Recipients April 2016 Call
Catalyst Seeding General
Number of received proposals: 69
Number of funded proposals: 20
|
New Zealand PI |
Institution |
Project Title |
Funding (GST Excl) |
Months |
Collaborator Countries |
|
Dr Laura Revell |
Bodeker Scientific |
Making planet B: simulating options for engineering Mars’ atmosphere |
49150 |
24 |
SWITZERLAND |
|
Dr Xavier Pochon |
Cawthron Institute |
Plankton Planet – Sail4Science: Toward a holistic, integrated eco-morpho-genetic citizen sampling of the world oceans’ plankton |
80000 |
24 |
FRANCE, USA |
|
Dr Richard Kellett |
GNS |
Faults and Cities; Finding Out What Lies Below |
71000 |
24 |
GERMANY |
|
Dr Daniel Tompkins |
Landcare Research |
Vaccine development to prevent growing impacts of tick-borne diseases to New Zealand’s livestock industries |
35000 |
12 |
AUSTRALIA, USA |
|
Professor Hong Di |
Lincoln University |
Ammonia oxidisers and denitrifiers in soil and their relationships with nitrous oxide emissions |
80000 |
24 |
CHINA |
|
Dr Andres Gutierrez-Rodriguez |
NIWA |
Integrating oceanography and molecular biology to develop an Ecosystem framework for the NZ EEZ |
77500 |
24 |
FRANCE |
|
Dr Matthew Pinkerton |
NIWA |
Radiometric sensors for measuring coastal and estuarine water quality and habitats from drones |
53030 |
24 |
GERMANY |
|
Dr Geoffroy Lamarche |
NIWA |
Building capability for in situ quantitative characterisation of the ocean water column using acoustic multibeam backscatter data |
72670 |
24 |
AUSTRALIA, FRANCE |
|
Dr Emma Jones |
NIWA |
Predictive selectivity tools to enhance sustainability of inshore fisheries |
64500 |
24 |
DENMARK |
|
Dr Andrew Vogt |
Scion |
Computer Aided Material Prediction Modelling to Accelerate Product Development |
39900 |
24 |
AUSTRALIA |
|
Dr Mathias Sorieul |
Scion |
A world leading partnership to create a protein binder: reinforcing the interface between lignocellulosic fibres and biobased plastic for use in high performance, biobased composites. |
40200 |
19 |
ISRAEL |
|
Associate Professor P Cao |
The University of Auckland |
Powder conditioning for additive manufacturing |
74000 |
24 |
CHINA |
|
Professor Paul Kench |
The University of Auckland |
Drowning islands? Physically modelling the response of atoll islands to sea level rise. |
78080 |
24 |
UNITED KINGDOM |
|
Dr Hilary Sheppard |
The University of Auckland |
Unleashing the full potential of T cells for immunotherapy treatment of cancer patients; a new collaboration between the Maurice Wilkins Centre, Auckland, NZ with the Weatherall Institute for Molecular Medicine, Oxford, UK. |
80000 |
24 |
UNITED KINGDOM |
|
Professor Xun Xu |
The University of Auckland |
Cloud-enabled Cyber-Physical Production Systems (C2P2S) |
80000 |
24 |
GERMANY, SWEDEN, UNITED KINGDOM |
|
Associate Professor Ashvin Thambyah |
The University of Auckland |
DEFINING THE PRE-TO-EARLY OSTEOARTHRITIS (OA) STATE IN THE HUMAN JOINT |
75626 |
24 |
AUSTRALIA |
|
Professor Cynthia Farquhar |
The University of Auckland |
Prioritising research uncertainties and developing core outcomes in endometriosis. |
79350 |
24 |
UNITED KINGDOM |
|
Dr SL Masters |
University of Canterbury |
Direct Molecular Imaging of Gas-Phase Macromolecular Biological Systems |
30250 |
24 |
GERMANY |
|
Dr Andreea Calude |
University of Waikato |
The Evolution of Language |
13900 |
24 |
GERMANY, UNITED KINGDOM |
|
Dr Wayne Linklater |
Victoria University |
Understanding and exploiting the urinary proteins of New Zealand’s leading mammal pest |
79980 |
24 |
UNITED KINGDOM |