Government will wait and see on long-term Horizon Europe future

Horizon Europe is looking for lessons learnt from Christchurch’s red zone. (Image: NZME)

Tue, 16 Dec 2025

The New Zealand Government will need to decide if it will back its enthusiasm with more funding if it wants to stay in the Horizon Europe programme for the long haul.In 2023, NZ was the first industrialised country outside Europe to take part in the flagship science funding programme, which has a total budget of €95.5 billion (NZ$192.8b) for 2021 to 2027.In contrast to NZ’s flatlining public science funding, the European Commission (EC) is now looking to almost double Horizon Europe’s 2028/34 budget to €175b.It will also b...

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