Ngā Pūtea | Funding

2025 TLRI funding round

This year, the Open Pathway, including Pacific research is prioritising research that:

• contributes to the Government’s education priorities
• focuses on topics of strategic importance within the early childhood education, primary, and/or secondary school sectors.
• focuses on success for Māori learners as Māori
• focuses on success for Pacific learners as Pacific.

The Government’s education priorities are:

1. Establishing a knowledge-rich curriculum grounded in the science of learning.
2. Implementing evidence-based instruction in early literacy and mathematics.
3. Implementing consistent modes of monitoring student progression and achievement.
4. Developing the workforce of the future, including leadership development pathways.
5. Targeting effective learning support interventions for students with additional needs.
6. Using high-performing data and evidence to inform decision-making.

The Government has also set targets for attendance, and achievement for Year 8 students in reading, writing, and mathematics. The Government’s Māori Education Action plan is available here.

For further information and guidance in the application process, please select the funding criteria you are interested in below.