Benefits and Investment Opportunities

Join Us

We invite you to participate with us in this exciting project as we harness New Zealand’s world changing research by some of the globe’s most innovative thinkers as they create technologies and solutions for a world in need of smart ICT discoveries.

Benefits

Access to world class researchers and facilities
Preferential access to research
Shared IP on joint research projects
Opportunity for co-location of research
Access to graduates and interns
High return on R&D spend through matched funding – for the first $9.7 million invested by industry, every dollar is matched by the New Zealand Government.
Consortium networks
Consortium research funding bids.

Investment Opportunities

In order to meet the ongoing operational costs of NZi3, the following investment opportunities are available to interested investors:

Research $ 10,000 - $1,000,000

Research can be supported at varying levels of sponsorship:

Directing a major research stream
Project-based research partnership
Co-location of research activities
Secondments from companies to the University
Member of research consortium.

Naming Rights $100,000 to $5,000,000

Limited time agreements for the naming rights of the building, laboratories. or classrooms ($100,000 or more depending on room allocation).

Postgraduate Scholarships $30,000

These scholarships will include internships of scholarship recipients as part of the regulations.

Sponsorship of academic positions $70,000 - $150,000

Provide support for fixed term agreements for key staff eg: Director of UCi3, Research Theme Leaders and Professional Chairs.

In-kind Donations

Donations of equipment, software, services, consultancies etc will be gratefully accepted.

Endowed Chairs ($1,000,000 suggested)

Senior academic positions can also be supported by the interest from an endowment fund.