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Recipients July 2018 Call

Catalyst: Seeding

Funding round overview

Programme	Number of received proposals	Number of funded proposals
General	56	7
Dumont d'Urville	26	3
JSPS Joint Research Project	14	3
Total	96	13

Recipients Catalyst: Seeding General

NZ PI	Institution	Project Title	Funding (GST Excl)	Months	Collaboration Partners	Collaborator Institutions	Collaborator Countries
Associate Professor Maren Wellenreuther	Plant & Food Research	Enabling breeding of indigenous aquaculture species by overcoming reproductive dysfunctions	79,020	24	Professor Kato, Professor A Elizur, Dr CC Mylonas	Kindai University, University of the Sunshine Coast, Hellenic Center for marine Research	JAPAN, AUSTRALIA, GREECE
Dr Michael Watt	Scion Research	Use of hyperspectral imagery within New Zealand forests	46,000	24	Professor Hill	Trier University	GERMANY
Dr Stephen Pawson	Scion Research	Aerial tracking of flying insects using harmonic radar to support biosecurity response operations	80,000	24	Professor BG Colpitts, Dr Sweeney, Dr Graeme Woodward	University of New Brunswick, Organisation/Employer Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, University of Canterbury	CANADA, CANADA
Professor Shane Cronin	The University of Auckland	Experimental insights into the generation of hazardous volcanic ash	80,000	24	Associate Professor Scheu	Ludwigs Maximillian University of Munich	GERMANY
Dr Tobias Langlotz	University of Otago	Enhancing Perception using Computational Glasses	60,700	24	Dr Y Itoh	Tokyo Institute of Technology	JAPAN
Professor Bart Ellenbroek	Victoria University of Wellington	Why can't I forget? Understanding the neurobiology of addiction memory	79,000	24	Professor T Shirao	Gunma University	JAPAN
Professor Winston Seah	Victoria University of Wellington	Establishing Trust in Internet of Things using Physically Unclonable Functions and Blockchains	79,750	24	Dr A Abdullah, Distinguished Professor Lin, Distinguished Professor YC Lai	Universiti Putra Malaysia, National Chiao Tung University, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology	MALAYSIA, TAIWAN, TAIWAN

Recipients New Zealand – Japan Joint Research Project

New Zealand PI	Institution	Project Title	Funding (GST Excl)	Months	Japan
Dr Quincy Ma	The University of Auckland	Advancement of Seismic Preparedness and Damage Prognosis Procedures of Hospitals	60,000	24	Associate Professor Masahiro Kurata, Kyoto University Dr Megan Boston, University of Waikato
Associate Professor William Levack	University of Otago	Development of English-language and Māori/Pacific versions of Japanese mobile technology to support patient and family/whānau participation in rehabilitation planning	46,693	24	Associate Professor Kounosuke Tomori, Tokyo University of Technology Associate Professor Kayoko Takahashi, Kitasato University
Professor Stephen Robertson	University of Otago	Cytoskeleton-Extracellular Matrix Interactions During Skeletal Development	55,500	24	Dr Shuji, Meijo University

Recipients Dumont d’Urville NZ-France Science & Technology Support Programme

New Zealand PI	Institution	Project Title	Funding (GST Excl)	Months	France
Distinguished Professor Peter Schwerdtfeger	Massey University	Predicting the correct ground states for superheavy elements beyond nuclear charge 120	80,000	24	Professor Paul, National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Professor Shane Telfer	Massey University	Nanocaged Enzymes	60,038	24	Dr Andrew Gross, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)
Dr Alexander Doronin	Victoria University of Wellington	Non-invasive POLarimetric diagnostics of biological tissues aided by Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs). [POLANNs]	29,000	24	Dr Tatiana Novikova, Ecole polytechnique