Wine, honey, and a side of research and innovation cash

Wine, honey, and a side of research and innovation cash
The govt has high hopes for a research deal with the EU, (Image: Getty)
Peter Griffin
The sidebar to last week’s signing of a trade deal with the European Union was confirmation that our researchers would be able to tap into the EU’s massive Horizon research fund. New Zealand is now an associate member of Horizon Europe, which pools €95.5 billion (NZ$169.1b) from across EU countries to fund research and innovation projects spanning 2021 - 2027. While our researchers have been able to partner on Horizon-funded projects in the past, they now have the same status as researchers based in the EU and can eve...

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