with some independent public-good research-funding streams from 1992 to 2005. The CRI Capability Fund (CF) replaced NSOF as from 1 July 2005. It provided public funding to maintain, enhance, and foster current or new capabilities. In 2010, the Government provided each CRI with core funding to deliver outcomes for the benefit of New Zealand. Core funding gives CRIs greater financial certainty and comprises a significant proportion of total funding available to CRIs. List of CRIs CRIs: New Zealand Pastoral Agriculture Research Institute (AgResearch) New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research (Plant & Food Research) Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR) Scion (New Zealand Forest Research Institute Limited) GNS Science, the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Landcare Research (Landcare Research) National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited (trading as Plant & Food Research) formed by combining the Crop & Food Research and HortResearch on 1 December 2008 Another CRI, the Institute For Social Research and Development, was disestablished in 1995 after failing to achieve financial viability. It should not be confused with the UN agency of the same name. Industrial Research Limited (IRL) merged into a new Crown entity, Callaghan Innovation, on 1 February 2013. See also Kiwi Advanced Research and Education Network ARENA References External links Science New Zealand Crown Research Institutes of New Zealand