Recipients January 2019
International Leader Fellowship
Number of received proposals: 13
Number of funded proposals: 3
| New Zealand PI | Institution | Project title | Funding (GST Excl) | Months | Collaborators |
| Dr Sarah Mansfield | AgResearch | Pheromones in pastoral systems | 150,000 | 36 |
International Leader Fellow: Professor Carl Unelius, Linnaeus University, Sweden Other Collaborators: Professor David Suckling, Plant and Food Research, New Zealand |
| Professor Mike Steel | University of Canterbury | Algorithms and software to transform genomes into biological knowledge | 142,000 | 36 |
Professor Daniel Huson, University of Tübingen, Germany |
| Dr Craig Anslow | Victoria University of Wellington |
EMERGE: Extended reality and Multimodal interfaces to Enhance Remote collaboration and their applications to medical and enGinEering Domains |
150,000 | 36 |
International Leader Fellow: Professor Joaquim Jorge, INESC-ID / Tecnico Lisboa, Portugal Other Collaborators: Professor Rob Lindeman, University of Canterbury, New Zealand Professor Mark Billinghurst, The University of Auckalnd, New Zealand |
New Zealand-China Scientist Exchange Programme
Number of received proposals: 6
Number of funded proposals: 6
| New Zealand PI | Institution | Project title | Collaborators | Collaborator Institutions |
| Professor Karoly Nemeth | Massey University |
The role of phreatomagmatic volcanism in monogenetic volcanic fields in NE China |
Dr Jing Wu | Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| Dr Zhigao Niu | Massey University |
Improving lactoferrin bioactivity in the gastrointestinal tract to deliver more health benefits |
Professor Huiyuan Guo | China Agricultural University |
| Dr Giacomo Giorli | National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd |
New Technologies to study dolphin echolocation in marine ecosystems |
Professor Songhai Li | Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| Dr Shailesh Singh | National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd |
Optimising Irrigation for Improved Economic and Environmental Outcomes |
Professor Tiejun Wang | Tianjin University |
| Professor Shaoning Pang | Unitec - Institute of Technology |
Data integration techniques for rapidly constructing food nutrition and safety big data. |
Dr Peng Wang, Professor Chen Riqing | Guizhou Academy of Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University |
| Dr Yang Yu | Victoria University of Wellington |
Opportunities and challenges: How can New Zealand firms ride the wave of China’s transformation towards a global innovator? |
Dr Yejing Huang | Institute of World Economy |
RSNZ Nominations for JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships
Number of received proposals: 5
Number of nominated proposals: 5
| New Zealand PI | Institution | Project title | Collaborators | Collaborator Institutions |
| Dr Arran Murch | Private Individual | The influence of volatiles on magmatism in the Okinawa Trough and Ryukyu Arc | Dr Kenichiro Tani | National Museum of Nature and Science |
| Mr Alex Shegay | The University of Auckland | Development of a structural health monitoring framework for use in post-earthquake building damage assessment. | Professor Koichi Kusunoki | University of Tokyo |
| Mr Chuang Zhang | The University of Auckland | Effects of processing on functionality and digestive properties of root tubers from Japanese mountain yam. | Associate Professor Yukiharu Ogawa | Chiba University |
| Dr Bianca Couto de Aquiar | University of Canterbury | What are the beliefs about coaching of Japanese undergraduate students and how are they influenced by the 2019 Rugby World Cup and 2020 Olympics in Japan? | Professor Jun Tsuchiya | University of Waseda |
| Dr Ricardo Milheiro Pimenta | University of Canterbury | Impact of sport in Japanese high school students’ experiences of enjoyment | Professor Jun Tsuchiya | University of Waseda |