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Growth and Innovation Pilot Initiatives (Growth Pilots)

Growth Pilots funding is now incorporated into the Encouraging and Supporting Innovation Fund element of Tertiary Education Organisation Component (TEOC) funding.

The Encouraging and Supporting Innovation Fund promotes innovation, particularly where it will benefit learners, and stakeholders outside the tertiary education sector.

Past Growth and Innovation Pilot Initiatives projects

Growth and Innovation Pilot Initiatives (Growth Pilots) funding supported pilot projects between tertiary education organisations (TEOs) and businesses to:

  • Enhance the relevance to business teaching, learning and research
  • Nurture entrepreneurship in both TEOs and the GIF sectors
  • Promote two-way sharing of knowledge and expertise between the tertiary sector and industry.

Auckland University of Technology projects

  • Transforming New Zealand Fashion and Textile Design Capability: Value Design through Technological and Design Innovation
  • MIC/AUT New Media Pan Sector Initiative

Auckland University of Technology in partnership with the Auckland Regional Economic Development Strategy (AREDS) project

  • Building a Skilled and Responsive ICT Labour Force for Auckland

Electrotechnology Industry Training Organisation project

  • ICT in Canterbury

Massey University projects

  • Engineers and ICT Professionals for the Future
  • Design for the Timber Furniture Industry
  • The 'Design Junction': An Approach to Building Design Capability in Small Wellington Firms
  • Developing well qualified ICT professionals

Northland Polytechnic project

  • Design related to manufacturing

Otago Polytechnic project

  • Design Enterprise : A TEO/industry programme

Te Wananga o Aotearoa project

  • Maori Design for Business

The Open Polytechnic project

  • Open Source Learning Laboratory

Unitec New Zealand project

  • Communities of Design Innovation
  • Accelerating Auckland…collaborating to enhance our ICT skills base, Phase 2

University of Auckland project

  • ICT Innovation Academy
  • Enterprise Training for the Emerging New Zealand Biotechnology Discovery Industry
  • Bioscience Enterprise: Creating a Community of Practice
  • Establishing a Research Culture in New Zealand Software Development Companies
  • National Centre for Design Innovation
  • Developing an Innovation Pathway for Bioengineering

University of Canterbury project

  • Building Interaction Design Capability
  • Building a University Enterprise Culture

University of Otago project

  • Curriculum Review and Internship Register for the Game Development Industry
  • Biotechnology Sector Education Programme (BSEP)
  • Global Network Interconnectivity: Supporting Networking and Wireless Technologies Development

University of Waikato project

  • Waikato Agbiotech Enterprise Acceleration Programme

Victoria University of Wellington project

  • Creating Scientific Entrepreneurship
  • Health Informatics
  • Design led Futures

Waikato Institute of Technology project

  • The Agbiotech Innovators Academy

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