The Sustainable Land Management and Climate Change (SLMACC) research programme…
http://www.mpi.govt.nz/environment-natural-resources/funding-programmes/slmacc-research-programme
Theme 2: Mitigation of agricultural and forestry greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
Theme 2 specifically lists biochar and soil carbon as appropriate research themes. I have an inquiry placed with MPI to see if any funding was picked up for biochar research. Will keep you posted on this.
I’m putting together lists on research project ideas and funding sources. I plan to provide links to the lists via ABE. Please get in touch if you can assist or want to collaborate.
Previous posts under the Funding tag… https://soilcarbon.org.nz/tag/funding/