Xjenza Malta

Science Malta (Xjenza Malta) established by means of Legal Notice 112 of 2024, is the Malta Government Agency acting as the National R&D and Space funding agency, and policy development and implementation body, in the area of Research, Innovation and Space. Science Malta is entrusted with the updating of the National R&I and Space policy frameworks, overseeing and coordinating R&I and Space strategy implementation through programming efforts, including the direct management of the National public budgetary allocation for Research, Innovation and Space. Science Malta manages and implements the FUSION portfolio, financing research endeavours across the entire technology readiness spectrum, providing a multi-million portfolio primarily via grant-based support. Science Malta hosts the National Contact Point (NCP) network for Horizon Europe, promoting and ensuring Malta’s overall successful participation in the EU Framework Programme for R&I, and related schemes. The Internationalisation Unit within Science Malta manages Malta’s participation in an increasing number of R&I Co-Funding Partnerships, and is actively engaged in developing and expanding bilateral and multilateral R&I collaborative arrangements, including mobility and funding programmes, jointly operated with foreign counterpart bodies. Science Malta operates Esplora as Malta’s first and only Interactive Science Centre, delivering on its mission to diffuse science and STEM-based education to the wider public.