to enable more Kiwi businesses to make the most of this transformative technology.
Callaghan Innovation is proud to once again sponsor the Hi-Tech award, Kamupene Māori o te Tau – Māori Company of the Year.
Zincovery has pioneered a recycling solution that reduces emissions by up to 95% and processing costs by 45%. The end output is a 100% recycled, low carbon and high purity zinc product that’s currently not available despite customer demand. Plus, the process also generates a highly valuable, low-impact black iron oxide pigment as a co-product.
Welcome to this first-ever podcast edition of the Callaghan Innovation Annual Report. This episode covers our Annual Report for 2023/24 and was generated using AI.
Supporting Aotearoa New Zealand's innovators:
A pilot AI product developed to help businesses in Aotearoa access information on government support and resources.
We put world-class problem-solving expertise and R&D facilities at your disposal, helping you overcome technical challenges and take your innovations to the next level.
Meet the experts who support businesses like yours, and the leadership that drives the direction of Callaghan Innovation.
Callaghan Innovation has launched a counselling service to support founders whose mental health is suffering due to the significant pressures associated with establishing and growing a startup.
We’re proud to support or facilitate a host of diverse events for innovators and entrepreneurs across the country. Find your next unmissable one here.
Passionate about making an impact by empowering Aotearoa New Zealand’s innovators? Explore our open roles and join our mission here.
We’ve worked with a number of Callaghan Innovation’s scientists and been very impressed with the experts’ capabilities. The ability to work with them, and to access Callaghan Innovation funding in the early days, has enabled us to progress quickly and to the stage we’re at now, where we’re a serious contender in the plant protein space.
"Highly knowledgeable facilitators who gave answers to our specific questions. Good framework to learn the ins and outs of IP Strategy as a novice to the topic. Good way to differentiate the different concepts like trademark, patent etc. with application examples.
"We were a gritty startup in the very beginning and then as the team really matured and developed, they engaged with Callaghan Innovation and it's been absolutely instrumental to our growth.
"Learning about raising capital from an industry expert with a wealth of knowledge and experience makes in a way that was detailed enough yet no so specific to be exclusive was extremely valuable to us. We could have listened for hours!
"Firstly, Callaghan Innovation gave us the flexibility to commit to development activity to get us started, and secondly it allowed us to put our money into areas that would make us successful.
"The whole way through our journey we’ve been supported by either Callaghan Innovation Project or Growth Grants [now replaced by the R&D Tax Incentive], which have been absolutely critical to our operation.
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