Recipients January 2021
International Leader Fellowship
Number of received proposals: 11
Number of funded proposals: 5
| New Zealand PI | Institution | Project title | Funding (GST Excl) | Months | International Leader Fellow |
| Dr Bruce Christenson | Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences | DEAVOLA project (DEgassing of Acid VOlcanic LAkes) – better prepared for sudden eruptions | $90,000 | 36 | Dr Dmitri Rouwet, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, ITALY |
| Mr Paul White | Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences | Human and Group Dynamics: Effects on Water Resources and Environments. | $149,020 | 36 | Dr Pierre Glynn, Arizona State University, USA |
| Professor Neil Broderick | The University of Auckland | Applications of periodic materials in photonics | $148,000 | 36 | Professor Peter Smith, University of Southampton, UNITED KINGDOM |
| Associate Professor David Dubowitz | The University of Auckland | Advanced Diffusion Imaging and Tractography Methods for Brain Sciences | $150,000 | 36 | Dr Flavio Dell'Acqua, King's College London, UNITED KINGDOM |
| Dr Simon Granville | Victoria University of Wellington | Using exotic materials for novel spintronic and superconducting devices | $142,000 | 36 | Professor Jared Cole, RMIT University, AUSTRALIA |
RSNZ Nominations for JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships
Number of received proposals: 10
Number of nominated proposals: 4
| New Zealand PI | Institution | Project title | Collaborators | Collaborator Institutions |
| Ms Charline Lormand* | Massey University | Probing shallow crystal cargoes to the demands of active volcano monitoring | Dr Nobuo Geshi | Geological Survey of Japan |
| Dr Benjamin Fortune | University of Canterbury | Self-body control based on implantable functional electrical stimulation and brain-machine interface | Professor Masayuki Hirata | Osaka University |
| Ms Sandhya Singh | University of Otago | Supramolecular Radical Organic Frameworks for Sensing and Spintronics Applications | Dr Jonathan Hill | National Institute for Materials Science |
| Dr Richard Roberts | Victoria University of Wellington | Advancing Animation Algorithms for Next-Generation Content Creation | Associate Professor Tomohiko Mukai | Tokyo Metropolitan University |
| Dr Trevor Yeow | Private individual | Development and validation of an automated structural health monitoring system for post-earthquake building safety evaluations | Professor Koichi Kusunoki | Univeristy of Tokyo |
*Withdrawn