Recipients April 2024
Catalyst: Seeding
Funding round overview
| Programme | Number of received proposals | Number of funded proposals |
| General | 62 | 16 |
| Dumont d'Urville | 15 | TBC |
| Total | 77 |
Catalyst: Seeding General
| New Zealand PI | Institution | Project | Funding | Months | Collaboration Partners | Collaborator Institutions | Countries |
| Dr Leonardo Zamora | Cawthron Institute | Molecular endocrinology applied to assist reproduction of culturally and commercially valued marine invertebrate species | 80,000 | 24 | Professor Cummins | University of the Sunshine Coast | AUSTRALIA |
| Associate Professor Susanne Roehr | Massey University | Strategising research on population-level dementia risk reduction approaches in Aotearoa New Zealand and internationally | 80,000 | 24 | Dr SJ Walsh, Dr E Ma'u, Professor K Anstey | University of Cambridge, University of Auckland, UNSW Sydney | UNITED KINGDOM, AUSTRALIA |
| Dr Chris Tanner | National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd | Predicting the catchment-scale impacts of constructed wetlands on stream water quality | 80,000 | 24 | Associate Professor Wu and Dr Bieger, Mr Gertz | Aarhus University, SEGES Innovation P/S | DENMARK |
| Dr Jing Yang | National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd | Hydrological forecasting for sustainable water management | 80,000 | 24 | Professor Oki | The University of Tokyo | JAPAN |
| Dr Paul Franklin | National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd | Cross-Tasman excellence in fish passage and screening research and practice | 80,000 | 24 | Professor Baumgartner, Dr Boys, Mr Marsden | Charles Sturt University , New South Wales Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development , Australasian Fish Passage Services | AUSTRALIA |
| Dr Gonzalo Avila | Plant and Food Research | Developing New Zealand’s climate-resilient integrated pest management strategy against fall armyworm | 80,000 | 24 | Dr Murúa, Dr Valicente | Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Technologia (CONICET) (National Council of Science and Technology), Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA) | ARGENTINA, BRAZIL |
| Dr Don White | Scion Research | Phenotyping the physiology of forests | 79000 | 24 | Professor C Coops, Professor Cao | The University of British Columbia, College of Forestry and Grassland, College of Soil and Water Conservation, Nanjing Forestry Universi | CANADA, CHINA |
| Associate Professor Brendon Dunphy | University of Auckland | Marine heatwave impacts on large marine predators: using biologging and energetics to develop bespoke conservation responses. | 80,000 | 24 | Associate Professor H Elliott | McGill University | CANADA |
| Professor Jonathan Sperry | University of Auckland | Chestnut-derived tannins as high-value catalysts | 80,000 | 24 | Professor Urban Bren | University of Maribor | SLOVENIA |
| Dr Ziyun Wang | University of Auckland | Catalyst design for selective electrochemical C-H halogenation at industry current density | 80,000 | 24 | Dr Lum, Dr Leow | National University of Singapore, Agency for Science, Technology and Research | SINGAPORE |
| Associate Professor Michael Hay | University of Auckland | Canine radiation oncology trials to enable cancer drug development | 49,000 | 24 | Associate Professor Boss | Colorado State University | USA |
| Dr Mengmeng Ge | University of Canterbury | Automated Cybersecurity Assessment Platform as a Service | 60,000 | 24 | Professor M Ali Babar | The University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
| Dr Matthew Hughes | University of Canterbury | Empowering Indigenous communities for deep-time landscape management | 80,000 | 24 | Associate Professor Tomko | The University of Melbourne | AUSTRALIA |
| Associate Professor Mehdi Keyvan-Ekbatani | University of Canterbury | Traffic demand management for more livable cities: Tradable Mobility Credits vs. Congestion Pricing | 80,000 | 24 | Professor Dr Leclercq, Professor Dr Bogenberger | University Gustave Eiffel, Technical University of Munich | FRANCE, GERMANY |
| Dr Indranil Basak | University of Otago | Mini brains in Parkinson's disease: mid-brain organoids to understand the pathology | 80,000 | 24 | Professor Matute | Achucarro Basque Centre for Neuroscience | SPAIN |
| Associate Professor Harald Schwefel | University of Otago | Electro-optic mid infrared frequency combs for ultra stable spectroscopy | 80,000 | 24 | Professor Schwarz | TU Wien | AUSTRIA |