- $1.96亿用于政府研究所（Crown Research Institutes）
- $1.5亿用于研发贷款计划
- $3300万用于毛利研究和开发机会
- $1200万用于国家珍贵生物收藏和数据库（Nationally Significant Collections and Databases)
- $1000万纽币帮助维护卡拉翰创新中心(CallaghanInnovation)的自主研发能力
研究、科学和创新部长梅根·伍兹博士（Hon Dr Megan Woods）表示，2020财政预算以及新冠病毒响应和恢复基金将拨款$4.013亿，用于疫情后创造更多的就业岗位和更强劲的经济。新西兰的企业家，创新者和政府研究员都会从中受益。
“世界各地都在研究如何重建经济，如果没有新的想法和创新，我们就有落后于世界其它地区的风险。”部长说。
“我们的研究、科学和创新体系为新西兰提供高薪和稳定的工作，生产出优质的产品，并且帮助提升产能——所有这些都对疫情后经济复苏至关重要。”
“疫情造成了全球经济危机，然而在危机中以及危机后经济恢复中，新西兰比其它国家都处于更有利的位置。我们需要知道要如何来恢复我们的经济，从而做出明智的选择。这笔资金将帮助新西兰人稳固和创造工作岗位。”
“$1.5亿纽币投入到一个短期的研发贷款计划。这样企业可以从新冠病毒响应和恢复基金中贷款来投入到研发中。该基金是创造就业岗位和发展经济的关键组成部分。这些贷款为研发为主的企业提供及时的经济来源，来帮助他们维持现有的研发项目，稳住这些项目所创造的工作岗位。”
“研发贷款计划帮助企业充满信心，在不确定的时期保持投资的增长。”
资金计划还包括来自2020财政预算以及新冠病毒响应和恢复基金的$1.96亿，来确保我们的政府研究所得以成功，这样才可以留住我们的人才，让他们得以继续进行重要的研究。
“政府研究所的重要科学能力是新西兰应对新冠病毒和我们经济复苏的关键因素。”
2020财政预算中$3300万投资以支持毛利人和商业创新和就业部（MBIE）合作，并共同设计一项基金，以使毛利人有决定权，并在他们的研究、科学和创新重点中进一步投资。
2020财政预算案中的$1200万纽币分配给国家珍贵生物收藏和数据库，来支持对新西兰重要的收藏和数据库的保管。
新冠病毒响应和恢复基金中再拨款$1000万来帮助卡拉翰创新中心保持自主研发能力，进而为新西兰企业服务，尤其对那些受疫情严重影响的早期研发密集型公司。
（以上为简译，仅供参考，具体内容请见原文）
英文原文
Govt boosts innovation, R&D for economic rebuild
- $196 million for Crown Research Institutes
- $150 million for R&D loan scheme
- $33 million for Māori research and development opportunities
- $12 million for the Nationally Significant Collections and Databases
- $10 million to help maintain in-house capability at Callaghan Innovation
New Zealand’s entrepreneurs, innovators and crown researchers will benefit from a $401.3 million funding boost through Budget 2020 and the COVID Response and Recovery Fund to help deliver jobs and a stronger economy in a post-COVID world, Research, Science and Innovation Minister Dr Megan Woods said.
“Without new ideas and innovation we risk missing out to the rest of the world as we all look at how to rebuild our economies.”
“Our research, science and innovation system supports New Zealand by providing well paid and secure jobs, high value products and helping productivity growth – all of which will be vital as we look toward economic recovery in the aftermath of COVID.
“COVID has created a global economic crisis and while New Zealand is in a much better place than others to weather this and recover, we also need to make smart choices about what we want that recovery to look like. This funding will help secure and create jobs for New Zealanders.
“$150 million is being invested into a short-term R&D Loan Scheme so businesses can continue to invest in R&D from the COVID Response and Recovery Fund, a key component in creating jobs and growing the economy. The loans provide an immediate source of finance to R&D-performing businesses to enable them to maintain their R&D programmes and secure the jobs the programmes bring.
The R&D Loan Scheme will help ensure business feel confident to keep investment up in uncertain times.”
The funding package also includes $196 million from both Budget 2020 and the COVID Response and Recovery Fund to set up our Crown Research Institutions for success, so they can retain talent and continue their important research.
“Crown research institutes’ critical science capability is an integral part of New Zealand’s response to COVID-19 and our economic recovery.
A $33 million investment from Budget 2020 will support Māori to partner with MBIE and co-design a fund to enable Māori to determine, and make further investments in their research, science and innovation priorities.
$12 million from Budget 2020 is allocated to the Nationally Significant Collections and Databases, to support custodianship of collections and databases determined to be important to New Zealand.
A further $10 million from the COVID Response and Recovery Fund has been allocated to assist Callaghan Innovation to maintain in-house R&D capability to serve New Zealand businesses, particularly early stage R&D intensive companies that are disproportionally affected by COVID-19.
