Recipients January 2016 Call
Catalyst: Seeding
Programme |
Number of received proposals |
Number of funded proposals |
General |
40 |
16 |
New Zealand – Germany Science & Technology Programme |
13 |
5 |
Total |
53 |
21 |
Catalyst: Seeding General
New Zealand PI |
Institution |
Project Title |
Funding (GST Excl) |
Months |
Collaborator Countries |
Associate Professor T Parry |
Auckland University of Technology |
Disaster E-Health: A Novel Approach to Improving Disaster Healthcare |
80000 |
15 |
NZ, NORWAY, SWEDEN, USA |
Dr D Reay |
Auckland University of Technology |
Designing Better Healthcare Experiences |
80000 |
24 |
UNITED KINGDOM |
Dr B Ingham |
Callaghan Innovation |
Resonant X-ray scattering of iron-fortified milk products |
45000 |
24 |
NZ, USA |
Dr KF Smith |
Cawthron Institute |
Cyst Risk: Assessment of Risk of Benthic Life Stages of Toxic Dinoflagellates to the Seafood Sectors of New Zealand and France |
80000 |
24 |
FRANCE |
Dr LA Tremblay |
Cawthron Institute |
Managing the risk of emerging organic contaminants in New Zealand through an international science partnership |
52230 |
8 |
AUSTRALIA, FRANCE, GERMANY, USA |
Dr CJ Hollis |
GNS Science |
SPacEx: South Pacific (virtual) Expedition to reconstruct early Cenozoic climate history |
76108 |
24 |
USA |
Dr AJ Godfrey |
Massey University |
The BrailleR Project |
53000 |
24 |
GERMANY, IRELAND, USA |
Mr C Fletcher |
Plant and Food Research |
Protective microorganisms: A collaboration between Plant & Food Research and IFREMER (France) to protect seafood and horticultural industry equipment from foodborne pathogens |
72440 |
24 |
FRANCE |
Dr MJ McKenzie |
Plant and Food Research |
The impact of selenium-containing glucosinolates on human immunity |
79250 |
24 |
GERMANY |
Dr B Nanayakkara |
Scion |
Understanding Pinus radiata cambium wood forming machine for gains in commercial forestry |
23495 |
24 |
FRANCE |
Dr J Sperry |
The University of Auckland |
Unlocking the potential of an ocean-based biorefinery |
80000 |
24 |
SINGAPORE |
Associate Professor PJ Delmas |
The University of Auckland |
Development of an automatic framework for integrating heterogeneous big data: a critical step for better understanding human and nature dynamic functions. |
80000 |
24 |
JAPAN |
Dr H Ho |
The University of Auckland |
Bridging the MedTech CoRE (NZ) and Computational Anatomy (Japan) through Abdominal Organ Modelling |
75500 |
24 |
NZ, JAPAN |
Dr ACK Yip |
University of Canterbury |
Decorating Artificial TiO2 leaves for Effective Carbon Dioxide Capture and Usage |
80000 |
24 |
HONG KONG |
Dr G Katare |
University of Otago |
Novel microRNA based therapy for regeneration of diabetic heart |
73656 |
18 |
UNITED KINGDOM |
Associate Professor C Warnock |
University of Otago |
International Research Forum for Environmental Adjudication |
73419 |
24 |
USA |
Catalyst: Seeding Bilateral sub-programme
New Zealand – Germany Science & Technology Programme
New Zealand PI |
Institution |
Project Title |
Funding (GST Excl) |
Months |
Germany |
Dr G Laible |
AgResearch |
Genome editing in pigs to support biomedical applications |
11,500 |
24 |
Professor Heiner Niemann, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute, Institue of Farm Animal Genetics |
Professor C Heuer |
Massey University |
Associations between genotypes of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis and the severity of disease in cattle, sheep and red deer, both from New Zealand and Germany. |
12,000 |
24 |
Dr Petra Moebius Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI) |
Dr J Grigsby |
SCION |
Probing interfaces between plastic and natural fibre composites |
12,000 |
24 |
Dr Jan Ludtke Thünen-Institute of Wood Research |
Dr VS Shim |
The University of Auckland |
Can the lumbar fascia generate force? An interdisciplinary approach for treating lower back pain |
12,000 |
24 |
Dr Jörg Böhme University of Leipzig |
Dr G Grimshaw |
Victoria University of Wellington |
Controlled by Emotions? Understanding the interplay between emotions and higher cognitive function using electrophysiology |
12,000 |
24 |
Dr S Ocklenburg Ruhr University Bochum |