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Marsden Fund awards 2019

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The definitions of the 10 Marsden Fund panels can be found here

You can download an Excel spreadsheet of these results, including abstracts of all projects, here: 2019-Marsden-Fund-announcement-supplement

 

Project ID Panel Funding (ex GST) Project Investigator Role Institution
19-AUT-028  EIS   $      956,000  Controlled magnetic heterogeneity  Associate Professor SB Singamneni PI Auckland University of Technology
           Professor SS Babu AI The University of Tennessee
           Professor W Gao AI The University of Auckland
           Professor GVM Williams AI Victoria University of Wellington
19-CAW-002  SOC   $      300,000  Channels of influence: how does river science structure political options and material realities?  Dr MY Tadaki PI Cawthron Institute
           Dr JE Clapcott AI Cawthron Institute
           Associate Professor R Lave AI Indiana University Bloomington
19-FRI-002  BMS   $      300,000  The hidden influence of diversity within the constant region of antibodies  Dr WJ Kelton PI Scion
           Professor ST Reddy AI ETH Zurich
19-GNS-006  ESA   $      960,000  Did the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Collapse during the Last Interglacial Warm Period?  Associate Professor NAN Bertler PI Victoria University of Wellington
           Professor T Blunier AI University of Copenhagen
           Professor EJ Brook AI Oregon State University
           Professor HB Conway AI University of Washington
           Dr R Dadic AI Victoria University of Wellington
           Professor D Dahl-Jensen AI University of Copenhagen
           Associate Professor NR Golledge AI Victoria University of Wellington
           Dr RCA Hindmarsh AI British Antarctic Survey
           Dr ED Keller AI GNS Science
           Associate Professor RM McKay AI Victoria University of Wellington
           Professor JP Severinghaus AI Scripps Institution of Oceanography
           Dr LC Sime AI British Antarctic Survey
19-GNS-018  ESA   $      300,000  Solving the enigma of Tsunami Earthquakes – the underrated hazard  Dr DG Bassett PI GNS Science
           Dr AF Arnulf AI University of Texas at Austin
           Dr SA Henrys AI GNS Science
           Associate Professor K Key AI Columbia University
           Dr S Naif AI Columbia University
19-LCR-007  EEB   $      959,000  New Zealand’s truffle-like fungi - ghosts of mutualisms past?  Dr JR Wood PI Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research
           Dr AC Gaskett PI The University of Auckland
           Dr SJ Bury AI National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd
           Dr JA Cooper AI Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research
19-LCR-009  EEB   $      954,000  Debris Cloaking in Cryptic Beetles  Dr RAB Leschen PI Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research
           Associate Professor TR Buckley AI Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research
           Professor SN Gorb AI University of Kiel
           Associate Professor GI Holwell AI The University of Auckland
19-MAU-012  ESA   $      958,000  Lifting the interstellar dust veil to reveal undiscovered planets by infrared observations  Associate Professor IA Bond PI Massey University
           Associate Professor T Sumi PI Osaka University
           Professor F Abe AI Nagoya University
           Professor DP Bennett AI NASA/GSFC
           Dr NJ Rattenbury AI The University of Auckland
           Dr D Suzuki AI Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
19-MAU-019  HUM   $      300,000  Staying on the Land? Surviving the Reform of New Zealand Agricultural 1984 - 1987  Dr RE Bell PI Massey University
19-MAU-022  HUM   $      657,000  Settler Literature and Environmental Change in Colonial New Zealand and Australia  Dr PMC Steer PI Massey University
           Associate Professor T Shewry PI University of California, Santa Barbara
           Dr TR Makereti AI Massey University
19-MAU-028  PCB   $      891,000  Reinventing Asymmetric Catalysts Using Multicomponent Frameworks  Professor SG Telfer PI Massey University
           Dr JD Evans AI Technical University of Dresden
19-MAU-058  HUM   $      340,000  Knocking off: Strikes in Aotearoa New Zealand from the late 1960s to the mid-1980s in a global context  Dr TN Boraman PI Massey University
19-MAU-060  SOC   $      300,000  Exploration of Pāsifika funds of knowledge in mathematics  Dr JMR Hunter PI Massey University
19-MAU-077  SOC   $      300,000  Housing and Everyday Security in Papua New Guinea  Dr BA Andersen PI Massey University
           Dr FSK Hukula AI Papua New Guinea National Research Institute
19-MAU-082  EEB   $      953,000  Evolving to evolve: testing how history and community influence evolutionary potential  Professor TF Cooper PI Massey University
19-MAU-086  EEB   $      957,000  Can Arms Races Occur Within a Species?  Dr EA Ostrowski PI Massey University
           Professor TF Cooper AI Massey University
           Professor G Shaulsky AI Baylor College of Medicine
19-MAU-096  SOC   $      300,000  Growing old in an adopted land: Redefining 'ageing well' in the context of migration  Dr A Szabo PI Massey University
19-MAU-103  ESA   $      948,000  Turbulent killers - how do volcanic eruptions become ferocious?  Associate Professor G Lube PI Massey University
           Professor JD Dufek AI University of Oregon
           Dr T Esposti Ongaro AI Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia
           Professor JR Jones AI Massey University
           Professor M Manga AI University of California Berkeley
           Professor GA Valentine AI State University of New York
           Associate Professor TM Wilson AI University of Canterbury
19-MAU-109  SOC   $      300,000  Towards a Pacific criminological theory: Life histories of Samoan people's involvement in gangs in Oceania.  Dr MM Faleolo PI Massey University
           Professor M Chesney-Lind AI University of Hawaii at Manoa
           Dr L Tunufa'i AI Auckland University of Technology
19-MAU-145  EEB   $      936,000  Not too hot, not too cold, just right: New models of species’ responses to their environment  Distinguished Professor MJ Anderson PI Massey University
           Associate Professor WL Sweatman AI Massey University
19-MIM-002  BMS   $      958,000  Using the tumour-homing properties of CAR T-cells to facilitate targeted chemotherapy of solid tumours  Professor IF Hermans PI Malaghan Institute of Medical Research
           Professor DF Ackerley AI Victoria University of Wellington
           Dr R Weinkove AI Malaghan Institute of Medical Research
19-NIW-008  ESA   $      300,000  Quantifying melt rate variability beneath the north-western Ross Ice Shelf  Dr CL Stewart PI National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd
           Dr KW Nicholls AI British Antarctic Survey
           Dr MJM Williams AI National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd
19-NIW-027  ESA   $      954,000  Testing the veracity of turbidite paleoseismology using the Kaikōura earthquake  Dr AR Orpin PI National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd
           Dr JD Howarth PI Victoria University of Wellington
           Dr KL Maier AI National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd
           Dr SD Nodder AI National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd
           Dr LJ Strachan AI The University of Auckland
19-UOA-008  MIS   $      643,000  A new bridge between geometry and analysis  Professor AR Gover PI The University of Auckland
           Professor A Cap AI Universität Wien
           Professor M Dunajski AI University of Cambridge
           Professor MG Eastwood AI University of Adelaide
           Professor AK Waldron AI University of California, Davis
19-UOA-014  EIS   $      300,000  The magnetic myocyte: applying inspiration from muscle physiology to electric motors  Dr BP Ruddy PI The University of Auckland
           Dr YC Mazumdar AI Georgia Institute of Technology
19-UOA-019  HUM   $      523,000  Ngā Taonga o Wharawhara: The World of Māori Body Adornment  Dr NG Ellis PI The University of Auckland
19-UOA-056  SOC   $      842,000  Ka Hao te Rangatahi: Fishing with a New Net? Rethinking Responsibility for Youth Mental Health in the Digital Age  Associate Professor SH Trnka PI The University of Auckland
           Associate Professor KL Gibson AI The University of Auckland
           Dr MF Jonas AI The University of Auckland
           Dr EJ Marsters AI The University of Auckland
           Dr PP Pomare AI Massey University
19-UOA-063  HUM   $      660,000  Listening to the Voices of our Harbours: Kāwhia, Manukau and Whangarei  Dr ML Muru-Lanning PI The University of Auckland
           Dr K Mills PI The University of Auckland
           Professor JJ Igoe AI University of Virginia
           Mr GC Lanning AI Simpson Grierson
           Mr S Solomon AI Waikato Endowed College Trust
19-UOA-084  EIS   $      922,000  Multimode microresonator optical frequency combs.  Associate Professor SG Murdoch PI The University of Auckland
           Associate Professor SX Coen AI The University of Auckland
           Dr MJ Erkintalo AI The University of Auckland
19-UOA-093  CMP   $      896,000  The tick tock of the redox clock: shedding new light on the role of the lens in regulating circadian rhythms  Dr JC Lim PI The University of Auckland
           Dr RC Poulsen AI The University of Auckland
19-UOA-098  BMS   $      300,000  PHAGES AS MODULATORS OF THE HUMAN GUT MICROBIOME  Dr TM Vatanen PI The University of Auckland
           Professor F Rohwer AI San Diego State University
19-UOA-104  EEB   $      960,000  Colour blind camouflage in octopus  Dr M Vorobyev PI The University of Auckland
           Professor RT Hanlon AI Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole
19-UOA-110  BMS   $      959,000  Short and sweet: Does the breakdown of extracellular matrix sugar hyaluronan impair brain development after inflammation?  Dr JM Dean PI The University of Auckland
           Dr RN Karunasinghe AI The University of Auckland
           Professor JJ Lipski AI The University of Auckland
19-UOA-135  HUM   $      300,000  Coercive Disarmament in International Law: 1919-2019  Dr AC Hood PI The University of Auckland
19-UOA-170  BMS   $      938,000  Unravelling a clot-less link between atrial fibrillation and dementia  Dr JP Fisher PI The University of Auckland
           Dr PA Barber AI The University of Auckland
           Dr DJ Dubowitz AI The University of Auckland
           Professor GYH Lip AI University of Liverpool
           Dr CA Morgan AI The University of Auckland
           Associate Professor MWI Webster AI Auckland District Health Board
19-UOA-202  CMP   $      959,000  Why does a gene variant specific to Māori and Pacific peoples increase blood pressure ?  Professor PR Shepherd PI The University of Auckland
           Professor RAD Bathgate AI Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
           Professor DL Hay AI The University of Auckland
           Dr KL Lee AI The University of Auckland
19-UOA-209  MIS   $      300,000  Disease risk prediction using high-dimensional multi-omics data  Dr Y Wen PI The University of Auckland
           Associate Professor Q Lu AI Michigan State University
           Dr PJ Narayan AI The University of Auckland
19-UOA-211  MIS   $      300,000  Estimating animal population size in an unobservable spatial obstacle course  Dr BC Stevenson PI The University of Auckland
           Professor DL Borchers AI University of St Andrews
           Associate Professor RM Fewster AI The University of Auckland
19-UOA-212  HUM   $      300,000  Reconceptualising Chinese Language Learning in New Zealand: The Unheard Stories of Learners  Dr D Wang PI The University of Auckland
           Professor PA Duff AI University of British Columbia
19-UOA-220  EHB   $      300,000  Tired and out of control? Effects of sleep deprivation on response inhibition under low and high threat  Dr A Nieuwenhuys PI The University of Auckland
           Professor WDJ Byblow AI The University of Auckland
19-UOA-223  MIS   $      689,000  Feedback loops in climate systems: the maths of delays and the consequences  Professor B Krauskopf PI The University of Auckland
           Professor HA Dijkstra AI Utrecht University
           Associate Professor AR Humphries AI McGill University
           Associate Professor J Sieber AI University of Exeter
19-UOA-224  EEB   $      960,000  The role of transposable elements in rapid adaptation of invasive species  Dr AW Santure PI The University of Auckland
           Professor RN Johnson AI Australian Museum
           Dr RE Major AI Australian Museum Research Institute
           Dr LA Rollins AI University of New South Wales
19-UOA-226  SOC   $      842,000  Asian New Zealanders on Screen: visibility past and present  Associate Professor SR Pearson PI The University of Auckland
           Associate Professor ST Kothari PI The University of Auckland
19-UOA-255  EEB   $      300,000  The role of viruses in the spread of antibiotic resistance: Evolution through rapid, selection-free diversification of resistance genes  Dr DW Waite PI The University of Auckland
           Professor P Hugenholtz AI University of Queensland
           Professor G Schenk AI The University of Queensland
19-UOA-261  HUM   $      300,000  “We are now fighting the germs”: Recovering Children’s Experiences of the 1918-19 Influenza Pandemic in New Zealand, Ireland, and Canada  Dr CJS Bennett PI The University of Auckland
19-UOA-263  EHB   $      766,000  Polygenic and environmental markers of mental health status in New Zealand children  Associate Professor KE Waldie PI The University of Auckland
           Dr CG Walker AI The University of Auckland
19-UOA-264  EIS   $      300,000  Simultaneous deposition and poling of piezoelectric composites for 3D printed sensors and actuators  Dr TJ Giffney PI The University of Auckland
           Associate Professor KC Aw AI The University of Auckland
19-UOA-268  BMS   $      952,000  Cardiac glycogen processing: defining a new metabolic pathway in heart health & disease  Dr KM Mellor PI The University of Auckland
           Professor LMD Delbridge AI University of Melbourne
           Dr K Tran AI The University of Auckland
           Professor JE Van Eyk AI Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
19-UOA-276  SOC   $      842,000  Double jeopardy or double advantage? Ethnic women in New Zealand politics  Associate Professor RM Simon-Kumar PI The University of Auckland
           Professor P Kurian AI University of Waikato
19-UOA-278  EHB   $      300,000  Capturing the Mind in Action: Linking the Behavioural and Neural Dynamics of Cognitive Control  Dr CD Erb PI The University of Auckland
           Dr J Moher AI Connecticut College
           Dr A Nestor AI University of Toronto Scarborough
19-UOA-280  EIS   $      960,000  New pulse dynamics for the lasers of tomorrow  Dr C Aguergaray PI The University of Auckland
           Professor NGR Broderick AI The University of Auckland
           Dr MJ Erkintalo AI The University of Auckland
19-UOA-281  CMP   $      300,000  Nanoscale imaging and characterisation of bacterial phage secretion  Dr ID Hay PI The University of Auckland
           Professor T Lithgow AI Monash University
19-UOA-305  EIS   $      960,000  Getting to the heart of it: Image-based network modelling of cardiac function  Professor BH Smaill PI The University of Auckland
           Distinguished Professor PJ Hunter AI The University of Auckland
           Professor NP Smith AI The University of Auckland
19-UOA-329  EIS   $      300,000  To accrete or erode? New insights into wave (re)shaping of coastal dunes.  Dr CN Whittaker PI The University of Auckland
           Professor KR Bryan AI University of Waikato
           Dr A Van Dongeren AI Deltares
19-UOA-339  ESA   $      952,000  Geologic champagne: What controls sudden release of CO2 at glacial terminations on the Chatham Rise?  Dr IA Pecher PI The University of Auckland
           Dr JMK Bialas AI GEOMAR - Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
           Professor RB Coffin AI Texas A&M University
           Dr BW Davy AI GNS Science
           Dr JIT Hillman AI GNS Science
           Professor LD Stott AI University of Southern California
           Dr J Suckale AI Stanford University
19-UOA-346  MIS   $      448,000  Topological algebra, first-order logic, and computability  Professor A Nies PI The University of Auckland
           Professor D Segal AI Oxford University
           Professor KU Tent AI Universitaet Muenster
           Dr M Tomamichel AI University of Technology Sydney
19-UOA-348  ESA   $      829,000  Memory in the clouds  Dr GD Bellon PI The University of Auckland
           Dr TP Dinh AI The University of Auckland
19-UOA-351  PCB   $      300,000  Looking at the dark side of the proteome: how do post-translational modifications control highly disordered proteins for the regulation of genetic transcription?  Dr D Mercadante PI University of Zürich
           Professor B Schuler AI University of Zurich
19-UOC-005  SOC   $      300,000  It looks grim: The future of Māori academics in New Zealand universities  Dr TR Love PI University of Canterbury
           Professor CM Hall AI University of Canterbury
19-UOC-011  PCB   $      890,000  Understanding bacterial membrane transport proteins: setting an antimicrobial TRAP.  Professor RCJ Dobson PI University of Canterbury
           Associate Professor JR Allison AI The University of Auckland
           Dr RA North AI University of Canterbury
           Professor S Wakatsuki AI Stanford University
19-UOC-018  HUM   $      660,000  Awakening the proto-lexicon  Professor JM King PI University of Canterbury
           Dr PJ Keegan PI The University of Auckland
           Professor JB Hay AI University of Canterbury
19-UOC-021  MIS   $      530,000  Understanding the Human Experience of Intelligent User Interfaces  Professor AJG Cockburn PI University of Canterbury
           Dr Z Chen AI University of Canterbury
           Professor CA Gutwin AI University of Saskatchewan
19-UOC-023  CMP   $      300,000  Exposing the intricate interactions of membrane-bound bacterial machinery  Dr TM Allison PI University of Canterbury
19-UOC-032  EIS   $      960,000  Molecular wiring of graphene with organic films: optically transparent charge selective electrode materials for efficient solar energy conversion  Dr PA Brooksby PI University of Canterbury
           Dr NW Duffy PI CSIRO
19-UOC-040  ESA   $      300,000  Could airborne microplastics play a role in climate change?  Dr LE Revell PI University of Canterbury
           Associate Professor SK Gaw AI University of Canterbury
           Professor EC Le Ru AI Victoria University of Wellington
           Dr A Stenke AI ETH Zurich
19-UOC-044  EHB   $      858,000  Tracking the emergence of an adult proto-lexicon  Professor JB Hay PI University of Canterbury
           Professor JM King AI University of Canterbury
           Professor JB Pierrehumbert AI University of Oxford
19-UOC-053  EEB   $      300,000  Does sexual selection drive the evolution of sex-biased gene expression?  Dr SP Flanagan PI University of Canterbury
           Professor JE Mank AI University of British Columbia
           Professor BBM Wong AI Monash University
19-UOC-068  SOC   $      842,000  Issue Mapping and Analysing the Lethal Autonomous Weapons Debate  Dr JM Moses PI University of Canterbury
           Associate Professor AL Fletcher PI University of Canterbury
19-UOC-072  EIS   $      300,000  Engineering defect-free metal organic framework membranes in tubular ceramic supports  Dr MG Cowan PI University of Canterbury
           Professor PE Kruger AI University of Canterbury
           Professor GN Parsons AI North Carolina State University
19-UOC-100  CMP   $      300,000  Unravelling molecular details of protein interactions that drive Alzheimer’s disease  Dr VK Morris PI University of Canterbury
19-UOO-021  EEB   $      300,000  Battle of the body snatchers; do co-occurring parasites help or hinder each other?  Dr EJ Dowle PI University of Otago
           Professor R Poulin AI University of Otago
19-UOO-039  CMP   $      300,000  Assessing the molecular mechanism of a cytoplasmic long non-coding RNA  Dr SDH Diermeier PI University of Otago
19-UOO-040  CMP   $      960,000  Are molecular mis-interactions a major constraint on the evolution of cellular and genomic complexity?  Dr PP Gardner PI University of Otago
           Professor PC Fineran AI University of Otago
           Dr LF Gumy AI University of Otago
19-UOO-041  SOC   $      682,000  "Bad nature": The social dimensions of invasive alien species and their management in New Zealand  Professor BA Lovelock PI University of Otago
           Dr A Carr AI University of Otago
19-UOO-049  BMS   $      960,000  New Ways of Terminating Bacterial Gene Expression  Dr CM Brown PI University of Otago
           Dr TD Chyou AI University of Otago
           Dr JT Wade AI New York State Department of Health
19-UOO-071  SOC   $      842,000  Te whai wawewawe ā Māuitikitiki-ā-Taranga: Revitalisation of Māori string figure knowledge and practice  Dr AM Jackson PI University of Otago
           Dr H Hakopa PI University of Otago
           Ms CNT Phillips PI University of Otago
19-UOO-076  SOC   $      300,000  Predicting risk of diabetes complications and costs using machine learning with equity analysis  Dr NTH Nghiem PI University of Otago
           Professor JD Krebs AI University of Otago
           Professor NA Wilson AI University of Otago
19-UOO-084  EHB   $      856,000  Crossing the Divide from Asia to the Pacific: Understanding Austronesian colonisation gateways into the Pacific  Professor GR Summerhayes PI University of Otago
           Dr JH Field AI The University of New South Wales
           Dr AC Ford AI University of Otago
           Mr AF Kuaso AI Papua New Guinea National Museum & Art Gallery
           Professor PJ Matthews AI National Museum of Ethnology
           Dr P Roberts AI Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
           Dr B Shaw AI University of New South Wales
           Dr H Xhauflair AI University of Cambridge
19-UOO-090  EHB   $      300,000  The Longitudinal Study of Cohesion and Conflict: Testing Hypotheses of Social and Religious Change in Fiji  Dr JH Shaver PI University of Otago
           Professor JA Bulbulia AI The University of Auckland
19-UOO-091  SOC   $      300,000  Online Medical Crowdfunding in New Zealand: Illness, giving, and moral emotion  Dr SE Wardell PI University of Otago
19-UOO-101  BMS   $      960,000  Why do males have prolactin?  Professor DR Grattan PI University of Otago
           Dr RSE Brown AI University of Otago
19-UOO-102  EHB   $      300,000  Piecing together Pacific prehistory using genomics and the commensal model  Dr CJ Collins PI University of Otago
           Professor EA Matisoo-Smith AI University of Otago
19-UOO-106  BMS   $      945,000  From friend to foe: How do cancer cells convert the p53 tumour suppressor gene into an oncogene?  Dr G Reid PI University of Otago
           Dr CJ Drummond PI University of Otago
           Professor MR Eccles AI University of Otago
19-UOO-130  PCB   $      891,000  Reactive Cold Collisions in Steerable Optical Tweezers  Associate Professor N Kjærgaard PI University of Otago
           Dr JFE Croft AI University of Otago
           Professor SA Kotochigova AI Temple University
19-UOO-132  MFC   $   3,000,000  Walking backwards into the future: An evolutionary investigation into the high rates of metabolic disease in Pacific populations  Professor TR Merriman PI University of Otago
           Associate Professor FA Camacho PI University of Guam
           Dr AL Gosling PI University of Otago
           Professor EA Matisoo-Smith PI University of Otago
           Dr PP Pumuye PI University of Papua New Guinea
           Dr AN Clarkson AI University of Otago
           Associate Professor YC Paulino AI University of Guam
           Associate Professor BM Russell AI University of Otago
           Mr T Tabunga AI Ministry of Health and Medical Services, Kiribati
           Dr A Tareg AI Yap State Government
           Dr PL Wilcox AI University of Otago
19-UOO-142  MIS   $      300,000  Global Behaviour of Nonlinear Dispersive Partial Differential Equations  Dr TL Candy PI University of Otago
19-UOO-162  EHB   $      648,000  The code for visual objects in the avian brain: Advancing computer vision to rival a bird’s eye view of the world.  Professor MW Colombo PI University of Otago
19-UOO-180  BMS   $      960,000  Exploring the epigenetic mechanisms by which maternal nutrition and metabolism influence prenatal development  Professor MCM Vissers PI University of Otago
           Dr MJ Berry PI University of Otago
           Dr AB Das AI University of Otago
           Dr TA Hore AI University of Otago
19-UOO-191  MIS   $      705,000  A new generation of statistical models for spatial point process data  Dr TM Davies PI University of Otago
           Professor AJ Baddeley AI Curtin University
           Professor ML Hazelton AI Massey University
19-UOO-196  HUM   $      300,000  Rape, Passivity and Permission: A Comparative Analysis of Law on Consent and Reasonable Belief  Dr AJ High PI University of Otago
19-UOO-197  BMS   $      300,000  The Role of Epigenetics in the Inappropriate Activation of the Innate Immune System During Gout Flares.  Dr TJ Major PI University of Otago
           Dr MC Thunders AI University of Otago
19-UOO-204  PCB   $      888,000  Gravitational waves from rotating black holes  Professor J Frauendiener PI University of Otago
19-UOO-205  PCB   $      891,000  Binary magnetic gas – the next generation quantum-liquid  Professor PB Blakie PI University of Otago
           Dr D Baillie PI University of Otago
           Dr RN Bisset AI University of Hanover
           Professor F Ferlaino AI University of Innsbruck (UIBK)
19-UOO-207  CMP   $      300,000  Are quinones a novel mechanism for interspecies electron transfer?  Dr KJ Hards PI University of Otago
19-UOO-210  PCB   $      300,000  Development and assessment of a multi-spectroscopic fiber optic probe capable of disease diagnosis in the gastro-intestinal tract  Dr SJ Miller PI University of Otago
           Professor KC Gordon AI University of Otago
           Professor MPG Schultz AI University of Otago
           Professor N Stone AI University of Exeter
19-UOO-212  EEB   $      300,000  How to fit parasites in food webs? A compound-specific stable isotope approach  Dr AJM Sabadel PI University of Otago
           Dr CD MacLeod AI University of British Columbia
19-UOO-225  EHB   $      852,000  Sleep loss in children: perchance to eat?  Associate Professor BC Galland PI University of Otago
           Professor RW Taylor PI University of Otago
           Dr JJ Haszard AI University of Otago
           Dr C Smith AI University of Otago
19-UOO-229  CMP   $      960,000  Fruit body differentiation in mushrooms and truffle-like fungi  Associate Professor DA Orlovich PI University of Otago
           Dr CM Brown AI University of Otago
           Dr TD Chyou AI University of Otago
           Dr JM Plett AI Western Sydney University
           Dr TC Summerfield AI University of Otago
19-UOO-236  EEB   $      300,000  The ecology diversification: do processes that promote and constrain diversification operate along different niche axes?  Dr MJ Larcombe PI University of Otago
           Professor TJ Brodribb AI University of Tasmania
           Professor SI Higgins AI University of Bayreuth
           Associate Professor GJ Jordan AI University of Tasmania
           Dr RE Onstein AI German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research
19-UOO-245  CMP   $      957,000  With a little help from my friends: how do symbiotic microorganisms influence regenerative outcomes?  Associate Professor CW Beck PI University of Otago
           Dr RC Day AI University of Otago
           Dr XC Morgan AI University of Otago
19-UOO-249  EHB   $      857,000  Understanding the psychopathic personality: a neural motivation systems approach  Professor M Sellbom PI University of Otago
           Professor N McNaughton AI University of Otago
19-UOW-001  EIS   $      960,000  Earth-shaking insight from liquefied volcanic-ash layers in lakes: using geotechnical experiments, CT-scanned lake sediment cores, and tephrochronology to map and date prehistoric earthquakes  Professor DJ Lowe PI University of Waikato
           Professor RE Johnston AI Swansea University
           Dr VG Moon AI University of Waikato
           Associate Professor RP Orense AI The University of Auckland
           Dr P Villamor-Perez AI GNS Science
19-UOW-035  MFC   $   3,000,000  Macromolecular Rate Theory (MMRT) and the temperature-dependence of the terrestrial biosphere over time and space  Professor VL Arcus PI University of Waikato
           Dr BJ Duncan PI Victoria University of Wellington
           Dr LL Liang PI Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research
           Professor LA Schipper PI University of Waikato
           Associate Professor NAN Bertler AI Victoria University of Wellington
           Dr MA Heskel AI Macalester College
           Professor GW Koch AI Northern Arizona University
           Professor AJ Mulholland AI University of Bristol
           Professor TR Naish AI Victoria University of Wellington
           Professor E Pendall AI University of Western Sydney
           Dr EJ Prentice AI University of Waikato
           Dr CRS Schwalm AI Woods Hole Research Center
19-UOW-048  EHB   $      858,000  Mis-counting China  Professor JK Gibson PI University of Waikato
           Professor X Deng AI Chinese Academy of Sciences
19-UOW-074  SOC   $      841,000  Languaculture within Te Ao Māori: Learning from infants, whānau and communities  Professor MA Berryman PI University of Waikato
           Mrs EMA Eley AI University of Waikato
           Dr LK Rameka AI University of Waikato
           Dr PR Woller AI University of Waikato
19-VUW-006  EEB   $      300,000  Unravelling parasite evolution by tracking gene loss in plastid genomes of parasitic red algae  Dr M Preuss PI Victoria University of Wellington
           Dr H Verbruggen AI University of Melbourne
           Associate Professor GC Zuccarello AI Victoria University of Wellington
19-VUW-009  SOC   $      300,000  Creating a Model for Learning Multiple Languages  Dr CA Seals PI Victoria University of Wellington
           Ms H Salanoa AI Victoria University of Wellington
19-VUW-042  PCB   $      300,000  Photon multiplying light harvesting antenna systems for luminescent solar concentrators  Dr NJLK Davis PI Victoria University of Wellington
           Dr A Rao AI University of Cambridge
19-VUW-043  HUM   $      660,000  Religious and Moral Fictionalism  Associate Professor SR Brock PI Victoria University of Wellington
           Professor RJ Joyce PI Victoria University of Wellington
           Associate Professor P Adds AI Victoria University of Wellington
           Dr MD Ross AI Victoria University of Wellington
19-VUW-068  EHB   $      300,000  How do relationship needs promote sexist idealization and aggression?  Dr MD Hammond PI Victoria University of Wellington
19-VUW-069  MIS   $      707,000  Black holes beyond general relativity  Professor MJ Visser PI Victoria University of Wellington
19-VUW-070  SOC   $      842,000  Exceptional trajectories: transforming understandings of cancer survivorship  Professor KP Dew PI Victoria University of Wellington
           Professor A Broom PI University of New South Wales
           Professor KP Chamberlain PI Massey University
           Professor CW Cunningham PI Massey University
           Dr RMM Egan PI University of Otago
19-VUW-074  BMS   $      300,000  Deciphering the unspoken language between immune cells  Dr LM Connor PI Victoria University of Wellington
           Dr D Comoletti AI Victoria University of Wellington
19-VUW-076  CMP   $      960,000  Molecular contingency on a massive scale: how entirely new antibiotic resistance genes evolve  Professor DF Ackerley PI Victoria University of Wellington
           Dr JG Owen AI Victoria University of Wellington
           Associate Professor WM Patrick AI Victoria University of Wellington
19-VUW-086  EEB   $      960,000  The language of success: Inter-kingdom communication in the coral-algal symbiosis and the adaptation of coral reefs to climate change  Professor SK Davy PI Victoria University of Wellington
           Professor AR Grossman AI Stanford University
           Associate Professor DJ Suggett AI University of Technology, Sydney
           Professor VM Weis AI Oregon State University
19-VUW-104  SOC   $      842,000  #MeToo; A Cultural Shift?: Young New Zealanders' Exposure and Responses to Sexual Harassment Media  Associate Professor SM Jackson PI Victoria University of Wellington
           Dr AS Dobson AI Curtin University
           Professor RC Gill AI City University London
           Professor AC Lyons AI Victoria University of Wellington
           Dr TN Neha AI Victoria University of Wellington
           Professor J Ringrose AI University College London
19-VUW-108  SOC   $      842,000  Using talk and the body to prevent gender-based violence  Professor A Weatherall PI Victoria University of Wellington
           Professor LM Mondada AI University of Basel
19-VUW-112  ESA   $      960,000  Drought or Deluge? How did Rainfall in the Tropical South Pacific Respond to Sudden Climate Change During the Glacial Period?  Dr DJ Sinclair PI Victoria University of Wellington
           Associate Professor A Borsato AI The University of Newcastle
           Dr JR Brown AI Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
           Professor S Frisia AI The University of Newcastle
           Associate Professor ML Griffiths AI William Paterson University
           Dr RA Mortlock AI Rutgers University
           Dr SJ Phipps AI University of Tasmania
           Professor RM Sherrell AI Rutgers University
19-VUW-116  CMP   $      960,000  Saving the kākāpō: plant hormones to boost breeding.  Dr J Pitman PI Victoria University of Wellington
           Dr SFR Hinkley PI Victoria University of Wellington
19-VUW-131  MIS   $      707,000  Genetic Programming for Symbolic Regression  Professor M Zhang PI Victoria University of Wellington
19-VUW-147  PCB   $      891,000  Can enhanced exciton diffusion propel organic photovoltaic cells beyond the bulk heterojunction?  Professor JM Hodgkiss PI Victoria University of Wellington
           Dr AJ Barker AI Italian Institute of Technology
           Dr K Chen AI Victoria University of Wellington
           Professor X Zhan AI Peking University
19-VUW-155  EIS   $      837,000  Next generation magneto-piezochromic composites for optically based intelligent magnetic field sensing  Dr SV Chong PI Victoria University of Wellington
           Professor GVM Williams PI Victoria University of Wellington
           Associate Professor MR Gaudon AI University of Bordeaux
           Dr PP Murmu AI GNS Science
           Professor JL Tallon AI Victoria University of Wellington
19-VUW-164  ESA   $      300,000  Healing and sealing earthquake faults: How fluids influence the seismic cycle  Dr CJ Boulton PI Victoria University of Wellington
           Dr L Adam AI The University of Auckland
           Dr CD Menzies AI University of Aberdeen
           Professor CJ Spiers AI Utrecht University
19-VUW-178  MIS   $      707,000  Evolutionary Automated Design of Deep Convolutional Neural Networks for Image Classification  Associate Professor B Xue PI Victoria University of Wellington
           Distinguished Professor GG Yen AI Oklahoma State University
           Professor M Zhang AI Victoria University of Wellington
19-VUW-188  EHB   $      300,000  Cross-cultural Patterns in Theory of Mind: Using text analytics to identify structure and variation in mental state attributions in the Pacific  Dr J Watts PI Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
           Dr SJ Greenhill AI Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History

 

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