Science for Technological Innovation (Māori: Kia kotahi mai - Te Ao Pūtaiao me Te Ao Hangarau) was one of New Zealand's eleven collaborative research programmes known as National Science Challenges.

The funding criteria were set out in January 2014, with proposals assessed by a Science Board within the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment (MBIE).

[1] After a planning phase in 2014, MBIE approved the Crown Research Institute Callaghan Innovation as a host for the project.

SfTI was formally launched on 16 September 2015 by the Minister for Science and Innovation Steven Joyce; its inaugural director was Margaret Hyland.

[3] SfTI's research focus was fourfold: hi-tech materials; manufacturing and design; IT data analytics and modelling; and sensor, robotics and automation.