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Marsden Fund awards 2023

Exaiptasia diaphana, a sea anemone “lab mouse” for coral research (credit: Dr Clint Oakley)

Published on 2 Whiringa-ā-rangi November 2023  

 

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: 2023-Marsden Fund Announcements 2023_Marsden_Announcements.xlsx

 

Project ID Panel Funding (ex GST) Project Investigator Role Institution
 23-AUT-006 EHB $360,000 Revealing the hidden attentional biases embedded by previous experience Dr DT Henare  PI  Auckland University of Technology
 23-AUT-008 EHB $360,000 Effects of ambient sound on beverage choice and sales: A population level study Dr MP Phillips  PI  Auckland University of Technology
        Professor D Biswas  AI  University of South Florida
        Dr E Rech AI   Federal Institute of Rio Grande do Sul/IFRS
        Associate Professor C Szocs AI   Louisiana State University
 23-AUT-010 EHB $870,000  Developing and implementing an integrated system for assessing and improving behavioural time-use and experienced wellbeing Professor JS Duncan PI  Auckland University of Technology
        Dr B Chaix AI Sorbonne Université
        Professor TM Ka'ai AI Auckland University of Technology
        Professor TS Olds AI University of South Australia
        Professor Z Pedisic AI Victoria University, Melbourne
        Mr CHL Smith AI Kotata Insight
        Dr T Stewart AI Auckland University of Technology
 23-AUT-011 EHB $870,000  Networks of power: Gender, race and class in workplace violence Professor KJ Ravenswood PI Auckland University of Technology
        Dr FA Hurd AI Auckland University of Technology
        Dr TH Moeke-Maxwell AI  The University of Auckland
        Dr AM Nicholson AI  Auckland University of Technology
 23-CAW-008 SOC $360,000 Live or let die? Hybrids and the future of conservation in the Anthropocene Dr AL Rayne  PI Cawthron Institute
        Dr MY Tadaki  AI Cawthron Institute
 23-GNS-010 EIS $944,000 Quest for flexible thermoelectric generators: modulation of material’s crystal symmetry and anisotropy Dr PP Murmu  PI GNS Science
        Professor ZG Chen AI Queensland University of Technology
        Dr JV Kennedy AI GNS Science
        Professor T Mori AI National Institute for Materials Science, Japan
        Associate Professor L Tang AI The University of Auckland
23-GNS-012 ESA $360,000 Filling the seismic-hazard gap - unravelling earthquake activity in the Southern Alps, New Zealand  Dr GL Coffey PI GNS Science
         Dr CJ Boulton AI Victoria University of Wellington
         Dr SE Cox AI Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
 23-GNS-013 ESA $360,000 Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheet contribution to sea-level Dr GR Grant PI GNS Science
        Dr EGW Gasson AI University of Exeter 
        Dr BA Keisling AI University of Texas Austin
        Associate Professor RM McKay AI Victoria University of Wellington
        Distinguished Professor SR Meyers AI The University of Wisconsin-Madison
        Dr MO Patterson AI Binghamton University, SUNY
        Dr P Stocchi AI Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ)
 23-LVL-002 PCB $360,000 Lithium sponges: in search of new battery electrode materials Dr JR Nelson PI Lincoln Agritech Ltd
23-MAU-004 HUM $360,000 Sound Judgments? Assessing the Rhetorics of Civic Deliberation in True Crime Podcasting Dr CS Bjork  PI Massey University
23-MAU-022 SOC $861,000 Dark nudges and sludge: big alcohol and dark advertising on social media Associate Professor T Huckle PI Massey University
        Professor AC Lyons AI  The University of Auckland
        Dr NJ Maani AI University of Edinburgh
        Ms GJ McLellan AI  Massey University
        Dr AD Sciascia AI  Massey University
23-MAU-062 SOC $861,000 Misogyny, rhetorical violence and the invisibilised entwining of digital and embodied social worlds Associate Professor TJ Nicholls PI Massey University
        Dr SE Wilson PI Massey University
        Dr REA Gibbons AI Massey University
        Professor SCE Riley AI  Massey University
        Associate Professor RR Stewart-Withers AI  Massey University
23-MAU-082 HUM $360,000 Kua kī taku puku, ko te waha o raro kei te hiakai tonu: The de-sexualisation of te reo Māori domains Dr HL Black PI Massey University
23-MAU-084 SOC $861,000 Re-imagining health care in Fiji: Exploring health system resilience in the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond Dr SJ McLennan PI Massey University 
        Dr ARN Movono AI Massey University
23-MAU-090 SOC $861,000 Kua whetūrangihia koe. Linking the celestial spheres to end-of-life experiences. Associate Professor NA Tassell-Matamua PI  Massey University
        Dr NM Lindsay AI  Massey University 
        Professor R Matamua AI Massey University
23-MAU-105 SOC $784,000 Navigating Labour Mobilities: Seafarers after COVID-19 Dr M Borovnik PI Massey University
        Dr CE Bedford AI Australian National University
23-NIW-003 ESA $958,000 Grounding zone estuaries: How can ocean stratification, baroclinicity, and tides beneath 500 m of Antarctic ice influence global sea level rise? Dr NJ Robinson PI National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd
        Dr MG Rosevear AI University of Melbourne
23-NIW-004 ESA $360,000 Understanding the changing nature of atmospheric rivers in a warming world Dr PB Gibson PI National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd
        Dr MJ DeFlorio AI Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E)
        Dr B Guan AI  University of California, Los Angeles
        Mr N Rampal AI  National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd
23-NIW-017 ESA $958,000 Antarctic seafloor seeps: A driver of coastal change? Dr SA Seabrook PI  National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd
        Professor CS Law PI National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd
        Dr VJ Cummings AI  National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd
        Dr M Druce AI  University of Otago
        Associate Professor OR Mercier AI  Victoria University of Wellington
        Associate Professor JA Mikucki AI  University of Tennessee
        Professor A Paytan AI University of California, Santa Cruz
        Dr RS Westerhoff AI GNS Science
23-PAF-012 EEB $360,000 Sex and the epigenome: how does reproductive mode influence transgenerational epigenomic inheritance? Dr D Anastasiadi PI Plant & Food Research
        Dr F Hontoria Danes AI CSIC - Spanish National Research Council
        Dr F Hontoria Danes AI Plant & Food Research
23-UOA-014 EHB $870,000 Getting in Sync: Creating Connection in Social Virtual Reality Professor MN Billinghurst PI The University of Auckland
        Professor EA Broadbent AI The University of Auckland
        Professor AJ Lambert AI The University of Auckland
23-UOA-019 EIS $944,000 Advanced computational modelling of the lymphatic system: can we predict lymphoedema development after cancer treatment? Dr HM Reynolds PI The University of Auckland
        Dr FJ Argus AI The University of Auckland
        Professor PMF Nielsen AI The University of Auckland
        Professor ARJ Phillips AI The University of Auckland
23-UOA-024 EEB $932,000 Increased efficiency or cheater inhibition: using synthetic biology, experimental evolution, and modelling to test why reproductive divisions of labour evolve repeatedly Dr N Takeuchi PI The University of Auckland
        Professor TF Cooper AI Massey University
        Dr ARD Ganley AI The University of Auckland
23-UOA-029 EEB $942,000 Are sleepy birds sloppy singers? Using songbirds to examine the relationships between sleep and vocal learning. Dr KE Cain PI The University of Auckland
        Associate Professor JA Lesku AI La Trobe University
23-UOA-043   ESA $360,000 Uncovering the Mysterious Origin of Mars Trojans Dr LM Markwardt PI The University of Auckland
        Dr NJ Rattenbury AI The University of Auckland
23-UOA-049 EIS $360,000 Surface wetting is critical: the role of liquid metals in on-demand hydrogen production Dr W Zhang PI  The University of Auckland
        Associate Professor TJ Daeneke AI RMIT University
        Professor VA Yartys AI Institute for Energy Technology, Norway
23-UOA-050 PCB $360,000 Structural control of liquid metals using solid supports Dr C Ruffman PI The University of Auckland
        Dr KG Steenbergen AI Victoria University of Wellington
23-UOA-053 EIS  $944,000 Alternating photonic Ising machine for combinatorial optimization Associate Professor SX Coen PI The University of Auckland
        Associate Professor MJ Erkintalo AI The University of Auckland
        Dr J Fatome AI CNRS, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comte
        Associate Professor SG Murdoch AI The University of Auckland
23-UOA-056 EIS $360,000 Merging ancient Roman knowledge and Te Ao Māori to create self-healing and sustainable concrete using natural materials Dr E del Rey Castillo PI The University of Auckland
        Associate Professor SJ Matthews AI The University of Auckland
        Dr AV Zernack AI The University of Auckland
23-UOA-071 PCB $941,000 The light between: parametrically driven cavity solitons in pure-Kerr resonators Associate Professor MJ Erkintalo PI The University of Auckland
        Dr F Leo AI Université libre de Bruxelles
        Dr GT Moille AI University of Maryland
        Associate Professor SG Murdoch AI The University of Auckland
        Dr KA Srinivasan AI National institute of Standards and Technology
23-UOA-073 SOC $861,000 Using Virtual Reality to combat racial bias: Immersing teachers into their Māori students' worlds Dr F Meyer PI The University of Auckland
        Dr JR Smith AI The University of Auckland
        Dr MSS Hetaraka AI The University of Auckland
        Dr HM O'Regan AI CORE Education - Tātai Aho Rau
        Professor CM Rubie-Davies AI The University of Auckland
23-UOA-074 CMP $360,000 Understanding the Molecular Mechanism behind the Plectin–Plecstatin-1 interaction to Suppress Metastatic Progression Dr MP Sullivan PI The University of Auckland
        Dr M Gregor AI  Czech Academy of Sciences
        Dr SM Meier-Menches AI University of Vienna
23-UOA-080 MIS $673,000 Contemporary challenges in group theory and its applications Distinguished Professor MDE Conder PI  The University of Auckland
        Associate Professor J An PI  The University of Auckland
        Professor EA O'Brien PI The University of Auckland
23-UOA-096 EIS $944,000 Shedding light on the present and the past; a novel environmental/ancient DNA capture system Dr LI Pilkington PI  The University of Auckland
        Associate Professor CD Millar AI  The University of Auckland
        Professor J Travas-Sejdic AI  The University of Auckland
23-UOA-112 SOC $859,000 Confronting truths about sex, gender and violence within emerging sexual trends. Professor NJ Gavey PI  The University of Auckland
        Dr JS Le Grice AI The University of Auckland
23-UOA-117 MIS $360,000 Emergence of large structures in random graphs and games Dr R Nenadov PI The University of Auckland
        Professor D Conlon AI  The University of Auckland 
        Dr J Park AI  New York University
23-UOA-126 EEB $942,000 Are crustose coralline algae acting as a seed bank in marine ecosystems? Professor MA Sewell PI The University of Auckland 
        Professor WA Nelson PI  The University of Auckland 
23-UOA-129 EIS $942,000 Unravelling the role of lymphatics in vaping associated lung injury Associate Professor KS Burrowes PI The University of Auckland
        Professor ARJ Phillips AI  The University of Auckland
        Professor MH Tawhai   The University of Auckland
23-UOA-148 MIS $712,000 Fast statistical methods for enigmatic sensor data Professor RM Fewster PI The University of Auckland
        Dr JA Goodman PI The University of Auckland
        Professor ML Hazelton PI University of Otago
        Dr BC Stevenson PI The University of Auckland
        Professor AP Robinson AI The University of Melbourne
23-UOA-149 PCB $941,000 The development of effective, easily separable liquid catalysts Dr CC Weber PI The University of Auckland
        Professor J Sperry AI The University of Auckland 
23-UOA-152 MIS $360,000 Integrating data-driven methodologies and model reduction for the control of complex networks Dr LD Smith PI  The University of Auckland 
        Professor GA Gottwald  AI The University of Sydney
23-UOA-157 EIS $360,000 Linguistics inspired approaches to understand the mechanisms underlying language bias in speech technology Dr J James PI  The University of Auckland 
        Dr SAT Nicholas  AI The University of Auckland 
23-UOA-164 SOC $360,000 Co-designing and Decolonising Gender Education: Exploring What It Means for Gender Diverse Students to Thrive in Schools Dr A Pasley PI   The University of Auckland 
        Mx BK Doyle AI The University of Auckland 
23-UOA-167 CMP $942,000 Tracing the drains: Uncovering a new origin for lymphatic vessels. Dr JW Astin PI   The University of Auckland 
        Professor S Sumanas AI University of South Florida 
23-UOA-179 MIS $360,000 Backward Transfer for Knowledge Improvement in Continual Machine Learning Dr DK Benavides-Prado PI   The University of Auckland 
        Distinguished Professor B Liu AI  University of Illinois at Chicago 
23-UOA-190 PCB  $941,000 Applying safe-by-design approaches to develop alternatives to harmful forever chemicals Dr EM Leitao PI   The University of Auckland 
        Dr JLY Chen AI  Auckland University of Technology
        Associate Professor M Kah AI  The University of Auckland 
        Associate Professor LP Padhye AI The University of Auckland 
23-UOA-200 EIS $360,000 Modelling Anterior Cruciate Ligament Graft Loading during Dynamic Movement Tasks Dr SH Ward PI The University of Auckland 
        Associate Professor AL Bryant AI  The University of Melbourne
        Dr AJC McMorland AI  The University of Auckland 
23-UOA-201 BMS $941,000 Harnessing disease-specific signals to restrict the targeting of gene therapy to vulnerable cells in the brain Associate Professor DS Young PI The University of Auckland 
        Professor M Dragunow AI  The University of Auckland 
23-UOA-203 ESA $958,000 Emplacement to Extinction: can crustal carbon release from magmatic heating cause extinction-level environmental change? Dr JD Muirhead PI The University of Auckland 
        Dr DE Dempsey AI   University of Canterbury
        Professor JD Dufek AI  University of Oregon
        Dr TT Isson AI  University of Waikato
        Dr FE Nelson AI  University of Otago
        Dr SMP Rodrigues AI  The University of Queensland
23-UOA-220 CMP $360,000 Powering flying athletes, paradoxes of bumblebee flight muscles Dr JBL Devaux PI The University of Auckland 
        Professor N Pichaud AI University of Moncton, Canada
23-UOA-231 BMS $941,000 Advancing cancer immunotherapies with unique gene editing tools Dr HM Sheppard PI The University of Auckland 
        Dr AJ Didsbury AI The University of Auckland
        Dr SMF Jamieson AI  The University of Auckland
        Dr DJHF Knapp AI  Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer
        Dr YS Michaels AI  University of British Columbia
        Dr DJ Verdon AI  The University of Auckland
23-UOC-003 MIS $675,000 The tree complexity of reticulate evolution Distinguished Professor CA Semple PI University of Canterbury
        Distinguished Professor MA Steel PI University of Canterbury
        Professor DH Huson AI University of Tübingen
        Professor K Wicke AI  New Jersey Institute of Technology
23-UOC-034 CMP $942,000 How allosteric tuning influences enzyme promiscuity and host adaptation Dr JM Johnston PI University of Canterbury
        Dr TM Allison AI University of Canterbury
        Dr EMM Bulloch AI The University of Auckland
        Associate Professor DL Crittenden AI  University of Canterbury
        Dr W Jiao AI Victoria University of Wellington
23-UOC-045 EIS $360,000 Mechanical and biomedical modelling of highly invasive endometriotic tissue  Dr RC Wood PI  University of Canterbury
        Associate Professor DS Munro AI University of Canterbury
23-UOC-048 HUM $660,000 Does Machine-Assisted Writing Erase Linguistic Diversity? Dr JE Dunn PI  University of Canterbury
        Dr A Nini AI University of Manchester 
23-UOC-049 EIS $942,000 Multiferroic solitons at room temperature: A new topological material system for low energy computation Dr DM Sando PI  University of Canterbury
        Dr V Garcia AI Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
        Dr SE Granville AI Victoria University of Wellington 
23-UOC-053 EIS $360,000 Listening to the heartbeats of a city: Remote sensing of water usage and pipeline condition by understanding the noise in water supply networks Dr DZ Li PI University of Canterbury
        Professor PJ Lee AI University of Canterbury
        Professor RD Murch AI Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
23-UOC-053 CMP $942,000 Regulation of cell death by amyloid fibrils Dr VK Morris PI University of Canterbury
        Dr C Goebl AI University of Otago
        Professor MB Hampton AI University of Otago
        Professor GS Salvesen AI Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
        Professor M Sunde AI University of Sydney
23-UOC-056 PCB $941,000 Changing the face of the Universe: Cosmological simulations from first principles in general relativity Professor DL Wiltshire PI University of Canterbury
        Dr K Bolejko AI University of Tasmania
        Professor T Buchert AI University of Lyon 1
        Dr HJ Macpherson AI University of Chicago
23-UOC-067 EHB $360,000 The Perceptual Origins of Core Knowledge and Mathematical Cognition Dr NJ Morton PI University of Canterbury
        Professor RC Grace AI University of Canterbury
        Associate Professor ES Nutting AI University of Kansas
23-UOC-071 SOC $360,000 Understanding Technoference from the Child’s Perspective Dr CS Swit PI University of Canterbury
        Professor SM Coyne AI Brigham Young University
23-UOC-082 ESA $854,000 Exploring strange new worlds: comets and planetary systems around young nearby stars Associate Professor KR Pollard PI University of Canterbury
        Associate Professor EJ Brunsden PI University of York
        Dr DL Holdsworth PI University of Central Lancashire
        Dr AR Ridden-Harper AI Las Cumbres Observatory
23-UOC-090 EHB  $870,000 A real-world example of implicit grammar learning Professor JM King PI University of Canterbury
        Professor JB Hay AI University of Canterbury 
        Dr FA Panther AI University of Canterbury 
        Dr SJ Todd AI University of California, Santa Barbara
23-UOC-100  HUM $660,000 The intersection of physiology and sociolinguistics in the speech of older talkers Dr L Clark PI University of Canterbury 
        Professor MJ McAuliffe  AI University of Canterbury
23-UOC-108 CMP $360,000 Coming together for better or worse? How biomolecular interactions impact the self-assembly and properties of nucleoli-like condensates Dr NA Yewdall PI University of Canterbury
        Associate Professor E Spruijt AI Radboud University 
23-UOC-115 PCB $360,000 Shedding new light on fundamental physics through the scattering of gravitational waves Dr CZ Stevens PI  University of Canterbury 
        Professor J Frauendiener AI University of Otago
23-UOO-012 CMP $941,000 TRPV channel heteromers have unique properties for the sensation of mechanical force Associate Professor M Fronius PI  University of Otago
        Dr MH Ulbrich   University of Freiburg
23-UOO-015 BMS $360,000 'Omics led discovery and in vivo screening of Māori and Pacific immune variation Dr MP Leask PI  University of Otago 
23-UOO-022 BMS $941,000 Tumor-derived WNT signalling reprograms T cell phenotype and function Professor RA Kemp PI University of Otago
        Dr KA Ward-Hartstonge  PI University of Otago
23-UOO-024 BMS $941,000 ORC3: A novel disease gene with a moonlighting role in brain development Associate Professor LS Bicknell PI University of Otago
        Professor JA Horsfield  AI University of Otago
        Professor SM Hughes  AI University of Otago
23-UOO-037 SOC $360,000 Making a home in employer-provided housing Dr ES Chisholm PI University of Otago
        Dr AR Logan AI University of Otago 
        Dr RN Tiatia AI  University of Otago 
        Ms HE Viggers AI  University of Otago 
23-UOO-043 CMP $933,000 Probing functional protein oligomerisation in the crowded cellular environment Associate Professor EC Ledgerwood PI University of Otago 
        Professor MB Hampton AI  University of Otago 
        Associate Professor E Hinde AI  University of Otago 
        Associate Professor PD Mace AI  University of Otago 
23-UOO-044 MIS $712,000 Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations of Wave Type: Singular Dynamics and Asymptotic Data Dr F Beyer PI  University of Otago 
        Professor TA Oliynyk PI Monash University
23-UOO-057 EEB $942,000 Unlocking the past: a novel approach to quantifying biodiversity loss in the fossil record Dr NJ Rawlence PI University of Otago
        Dr KJ Mitchell AI  Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research
        Dr JM Monks AI  University of Otago
        Dr E Sherratt AI  The University of Adelaide
23-UOO-060 SOC $859,000 How adults talk to children about maltreatment: Identifying knowledge, gaps and challenges. Associate Professor DA Brown  PI University of Otago 
        Dr AE Clifford AI  University of Otago
        Associate Professor JZ Klemfuss AI University of California, Irvine
23-UOO-062 MIS $712,000 Modelling the domino effect in complex systems Associate Professor T Wang PI University of Otago
        Professor BB Baeumer PI University of Otago
        Professor MS Bebbington AI Massey University
 23-UOO-095 BMS $360,000 The influence of bacterial dormancy - Uncovering factors that affect phage-biofilm interactions Dr LM Smith PI University of Otago
        Associate Professor J Azeredo AI Universidade do Minho
23-UOO-105 CMP $360,000 Determination of the molecular mechanisms underpinning bacteriophage hitchhiking Dr SL Warring PI University of Otago
        Professor DA Beattie AI University of South Australia
        Professor M Krasowska AI University of South Australia
        Dr S Meaden AI University of York
23-UOO-123 BMS $941,000 GnRH neurons: Beyond fertility Professor RE Campbell PI University of Otago
        Dr KA Glendining AI University of Otago
        Dr JS Kim AI University of Otago
23-UOO-139 EHB $870,000 Reconnecting communities and cetaceans using mātauranga Māori and archaeological science Dr M Tromp PI University of Otago
        Dr AK Aranui AI Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
        Dr AM Alexander AI University of Otago
        Professor CS Baker AI Oregon State University
        Dr KL Greig AI University of Otago
        Dr KK Richter AI Harvard University
        Dr A Scott AI Harvard University
        Associate Professor CF Speller AI University of British Columbia
        Associate Professor C Warinner AI Harvard University
23-UOO-144 CMP $942,000 A neuronal circuit for stress-induced infertility Professor GM Anderson PI University of Otago
        Dr C Decourt AI University of Otago
23-UOO-145 BMS $360,000 Prolactin-mediated suppression of fever during pregnancy Dr T Georgescu  PI University of Otago
23-UOO-148 MIS $712,000 Principled inference for spatial point processes: a unified toolkit Dr TM Davies PI University of Otago
        Emeritus Professor AJ Baddeley AI Curtin University
        Professor ML Hazelton AI University of Otago
        Dr CM Jones-Todd AI The University of Auckland
        Associate Professor E Rubak AI Aalborg University, Denmark
23-UOO-155 EEB $360,000 Harnessing the power of hybrids to resolve the role of gene expression in evolution Dr L Dutoit PI University of Otago
        Professor N Backström AI Uppsala University
23-UOO-157 EHB $653,000 Taxes for a healthier diet? Impact of Tonga food excise taxes and tax subsidies introduced for non-communicable disease prevention Dr AM Teng PI University of Otago
        Dr VK Puloka AI University of Otago
23-UOO-158 BMS $941,000 Two CGRP-responsive receptors: “double trouble” in migraine? Professor DL Hay PI University of Otago
        Dr ML Garelja PI University of Otago
23-UOO-164 EHB $870,000 History in the Making: Memories for Historical Offences Professor RA Zajac PI University of Otago
        Professor M Garry PI University of Waikato
23-UOO-176 PCB $941,000 Hydrogen generation with sustainable resources – a combined molecular, computational and engineering approach Professor KC Gordon PI University of Otago
        Dr S Kupfer PI Friedrich Schiller University Jena
        Professor JD Crowley AI University of Otago
        Professor MW George AI University of Nottingham
        Dr GE Shillito AI Friedrich-Schiller University Jena
        Professor W Weigand AI Friedrich-Schiller University Jena
        Professor D Ziegenbalg AI Ulm University
23-UOO-182 ESA  $958,000  Flicking the master switch: Deconvolving warm-climate carbon cycle and cryosphere interactions in the Pacific sector of the Southern Ocean  Dr CR Riesselman  PI University of Otago
        Dr GR Grant AI GNS Science
        Associate Professor CM Moy AI University of Otago 
        Distinguished Professor AC Ravelo AI University of California, Santa Cruz 
        Professor JS Stoner AI Oregon State University
23-UOO-197 HUM $360,000 What Roles and Responsibilities for Aotearoa’s Non-Lawyer Advocates Associate Professor BA Toy-Cronin PI  University of Otago
        Professor JA Ruru AI University of Otago
23-UOO-210  BMS $941,000   Professor DR Grattan PI  University of Otago 
        Dr SH Yip AI University of Otago 
23-UOO-217  BMS  $941,000   Dr SA Jackson PI  University of Otago 
        Professor PC Fineran AI University of Otago 
23-UOO-218 HUM $660,000   Professor BJ Schonthal PI  University of Otago 
23-UOW-006 BMS $940,000   Dr WJ Kelton PI University of Waikato
        Associate Professor NJ Moreland AI The University of Auckland
        Professor ST Reddy AI ETH Zurich
23-UOW-011  HUM $660,000 Picturebooks in Aotearoa: The design and content of picturebooks reflecting indigenous language, culture and evolving national identities Associate Professor N Daly PI  University of Waikato
        Dr JR Barbour AI  University of Waikato 
        Associate Professor DJ Joseph AI  Massey University 
        Dr NR Vanderschantz  AI University of Waikato
23-UOW-014 EEB  $942,000 What are the key predictors of invasion success? Dr A McGaughran PI University of Waikato 
        Dr NJ Butterworth AI  Monash University
        Professor MP Cox AI  Massey University
        Professor RA Hufbauer AI  Colorado State University
23-UOW-023 EHB $360,000 The Shapes of Our Stories: Examining the Occurrence and Function of Emotional Trajectories in Autobiographical Memories Dr M Sanson PI University of Waikato
23-UOW-026  ESA $958,000 Could land aridification supercharge summertime warming rates in a maritime climate like Aotearoa? Dr LJ Harrington PI University of Waikato 
        Associate Professor DI Campbell AI University of Waikato 
        Dr PB Gibson AI National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd
23-UOW-028 EEB $942,000 Understanding cross-boundary effects of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning Dr FJ Burdon PI University of Waikato
        Dr AD Barnes AI  University of Waikato
        Professor PA Hambäck AI  Stockholm University
        Dr CM Jacquet AI  University of Montpellier
        Dr SR Pohe AI  Pohe Environmental
        Professor SD Tiegs AI Oakland University
23-UOW-029 EEB $942,000 Turning up the heat on soil food webs: will global warming erode ecosystem resilience? Dr AD Barnes PI University of Waikato
        Dr CJ Alster PI  Lincoln University
        Dr JR Deslippe AI Victoria University of Wellington
        Dr AM Potapov AI  University of Leipzig
        Dr AL Romero-Olivares AI  New Mexico State University
        Professor LA Schipper AI  University of Waikato
23-UOW-037 SOC $861,000 He Rau Ringa: Engaging ethnic communities in a Tiriti o Waitangi-centred framework of sustainable citizenship  Professor D Munshi PI University of Waikato 
        Professor P Kurian PI  University of Waikato 
        Professor SL Morrison PI  University of Waikato 
23-UOW-048 EEB $360,000 How do genomic architecture and adaptive capacity influence species range limits? Dr E Parvizi PI University of Waikato 
        Dr A McGaughran AI  University of Waikato
        Dr CK Tepolt AI  Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
        Professor X Turon AI Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes (CEAB-CSIC)
23-UOW-057 SOC $861,000 Marine inequality and environmental demise: Identifying imperial borders in ocean governance Dr FE McCormack PI University of Waikato
23-UOW-061 HUM $360,000 Chamoru Diasporic Routes: Sharing Our Elders' Stories from Sanlagu (Overseas) Dr JL Bennett PI  University of Waikato 
23-VUW-012 SOC $360,000  Vision Mātauranga: is it past its use-by date? Dr TG McAllister PI  Victoria University of Wellington
23-VUW-014 HUM $653,000 From roots to branches: language evolution in the Austronesian family tree Dr V Chen PI Victoria University of Wellington
        Dr ME Walworth PI Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
        Professor M Meyerhoff AI Oxford University
23-VUW-018 MIS $360,000 Unsupervised clustering of complex mixed-type data via a genetic case study Dr LF McMillan PI Victoria University of Wellington
        Associate Professor EL Carroll AI The University of Auckland
23-VUW-019 EEB $942,000 Shining a light on lanternfishes to reveal hidden linkages between ecosystems Professor JS Shima PI Victoria University of Wellington
        Dr A Della Penna AI The University of Auckland
        Professor SS Killen AI  University of Glasgow
        Associate Professor SC Mills AI  CRIOBE
        Professor SE Swearer AI  University of Melbourne
        Professor SR Wing AI  University of Otago 
23-VUW-023 SOC $360,000 Embracing Islam: Conversion, Identity, and Belonging in Aotearoa New Zealand Dr AZ Arkilic PI  Victoria University of Wellington
        Ms NEE Van de Lisdonk AI  Victoria University of Wellington 
23-VUW-025 HUM $360,000  Literatures of Environment and Disability from Oceania Dr BJ Etherington PI  Victoria University of Wellington 
23-VUW-034 SOC $360,000 Inclusion through difference: Towards a new ethics of engagement with Takatāpui/LGBTIQ+ parents and their families/whānau Dr GCW Parker PI Victoria University of Wellington 
        Associate Professor SC Aspin AI  Victoria University of Wellington 
        Associate Professor S Miller AI Otago Polytechnic
23-VUW-043 EEB $360,000  Examining ecosystem stability in multidimensional space: What drives ecosystem stability now and in the future? Dr O Peleg PI Victoria University of Wellington
        Dr CE Cornwall AI  Victoria University of Wellington 
23-VUW-058 EHB  $870,000 Sensory hypothesis of developmental prosopagnosia Dr T Susilo PI Victoria University of Wellington 
23-VUW-060 EEB $942,000 Uncovering the functioning and importance of temperate mesophotic ecosystems Dr A Rogers PI Victoria University of Wellington 
        Professor JJ Bell AI Victoria University of Wellington 
        Dr P Bongaerts AI  California Academy of Sciences
        Dr SJ Bury AI  National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd
23-VUW-061 CMP $942,000 What makes a coral “super”? Challenging the oxidative theory of coral bleaching to solve the coral reef crisis Dr CA Oakley PI Victoria University of Wellington
        Dr ET Chouchani AI  Harvard University
        Dr PA Cleves AI  Carnegie Institution for Science
        Professor DJ Suggett AI  King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
23-VUW-062  MIS $360,000 Mathematical modelling of inertial lift driven particle migration in complex microfluidic devices with applications to periodic duct geometries.  Dr TB Harding PI Victoria University of Wellington
        Professor YM Stokes AI The University of Adelaide
23-VUW-084 PCB $941,000 Deciphering the molecular details of unusual fungal biosynthetic enzymes Professor EJ Parker PI Victoria University of Wellington
        Professor RJ Capon AI  University of Queensland
        Associate Professor MJ Cryle AI  Monash University 
        Dr RM McLellan AI Victoria University of Wellington 
23-VUW-118  MIS $712,000 Connections between Computability Theory, Effective Descriptive Set Theory, and Geometric Measure Theory. Professor N Greenberg PI  Victoria University of Wellington
        Dr DDC Turetsky PI  Victoria University of Wellington 
        Dr NJ Lutz AI Swarthmore College
23-VUW-122 SOC $861,000 Seeding Hope: The Diverse Roles of Indigenous Women in Food Systems Associate Professor JT Smith PI Victoria University of Wellington 
        Dr JV Hutchings PI  Papawhakaritorito Trust 
23-VUW-144 EIS $926,000 Capturing the Fleeting: Tracking Photophysics in Organic LED and Laser Materials with Ultrafast Photoluminescence Spectroscopy Dr K Chen PI  Victoria University of Wellington
        Professor C Adachi AI  Kyushu University
        Dr PA Hume AI Victoria University of Wellington
23-VUW-152 SOC $360,000 Prisons without Walls: from Incarceration to E-carceration in Aotearoa New Zealand Dr LD Martin PI   Victoria University of Wellington
23-VUW-155  ESA $360,000  Next-generation galaxy formation modelling for radio surveys  Dr ARH Stevens PI   Victoria University of Wellington
23-VUW-175 BMS $941,000  Awakening dormant drug biosynthesis by decoding regulatory gene networks Dr JG Owen PI   Victoria University of Wellington 
        Professor DF Ackerley AI Victoria University of Wellington 
        Dr T de Rond AI The University of Auckland