Recipients July 2024
Catalyst: Seeding
Funding round overview
| Programme | Number of received proposals | Number of funded proposals |
| General | 76 | 15 |
| JSPS-Joint Research Projects | 18 | 3 |
| Total | 94 | 18 |
Catalyst: Seeding General
| New Zealand Principal Investigator | Organisation | Project | Funding | Duration (m) | Collaborators | Collaborator organisations | Countries |
| Professor Stephen Reay | Auckland University of Technology | Immersive digital environments for forensic mental health provision. | 80000 | 24 | Professor E Loy, Associate Professor T King | Griffith University, Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka/University of Otago | AUSTRALIA |
| Professor Scott Duncan | Auckland University of Technology | Accelerating new research in active outdoor play | 80000 | 24 | Professor Tremblay, Dr de Lannoy, Associate Professor Justin Richards, Professor Brussoni, Professor Smith | University of Ottawa, Outdoor Play Canada , Victoria University of Wellington, University of British Columbia, The University of Auckland | CANADA, CANADA, , CANADA |
| Dr Esther Kim | Plant and Food Research | Food texture matters – Improving nutrition for older adults through texture preference and consumption insights | 80000 | 24 | Professor Ross | Washington State University | USA |
| Associate Professor Rohit Ramchandra | University of Auckland | Improving outcomes for patients with aortic aneurysms through multidisciplinary collaborative research | 80000 | 24 | Professor Beckman, Dr Hearon, Dr Wakeham | UT Southwestern, UT Southwestern, UT Southwestern | USA, USA, USA |
| Dr Ulrich Speidel | University of Auckland | VULGEO: Assessing the Vulnerability of the Pacific Digital Services Sphere to Geohazards | 80000 | 24 | Professor Holz, Dr Fontugne, Dr Sommese, Professor E Bustamante | University of Münster, Internet Initiative Japan, University of Twente, Northwestern University | GERMANY, JAPAN, THE NETHERLANDS, USA |
| Professor Gavin Lear | University of Auckland | A microfluidics method for the isolation of novel plastic-degrading microorganisms | 80000 | 24 | Professor C Rinke, Professor JEM Watts, Dr EE Clerc, Dr O Pantos | The University of Innsbruck, University of Portsmouth, ETH Zürich, Institute of Environmental Science and Research | AUSTRIA, UNITED KINGDOM, SWITZERLAND |
| Dr Augusto Simoes-Barbosa | University of Auckland | A Host-Microbiome Experimental System to Advance Frontiers of Knowledge in Cancer Research: A Collaborative Initiative Between New Zealand's Largest University and Harvard Medical School. | 80000 | 24 | Professor N Fichorova | Harvard University | USA |
| Associate Professor Paul Harris | University of Auckland | Combating diabetes with fast flow insulin analogues | 75000 | Professor Hossain | The University of Melbourne | AUSTRALIA | |
| Dr Jennifer Tatebe | University of Auckland | Exploring Rurality Equity: A Framework for Aotearoa New Zealand Rural Education Research & Policy | 79998 | 24 | Professor Philip Roberts, Associate Professor Schnellert | University of Canberra, University of British Columbia | AUSTRALIA, CANADA |
| Professor Mathieu Sellier | University of Canterbury | In vitro mechanical testing of clot-like structures | 80000 | 24 | Professor Verdier | CNRS (French National Centre for Scientific Research) | FRANCE |
| Dr Abhijith Ulayottil Venugopal | University of Canterbury | An urgent initiative towards recovering long and unique climatic record of New Zealand from the Southern Alps | 80000 | 24 | Dr Morgenstern, Distinguished Professor Mayewski | GNS Science, University of Maine | USA |
| Professor Geoffrey Rodgers | University of Canterbury | Real-Time Cyber-Physical Testing of Damping Technologies for Seismic and Cascading Hazards | 80000 | 24 | Professor M Ricles | Lehigh University | USA |
| Dr Mallika Suresh | University of Otago | Novel terahertz antennas for next-generation photonic radiometers | 80000 | Professor Withayachumnankul | The University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA | |
| Associate Professor Maria Stubbe | University of Otago | Understanding the stories behind the statistics: in-depth research on health experiences | 80000 | 24 | Professor S Ziebland, Dr CEK Wild, Dr AF Gibson | University of Oxford, Medical Sciences Division, University of Auckland, Victoria University, Wellington | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Dr Jessica Tupou | Victoria University of Wellington | Building International Relationships to Support Indigenous Autism Research. | 80000 | 24 | Dr Bruno, Ms Elkington | University of Alberta, Te Runanga o Toa Rangatira | CANADA |
New Zealand – Japan Joint Research Projects
| New Zealand PI | Institution | Project Title | Funding (GST Excl) | Months | Japanese Collaborator(s) |
| Dr Sophie Pearson-Grant | GNS Science | Towards Forecasting Gas-driven Volcanic Eruptions using a New Multiphysics Modelling Method | 51,000 | 24 |
Dr Marceau Gresse Geological Survey of Japan, AIST Dr T Renaud University of Auckland |
| Dr Andri Rachmadi | Institute of Environmental Science and Research |
Development of new aptamers sensor for human virus detection in environmental samples | 60,000 | 24 |
Professor Masaaki Kitajima University of Tokyo Professor Haramoto University of Yamanashi
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| Dr Jingfeng Zhang | University of Auckland | Adversarial Robustness and Privacy in Multimodal Learning | 60,000 | 24 |
Professor Jun Sakuma, Tokyo Institute of Technology |