Marsden awards 2012
View Marsden Fund grants awarded in 2012
| Project | Contract | Contact Investigator | Institution | Panel | Funding (GST inc) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inequality and injustice: deliberation, power and the nature of public opinion | AUT1201 | Dr Skilling | AUT University | SOC | $345,000 |
| Surviving in the Eocene ocean: the unbearable warmness of being | GNS1201 | Dr Hollis | GNS Science | ESA | $960,000 |
| Earthquake hydrology: seismic pumps or broken pipes? | GNS1202 | Dr Cox | GNS Science | ESA | $960,000 |
| Fingerprinting geothermal fluids: tracking the magmatic signature | GNS1203 | Dr Chambefort | GNS Science | ESA | $345,000 |
| Sticky or creepy: what causes abrupt changes in seismic behaviour along subduction plate boundaries? | GNS1204 | Dr Ellis | GNS Science | ESA | $895,000 |
| Making a splash: superhydrophobic spacing, symmetry and stretch | IRL1201 | Dr Willmott | Industrial Research Ltd | EIS | $345,000 |
| Imaging of magnetic vortex pinning in high temperature superconductors | IRL1202 | Dr Knibbe | Industrial Research Ltd | PCB | $345,000 |
| Do priority effects explain contrasting lineage diversification on islands? | LCR1201 | Dr Lee | Landcare Research | EEB | $920,000 |
| Punctuated evolution: is rapid morphological change linked to speciation? | MAU1201 | Assoc Prof Morgan-Richards | Massey University | EEB | $690,000 |
| The genetics and epigenetics of bird migration timing | MAU1202 | Dr Battley | Massey University | EEB | $920,000 |
| Modern analysis and geometry | MAU1203 | Prof Martin | Massey University | MIS | $615,000 |
| The good without the bad: selective chelators for beryllium | MAU1204 | Dr Plieger | Massey University | PCB | $930,000 |
| Understanding quantum thermodynamics with the smallest heat engine | MAU1205 | Dr Fialko | Massey University | PCB | $345,000 |
| Harnessing the power of business: the contested involvement of corporations in community development initiatives in the Pacific | MAU1206 | Prof Scheyvens | Massey University | SOC | $890,000 |
| Affective practice, identity and wellbeing in Aotearoa | MAU1207 | Assoc Prof Moewaka-Barnes | Massey University | SOC | $850,000 |
| Institutional change, path dependence and public transport planning in Auckland | MAU1208 | Dr Muhammad | Massey University | SOC | $345,000 |
| Testing the validity and robustness of national wellbeing and sustainability measures | MEP1201 | Dr Grimes | Motu Economic Research | SOC | $890,000 |
| Investigating the role of ozone in New Zealand and Southern Hemisphere climate change | NIW1201 | Dr Morgenstern | NIWA | ESA | $955,000 |
| Waves in ice: Will an increase in Southern Ocean storms have an impact on Antarctic sea-ice? | NIW1202 | Dr Kohout | NIWA | ESA | $345,000 |
| Interdisciplinary targeted strategy: novel approach to guide new hypoxia-activated prodrugs to solid tumours using pH-sensitive liposomes | UOA1201 | Dr Wu | The University of Auckland | BMS | $345,000 |
| Tracing the footsteps of a viral polymerase | UOA1202 | Dr Kingston | The University of Auckland | BMS | $975,000 |
| Nutritionally driven reproductive development: is the male in the driving seat? | UOA1203 | Dr Vickers | The University of Auckland | CMP | $785,000 |
| Unlocking the untapped therapeutic potential of peptide receptors to combat diabetes, obesity and heart disease | UOA1204 | Dr Hay | The University of Auckland | CMP | $910,000 |
| How does the heart grow? | UOA1205 | Prof Hunter | The University of Auckland | CMP | $910,000 |
| Resolving the nanostructure of the cochlear synapse | UOA1206 | Dr Barclay | The University of Auckland | CMP | $345,000 |
| Ready for climate change? The ecophysiology of New Zealand kauri (Agathis australis) forests | UOA1207 | Dr Macinnis-Ng | The University of Auckland | EEB | $345,000 |
| The genetics of complex cognition | UOA1208 | Dr Hunt | The University of Auckland | EEB | $920,000 |
| Brain asymmetries for gesture and speech | UOA1209 | Prof Corballis | The University of Auckland | EHB | $760,000 |
| The imaginative brain: neural networks supporting flexible future thinking | UOA1210 | Dr Addis | The University of Auckland | EHB | $780,000 |
| Novel movement retraining for musculoskeletal and neurological disorders using artificial muscle | UOA1211 | Dr Besier | The University of Auckland | EIS | $930,000 |
| Heart failure and remodelling: from images to mechanics | UOA1212 | Prof Nash | The University of Auckland | EIS | $940,000 |
| Understanding the rapid electrophysiological transition in the stomach | UOA1213 | Dr Du | The University of Auckland | EIS | $345,000 |
| Shakespeare's theatre games | UOA1214 | Prof Bishop | The University of Auckland | HUM | $535,000 |
| Recognition theory and the Christian tradition | UOA1215 | Dr Russell | The University of Auckland | HUM | $345,000 |
| Face, screen, interface: rendering the face in screen-based media from early cinema to digital special effects | UOA1216 | Dr Cameron | The University of Auckland | HUM | $345,000 |
| Toi te Mana: a history of indigenous art from Aotearoa New Zealand | UOA1217 | Dr Brown | The University of Auckland | HUM | $635,000 |
| Highly symmetric polytopes | UOA1218 | Dr Leemans | The University of Auckland | MIS | $580,000 |
| Statistical methods for complex samples | UOA1219 | Prof Lumley | The University of Auckland | MIS | $700,000 |
| Answering the hard questions: massive Bayesian inference in astrophysics | UOA1220 | Dr Brewer | The University of Auckland | MIS | $345,000 |
| Towards atomic resolution biological imaging using free electron X-ray laser radiation - the granulovirus connection | UOA1221 | Assoc Prof Metcalf | The University of Auckland | PCB | $970,000 |
| Rethinking future security: exploring the nexus between state-based and indigenous security systems in the Pacific | UOA1222 | Dr Ratuva | The University of Auckland | SOC | $600,000 |
| Ecological influences and life course impacts of bullying and victimisation for youth in New Zealand | UOA1223 | Dr Stuart | The University of Auckland | SOC | $345,000 |
| Saving energy versus making yourself understood during speech production | UOC1201 | Dr Derrick | University of Canterbury | EHB | $345,000 |
| Electrocatalytic conversion of carbon dioxide to methanol | UOC1202 | Dr Marshall | University of Canterbury | EIS | $345,000 |
| Criminal minds: a history of forensic psychology, 1850-1950 | UOC1203 | Dr Wolffram | University of Canterbury | HUM | $345,000 |
| Genetic jigsaws with missing pieces: mathematical challenges for piecing together evolution from patchy taxon coverage | UOC1204 | Prof Steel | University of Canterbury | MIS | $555,000 |
| Non‐classical foundations of analysis | UOC1205 | Dr McKubre‐Jordens | University of Canterbury | MIS | $345,000 |
| Overcoming anxiety: the neuroendocrine strategy of new mothers | UOO1201 | Dr Anderson | University of Otago | BMS | $975,000 |
| Recording the electrical activity of GnRH neurons in vivo | UOO1202 | Prof Herbison | University of Otago | BMS | $975,000 |
| Feeling gravity in your bones: characterising a molecular sensor of force | UOO1203 | Prof Robertson | University of Otago | BMS | $975,000 |
| Hormonal regulation of immune cells: does anti-hormone therapy inadvertently fuel cancer? | UOO1204 | Dr Dunbier | University of Otago | BMS | $345,000 |
| Mechanism of hormone entry across the blood-brain-barrier | UOO1205 | Prof Grattan | University of Otago | BMS | $975,000 |
| The role of asymmetric division in male germ-line specification in flowering plants | UOO1206 | Dr Brownfield | University of Otago | CMP | $345,000 |
| En garde! The development of a stress response in bees and its impact on learning and memory | UOO1207 | Prof Mercer | University of Otago | CMP | $910,000 |
| Molecular understanding of flowering time regulation in legumes | UOO1208 | Dr Macknight | University of Otago | CMP | $910,000 |
| How do males adjust their sperm quality in response to social cues? | UOO1209 | Dr Rosengrave | University of Otago | EEB | $345,000 |
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Cycling salmon: integrating theory and data of spatial population dynamics * DECLINED |
UOO1210 | Dr Krkosek * | University of Otago | EEB | $345,000 |
| Living in the shadow of Angkor: responses and strategies of upland social groups to polity demise in the late- to post-Angkor period | UOO1211 | Dr Beavan | University of Otago | EHB | $720,000 |
| Brain mechanisms of self control | UOO1212 | Prof Bilkey | University of Otago | EHB | $800,000 |
| Mind the gap? Worker productivity and pay gaps between similar workers in New Zealand | UOO1213 | Prof Stillman | University of Otago | EHB | $800,000 |
| Engineering optical near fields: principles and techniques for applications in sensing and lithography | UOO1214 | Prof Blaikie | University of Otago | EIS | $910,000 |
| A scaling law for a renewable energy resource: is gigawatt output from tidal turbine farms realistic? | UOO1215 | Dr Vennell | University of Otago | EIS | $940,000 |
| Ecologies of skill in early modern England | UOO1216 | Prof Tribble | University of Otago | HUM | $485,000 |
| Modelling paradoxes in non-classical mereotopology | UOO1217 | Dr Weber | University of Otago | HUM | $345,000 |
| Causality and cosmological models in general relativity | UOO1218 | Dr Hennig | University of Otago | MIS | $345,000 |
| Transformation optics: the science of cloaking | UOO1219 | Dr Thompson | University of Otago | PCB | $345,000 |
| Thermal dynamics of a spinor condensate | UOO1220 | Assoc Prof Blakie | University of Otago | PCB | $940,000 |
| Efficient conversion of individual microwave photons to individual optical photons | UOO1221 | Dr Longdell | University of Otago | PCB | $930,000 |
| Natural neighbourhoods for city children | UOO1222 | Assoc Prof Freeman | University of Otago | SOC | $430,000 |
| A new solution to a perennial problem: resolving a paradox in pursuit of ecology's Holy Grail | UOW1201 | Dr Laughlin | The University of Waikato | EEB | $345,000 |
| Toxic in crowds: the triggers of toxin production in planktonic cyanobacteria | UOW1202 | Prof Hamilton | The University of Waikato | EEB | $920,000 |
| What makes us share food with others? The role of neurohormone oxytocin in social aspects of eating behaviour | UOW1203 | Dr Olszewski | The University of Waikato | EHB | $760,000 |
| Photodissociation of nitrous oxide in the atmosphere | UOW1204 | Dr Lane | The University of Waikato | PCB | $345,000 |
| Activism, technology and organising: transformations in collective action in Aotearoa New Zealand | UOW1205 | Assoc Prof Ganesh | The University of Waikato | SOC | $890,000 |
| He rongo i te reo rauriki, i te reo reiuru: whakatauki and conservation of biodiversity in Aotearoa | UOW1206 | Dr Whaanga | The University of Waikato | SOC | $345,000 |
| Winners and losers: effects of demographic heterogeneity on individual fitness and the dynamics of marine metapopulations | VUW1201 | Assoc Prof Shima | Victoria University of Wellington | EEB | $920,000 |
| The adaptability of corals to climate change: switching partners and the role of nutritional interactions in the coral-algal symbiosis | VUW1202 | Assoc Prof Davy | Victoria University of Wellington | EEB | $920,000 |
| Will the East Antarctic ice-sheet contribute to global sea-level rise under warmer-world scenarios? | VUW1203 | Dr Golledge | Victoria University of Wellington | ESA | $345,000 |
| Tracing the evolution of radio halos and relics with next generation radio telescopes | VUW1204 | Dr Johnston-Hollitt | Victoria University of Wellington | ESA | $870,000 |
| The history of reading in colonial New Zealand and Australia | VUW1205 | Prof Wevers | Victoria University of Wellington | HUM | $445,000 |
| The tenurial revolution in the Pacific and the Americas | VUW1206 | Prof Boast | Victoria University of Wellington | HUM | $585,000 |
| Algorithmic randomness, computation and complexity | VUW1207 | Prof Downey | Victoria University of Wellington | MIS | $510,000 |
| Cluster analysis for ordinal categorical data | VUW1208 | Dr Arnold | Victoria University of Wellington | MIS | $600,000 |
| Genetic programming for job shop scheduling | VUW1209 | Prof Zhang | Victoria University of Wellington | MIS | $520,000 |
| Motivation and achievement: a study of complex relations | VUW1210 | Dr Hodis | Victoria University of Wellington | SOC | $345,000 |
| The colour of crime: investigation of attitudes towards blue- and white-collar offending | VUW1211 | Dr Marriott | Victoria University of Wellington | SOC | $345,000 |
| Investing in rural China: New Zealand agribusiness and the local global nexus | VUW1212 | Dr Young | Victoria University of Wellington | SOC | $345,000 |