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Split funding for ‘public good’ research and development between base and contestable pools, with the appropriate balance between these pools being the subject of regular review
[Support] a ban on release or field trials of genetically engineered organisms in the environment and food production system
Provide a career for scientists no less secure than that for other similarly qualified professionals in the public sector
[Support] the use of genetic science as a tool in diagnostics, understanding of heredity, and development of medicines

Labour will commit to retaining the New Zealand: Fast Forward fund
Labour will commit to retaining the 15 percent R&D tax credit
Labour will ensure about one third of Vote: RS&T will be non-contestable three years from now
Labour has set up the Fast Forward Fund. This will grow to a $2 billion fund to support research and development in the primary sector industries, with a particular emphasis on sustainability
Labour will also give greater emphasis to sustainability in the criteria used by other state supported research funds

Discontinue the R&D tax credit and use $315 million of the savings to boost funding for research and science over the next three years
Set up a new secure funding allocation for Crown Research Institutes, made up initially from: Savings from discontinuing the R&D tax credit and the funding currently in the CRI Capability Fund
Establish an international centre for research dedicated to the reduction of on-farm greenhouse gas emissions, and fund it at $20 million a year
Reduce compliance costs and unnecessary bureaucracy within the science system
Boost funding within Vote RS&T for primary sector and food research by $25 million a year

Provide tax incentives for businesses to engage in research and development leading to export and employment growth
Focus Public Good Research funding more tightly on job growth and increased export earnings
Introduce further scholarships to ensure that we keep our best students and provide for research and development expertise
Expand publicly-funded topo-culture research through rural New Zealand
Provide improved lower cost intellectual property protection for innovators in New Zealand

Develop a National Science Strategy that identifies New Zealand's science needs and directions, resource and capability needs and international trends in the medium and long terms
Increase government funding of Research, Science & Technology (RST) to at least the OECD average
Investigate ways to increase the amount of privately-funded RST
Increase funding for health research to bring New Zealand's funding up to at least the OECD average as a proportion of GDP
Encourage national research specialisation, bearing in mind New Zealand's size, as well as specialisation by institution