Research & Innovation

Research & Innovation

Research & Innovation

R&I staff are your initial point of contact at UC if you are interested in research, commercialisation, intellectual property, consulting or business opportunities.

 
 

Nau mai, haere mai - Welcome!

 

The role of Research & Innovation is to provide end-to-end services which facilitate and support all stages of research and innovation development, from initial funding through to commercialisation, where appropriate.

Research & Innovation provides support and assistance to the University's academic staff in their quest for research funding and other support. The unit is the University's liaison with funding bodies, industry and business, and oversees all contracts relating to research, consultancy and commercialisation.

Read more about us on our vision, mission and values statements page.

UC staff: further information can be found on the Research & Innovation Intranet

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News and Features

Research & Innovation has moved (15 January 2010)
Research & Innovation has moved and the team is now under one roof on Level 2 of Geography - Psychology Laboratory block. The team's director, Dr Nigel Johnson, can be found in room 1.11 of NZi3. See our Contacting us page

UC announces multi-million dollar research investment (15 December 2009)
UC has announced two new multi-million dollar research institutes, The New Zealand Institute of Language, Brain and Behaviour; and The Biomolecular Interaction Centre. Read more

UC student named Young Engineer of the Year (26 November 2009)
UC PhD student Michael Newcombe has become the first university student to be named Young Engineer of the Year at the New Zealand Engineering Excellence Awards. Read more

Financial boost for UC teaching initiatives (25 November 2009)
Two research projects involving UC's College of Education academics have received funding in the Teaching and Learning Research Initiative’s (TLRI) 2009 funding round. Read more

Grant allows UC researchers to investigate prevention of hearing loss (25 November 2009)
A UC research team has been awarded a grant of almost $350,000 from the Oticon Foundation in New Zealand to investigate the prevention of hearing loss during ear surgery. Read more

UC awarded record number of Marsden contracts (8 October 2009)
University of Canterbury researchers have been awarded more than $7 million in funding in this year’s Marsden Fund round. Read more

UC Research Profile

UC Research Profile

The UC Research Profile is a single web source for information about research undertaken at UC. It includes detailed information on the research interests and affiliations of UC researchers, the research projects they are working on, the research groups they are part of and the major pieces of equipment used at UC - A showcase of UC research now on the web.

Contact


Ph: +64 3 364 2688
Fax: +64 3 364 2694
Email: admin@research.canterbury.ac.nz
Research & Innovation
University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch 8140
New Zealand
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