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Marsden Fund awards 2024

Camera recording leaf movement of the model legume Medicago truncatula inside a plant growth chamber under light and temperature-controlled conditions (photo credit: Dr Soledad Perez-Santangelo)

Published on 7 Whiringa-ā-rangi November 2024

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

For 2024, the Marsden Fund Council has also provided brief media-friendly titles and summaries of the successful grants. This is to better align with the requirements of the Marsden Fund Council Terms of Reference to ensure that the relevance and importance of Marsden-funded research is communicated to the New Zealand public. It is also hoped that this will ensure information contained in the title and summary is made available to the public using language that aligns with the purpose of the Plain Language Act 2022. In future years we anticipate these media-friendly sections will be completed by the research team at the full proposal stage.

You can download an Excel spreadsheet of these results - including the original title and summary provided by the researchers, and the media title and summary provided by the Royal Society Te Apārangi - here: 2024-Marsden-Fund-announcement-supplement

Project ID	Panel	Media Title	Investigator	Role	Organisation	Funding (ex GST)
24-AUT-024	EIS	Controlled liquid metal morphologies combining Chladni patterning and frequency regulated printed substrates	Dr Y Lv	PI	Auckland University of Technology	$360,000
			Professor MD Dickey	AI	North Carolina State University
			Professor SB Singamneni	AI	Auckland University of Technology
24-BIA-001	EEB	Unearthing stories of early Māori ancestry and adaptation in Te Tai Tokerau	Dr RL Kinaston	PI	BioArch South	$941,000
			Dr KMM Jaouen	AI	Géosciences Environnement Toulouse (GET)
			Professor J Krause	AI	Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
			Dr KL Naegele	AI	Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
			Dr NJ Rawlence	AI	University of Otago
			Dr MR Reid	AI	University of Otago
			Dr M Tromp	AI	University of Otago
24-ESR-002	CMP	Understanding how lytic enzymes could allow drugs to breach membranes in bacteria causing illnesses such as salmonella, and pneumonia	Dr C Billington	PI	Institute of Environmental Science and Research	$941,000
			Associate Professor JR Allison	AI	The University of Auckland
			Professor RCJ Dobson	AI	University of Canterbury
			Professor MJ Loessner	AI	ETH Zurich
			Dr VK Morris	AI	University of Canterbury
24-FRI-006	EIS	Looking for new pathways in sustainable energy by investigating reactions of glucose under electrocatalytic reduction	Dr B Song	PI	Scion	$360,000
			Dr NM Bedford	AI	University of New South Wales
24-GNS-002	ESA	Investigating the threat from earthquakes in subduction zones that also rupture the overlying crust	Dr AR Howell	PI	GNS Science	$360,000
			Associate Professor R Ando	AI	University of Tokyo
			Dr D Li	AI	GNS Science
			Dr O Zielke	AI	King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST)
24-GNS-003	ESA	Quantifying tsunami potential along Aotearoa’s Hikurangi subduction zone using a novel seismic imaging technique to better understand our most dangerous fault	Dr BJ Tozer	PI	GNS Science	$360,000
			Dr DG Bassett	AI	GNS Science
			Dr Z Zhao	AI	Peking University
24-GNS-005	ESA	The legendary Haowhenua earthquake: how big was it, and what would a repeat of it do to Wellington today?	Dr JC Rollins	PI	GNS Science	$360,000
			Dr KJ Clark	AI	GNS Science
24-GNS-007	ESA	What controls how deep magmas are before they erupt?	Dr EC Hughes	PI	GNS Science	$360,000
			Professor JD Blundy	AI	University of Oxford
			Dr PE Wieser	AI	University of California, Berkeley
24-HCA-001	SOC	Imagining honourable kāwanatanga: preparing for a Tiriti-based future	Dr HA Came	PI	Heather Came & Associates, NZ	$757,000
			Associate Professor SC Aspin	PI	Victoria University of Wellington
			Mr GL Berghan	AI	Berghan Consultancy Ltd
			Dr JC Pereira	AI	Federal University of Sao Carlos
			Associate Professor M Pillay	AI	Massey University
			Ms LK Waipuka-Bain	AI	Heather Came & Associates, NZ
24-LCR-001	EEB	Why are tuatara the only known reptile not prone to Salmonella?	Dr DMRL Middleton	PI	Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research	$941,000
			Professor BD Gartrell	AI	Massey University
			Professor AC La Flamme	AI	Victoria University of Wellington
			Professor NJ Nelson	AI	Victoria University of Wellington
			Dr LM Zimmerman	AI	US Federal Government
24-LCR-016	EEB	Assessing insect species' declines and shifts in foraging breadth to understand changes in plant-pollinator networks.	Dr ML Donald	PI	Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research	$360,000
			Professor BJ Brosi	AI	University of Washington, Seattle
24-MAU-008	EEB	Determining whether three NZ alpine insects species freeze solid to survive the cold because they share the same gut microbes	Professor M Morgan-Richards	PI	Massey University	$941,000
			Professor PJ Biggs	AI	Massey University
			Associate Professor CJ Marshall	AI	University of Otago
			Professor SA Trewick	AI	Massey University
24-MAU-016	EHB	How caregivers influence the development of emotional dysregulation in young people and the subsequent impact on self-injury	Dr K Robinson	PI	Massey University	$360,000
			Professor SE Crowell	AI	University of Oregon
			Ms EM Rukuwai	AI	Victoria University of Wellington
24-MAU-028	SOC	He kaupapa whakapakari kaimahi Māori hou: alleviating unique cultural pressures on Māori workers	Professor JM Haar	PI	Massey University	$870,000
			Professor AH Macfarlane	AI	University of Canterbury
			Dr BW Walker	AI	Victoria University of Wellington
			Dr GH Walker	AI	University of Otago
24-MAU-037	SOC	Reduce, reuse, repair: new kinds of waste-conscious initiatives in circular and postcapitalist economies	Associate Professor KF Dombroski	PI	Massey University	$870,000
			Dr GJ Diprose	AI	Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research
			Dr MR Scobie	AI	University of Canterbury
24-MAU-054	ESA	Elucidating why pyroclastic gas and ash flows cause so many volcanic fatalities	Professor G Lube	PI	Massey University	$941,000
			Professor JD Dufek	AI	University of Oregon
			Dr T Esposti Ongaro	AI	Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia
			Dr GN Kilgour	AI	GNS Science
			Professor M Manga	AI	University of California, Berkeley
			Distinguished Professor EH Meiburg	AI	University of California, Santa Barbara
24-MAU-087	SOC	Exploring the hidden childcare struggles of parents working in a 24/7 economy	Dr A Gallagher	PI	Massey University	$870,000
			Associate Professor MR Breheny	AI	Private Individual
			Professor S Prentice	AI	University of Manitoba
24-MEP-002	EHB	Building a database of inter-firm alliances in Aotearoa New Zealand, including alliances between Māori-led and non-Māori firms, and examining how firms navigate multiple outcomes in alliances	Dr T Ryan-Charleton	PI	Motu Economic & Public Policy Research Trust	$360,000
			Associate Professor NR Oliveira	AI	Tilburg University
24-NIW-057	ESA	Quantifying the different types of strain along subduction zones to better understand Earth's greatest earthquake and tsunami hazards	Dr GJ Crutchley	PI	National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd	$940,000
			Professor NL Bangs	AI	University of Texas at Austin
			Dr D Klaeschen	AI	GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
			Professor A Nicol	AI	University of Canterbury
			Dr BJ Tozer	AI	GNS Science
			Professor LM Wallace	AI	University of Texas at Austin
24-PAF-020	CMP	How do plants hear the contrasting vibrations of a bee buzzing and a caterpillar chewing?	Dr Samarth	PI	University of Canterbury	$360,000
			Dr F Mas	AI	Plant & Food Research
24-TWW-001	HUM	Ngā Kōrero Tawhito: using an archive of recordings of native te reo Māori speakers to assess the evolution of the language	Dr RT Collier	PI	Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi	$360,000
			Dr ST Wana	AI	Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi
			Mr JRP Wilcox	AI	Te Whare o Kupe
24-TWW-002	HUM	Hau-ora Hau-mōteatea Hai whakaora i a-hau: Examining the therapeutic and wellbeing potential of mōteatea	Dr TR Tahi-Rangihau	PI	Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi	$360,000
			Professor TKR Kingi	AI	Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi
24-UNT-002	SOC	Māori, Pacific and Aboriginal women and the culturally re-generative community practices of making traditional clothing	Associate Professor HLJ Smith	PI	Pūrangakura Ltd	$360,000
24-UOA-005	MIS	New ways of extracting and exploiting information from partial differential equations to solve pivotal problems in geometric analysis, representation theory, and fundamental physics	Professor AR Gover	PI	The University of Auckland	$706,000
			Professor A Cap	AI	University of Vienna
			Professor M Dunajski	AI	University of Cambridge
			Professor MG Eastwood	AI	University of Adelaide
			Professor AK Waldron	AI	University of California, Davis
24-UOA-023	SOC	The evolution, impact and deployment of Pacific Research Methodologies and their relationship with Indigenous and Māori methodologies	Dr MP Leenen-Young	PI	The University of Auckland	$870,000
			Associate Professor FL Uperesa	PI	University of California, Los Angeles
			Dr LL Lopesi	AI	University of Oregon
			Associate Professor ML Muru-Lanning	AI	The University of Auckland
			Dr SE Naepi	AI	The University of Auckland
24-UOA-027	EEB	What is responsible for fern dispersal and diversity across the Pacific?	Dr JMR Brock	PI	The University of Auckland	$360,000
			Mr H Barclay-Kerr	AI	Ministry of Culture and Heritage
			Dr EB Sessa	AI	New York Botanical Garden
24-UOA-042	SOC	What is a 'surplus' zoo animal and what should happen to them?	Dr AP Palmer	PI	The University of Auckland	$360,000
			Professor A Cassidy	AI	University of Exeter
24-UOA-053	EEB	Do mantis shrimps use one or two eyes to strike prey and predators accurately?	Dr M Vorobyev	PI	The University of Auckland	$941,000
			Professor TW Cronin	AI	University of Maryland
			Professor NJ Marshall	AI	University of Queensland
			Dr RB Taylor	AI	The University of Auckland
24-UOA-055	BMS	Understanding how central nervous system clearance could be targeted to intervene in aging brains and those with traumatic brain injuries	Dr JS Rustenhoven	PI	The University of Auckland	$941,000
			Professor M Dragunow	AI	The University of Auckland
			Professor J Kipnis	AI	Washington University in St Louis
			Dr SJ O'Carroll	AI	The University of Auckland
24-UOA-072	SOC	Centring Pacific girl gamers' voices in understanding how gaming contributes to their wellbeing, identity and relationships	Dr JMU Allen	PI	The University of Auckland	$360,000
24-UOA-081	SOC	Me aro ki te hā o Hineahuone: the significant contribution of wāhine from Te Tai Tokerau	Professor MJ Webber	PI	The University of Auckland	$859,000
			Dr MSS Hetaraka	PI	The University of Auckland
			Dr CT Hoskins	PI	The University of Auckland
			Mr TK O'Connor	AI	The University of Auckland
24-UOA-085	SOC	Can we halt soil degradation through a new consideration of soil sovereignty?	Dr LJ Makey	PI	The University of Auckland	$360,000
			Associate Professor A Krzywoszynska	AI	University of Oulu
			Ms WA Wood	AI	Wai Communications Ltd
24-UOA-086	PCB	Unleashing the potential of titanium as a replacement for precious metal catalysts by affixing it to solid supports	Dr RL Falconer	PI	The University of Auckland	$360,000
			Dr T Kraemer	AI	National University of Ireland, Maynooth
24-UOA-087	CMP	Understanding how temperature affects the circadian clock in legumes	Dr MS Perez-Santangelo	PI	The University of Auckland	$941,000
			Dr M Legris	AI	University of Lausanne
			Associate Professor MJ Yanovsky	AI	University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
24-UOA-100	BMS	Analysing whether a newly discovered complement evasion factor is useful in developing a vaccine against Group A Streptococcus	Professor TK Proft	PI	The University of Auckland	$941,000
			Dr JMS Loh	AI	The University of Auckland
			Associate Professor NJ Moreland	AI	The University of Auckland
24-UOA-115	CMP	Understanding the origin of cell-cell interactions in the nervous system: how do bacterial teneurin homologues function?	Associate Professor JS Lott	PI	The University of Auckland	$941,000
			Associate Professor MJ Landsberg	AI	University of Queensland
			Professor MA Schembri	AI	University of Queensland
24-UOA-119	ESA	Do local conditions around estuaries and lagoons amplify, preserve or diminish heating extremes from the ocean?	Professor KR Bryan	PI	The University of Auckland	$941,000
			Dr V Vetrova	PI	University of Canterbury
			Dr C Fichot	AI	Boston University
			Dr MR Vennell	AI	Cawthron Institute
			Professor JL Wilkin	AI	Rutgers University
24-UOA-125	EIS	Exploring whether nonlinear phase-locking can improve the generation of ultrashort pulses of laser light	Dr YQ Xu	PI	The University of Auckland	$936,000
			Associate Professor MJ Erkintalo	AI	The University of Auckland
24-UOA-126	EHB	Understanding the historical drivers and possible futures of global cultural and linguistic diversity	Associate Professor SJ Greenhill	PI	The University of Auckland	$853,000
			Professor QD Atkinson	AI	The University of Auckland
			Associate Professor AS Calude	AI	University of Waikato
24-UOA-138	EIS	Using a cutting-edge anatomical model of the heart and placenta to study the biomechanical elements of pregnancy that affect cardiovascular disease risk	Associate Professor AR Clark	PI	The University of Auckland	$942,000
			Associate Professor JL James	AI	The University of Auckland
24-UOA-153	MIS	A logical framework for defining relational and graph databases to quantify processing difficulty and cost	Professor SL Link	PI	The University of Auckland	$280,000
24-UOA-163	EIS	Unravelling the mechanisms that create environmental risks in "forever chemicals"	Dr S Yi	PI	The University of Auckland	$942,000
			Dr IKH Leung	AI	University of Melbourne
			Professor KA Stockin	AI	Massey University
			Dr LA Tremblay	AI	Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research
			Dr WQ Zhuang	AI	The University of Auckland
24-UOA-173	BMS	Mapping how viruses get into and travel around B-cells in lymph nodes	Dr ID Kelch	PI	The University of Auckland	$941,000
			Professor PR Dunbar	AI	The University of Auckland
			Professor P Klenerman	AI	University of Oxford
			Dr GB Sands	AI	The University of Auckland
24-UOA-187	MIS	Building theoretical foundations for algorithms employing linear algebraic techniques to take full advantage of cutting planes	Dr M Vinyals	PI	The University of Auckland	$360,000
			Dr NR Fleming	AI	Memorial University of Newfoundland
24-UOA-206	ESA	Using Gallium to trace ancient microbial activity in geologic materials	Associate Professor MC Rowe	PI	The University of Auckland	$941,000
			Professor KA Campbell	AI	The University of Auckland
			Associate Professor TL Hamilton	AI	University of Minnesota
			Dr JRH Havig	AI	University of Minnesota
			Dr T Kunihiro	AI	Okayama University
			Professor R Tanaka	AI	Okayama University
24-UOA-241	EEB	Spying on the daily rhythm of a honeybee hive	Associate Professor GR Warman	PI	The University of Auckland	$941,000
			Professor RHR Menzel	PI	Free University of Berlin
			Mr LA Alexander	AI	Private Individual
			Dr JF Cheeseman	AI	The University of Auckland
			Dr D Cumin	AI	The University of Auckland
			Professor CD Millar	AI	The University of Auckland
24-UOA-245	HUM	How will a phonetician's work from 100 years ago alter our understanding of the evolution of modern New Zealand English?	Professor CI Watson	PI	The University of Auckland	$660,000
			Dr EY Ballard	AI	The University of Auckland
			Professor M Meyerhoff	AI	University of Oxford
24-UOA-248	EEB	Testing how the ability to distinguish kin from non-kin affects the evolution of genes, pathogens and species	Dr EA Ostrowski	PI	The University of Auckland	$941,000
			Professor MP Cox	AI	Massey University
			Professor G Shaulsky	AI	Baylor College of Medicine, USA
24-UOA-260	EIS	Analysing gastric bioelectrical patterns to develop non-invasive methods for identifying diagnostic biomarkers	Dr R Avci	PI	The University of Auckland	$360,000
			Professor LK Cheng	AI	The University of Auckland
24-UOA-268	BMS	Does mitochondrial function determine heat tolerance in diseased hearts?	Dr ASC Power	PI	The University of Auckland	$360,000
24-UOA-279	MIS	Better ways to accurately model ice thickness and basal sliding in glaciers and ice sheets	Dr RV Nicholson	PI	The University of Auckland	$360,000
			Dr OJ Maclaren	AI	The University of Auckland
			Associate Professor N Petra	AI	University of California Merced
24-UOC-019	EHB	Ngā Rōpū Kupu o Te Reo Māori: understanding the parts of speech in Te Reo Māori	Dr FA Panther	PI	University of Canterbury	$852,000
			Professor JB Hay	AI	University of Canterbury
			Dr H Hwang	AI	University of Canterbury
			Dr GMA Leoni	AI	Te Hiku Media, NZ
24-UOC-020	MIS	Refining mathematical models of infectious diseases so we can better understand transmission in different population groups	Professor MJ Plank	PI	University of Canterbury	$706,000
			Dr S Datta	AI	National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd
			Mr AA Sporle	AI	iNZight Analytics Limited
24-UOC-046	CMP	Unravelling the mechanisms that enhance the spread of pathogenic "biological bulldozers"	Associate Professor A Garrill	PI	University of Canterbury	$940,000
			Dr T Ketelaar	AI	Wageningen University and Research Centre
			Professor VM Nock	AI	University of Canterbury
			Professor S Shabala	AI	University of Western Australia
24-UOC-055	CMP	Shedding insight on how plants coordinate their reaction to stress on a molecular level	Dr CN Meisrimler	PI	University of Canterbury	$940,000
			Associate Professor I De Clercq	AI	Ghent University
24-UOC-058	EHB	The differences between 'super-matchers' and forensic science experts when sampling visual information	Dr B Growns	PI	University of Canterbury	$360,000
			Dr JD Dunn	AI	University of New South Wales
			Dr EJAT Mattijssen	AI	Netherlands Forensic Institute
24-UOC-097	ESA	Tracking cosmic-ray particles to their source using multimessenger and multi-wavelength observations	Professor JA Adams	PI	University of Canterbury	$941,000
			Dr S Einecke	AI	University of Adelaide
			Associate Professor GC Hill	AI	University of Adelaide
			Professor GP Rowell	AI	University of Adelaide
24-UOC-125	PCB	Building on the discovery of a new category of glass to create structurally resilient glasses formed from hybrid perovskites that have promising application in photovoltaics and LEDs	Professor TD Bennett	PI	University of Cambridge	$941,000
			Professor SE Dutton	AI	University of Cambridge
			Professor JM Hodgkiss	AI	Victoria University of Wellington
			Professor PE Kruger	AI	University of Canterbury
24-UOC-137	EIS	Can we control fluids sprayed by rotary atomizers by alterating the shape of the rotating surface?	Professor M Sellier	PI	University of Canterbury	$942,000
			Dr E Boujo	AI	Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale De Lausanne
			Dr N Kabaliuk	AI	University of Canterbury
24-UOC-144	HUM	Examining which syllables are stressed in te reo Māori and why	Dr K Culhane	PI	University of Canterbury	$360,000
			Dr FA Panther	AI	University of Canterbury
24-UOO-012	CMP	How does Streptococcus pneumoniae, the main cause of community acquired pneumonia and meningitis in children and the elderly, acquire a critical antioxidant from its host to survive at infection sites?	Dr N Dickerhof	PI	University of Otago	$941,000
			Professor RCJ Dobson	AI	University of Canterbury
			Professor E Hanssen	AI	University of Melbourne
24-UOO-017	EIS	Understanding how cells generate large-scale tissues	Dr FM Yavitt	PI	University of Otago	$360,000
			Professor PJ Dempsey	AI	University of Colorado, Boulder
			Associate Professor J Jang	AI	Pohang University of Science and Technology
24-UOO-023	MFC	Fostering children's brain development, self-regulation, and academic skills with Kia Tīmata Pai (Best Start study)	Professor JE Reese	PI	University of Otago	$3,000,000
			Professor JM O'Sullivan	PI	The University of Auckland
			Professor VM Reid	PI	University of Waikato
			Dr AB Arnett	AI	Harvard University
			Professor D Bleses	AI	Aarhus University, Denmark
			Distinguished Professor SM Carlson	AI	University of Minnesota
			Dr AE Clifford	AI	University of Otago
			Dr CD Erb	AI	The University of Auckland
			Distinguished Professor KA Hirsh-Pasek	AI	Temple University
			Dr EC Law	AI	National University of Singapore
			Mr J McLauchlan	AI	Methodist Mission Southern
			Professor LJ Moses	AI	Victoria University of Wellington
			Dr E Schaughency	AI	University of Otago
			Professor P Van Bergen	AI	University of Wollongong
			Dr R Wei	AI	Peking University
24-UOO-027	EHB	Unravelling how the brain recreates multisensory phenomena to better understand maladaptive eating behaviour	Dr M Peng	PI	University of Otago	$853,000
			Dr RP Roberts	AI	The University of Auckland
			Professor C Spence	AI	University of Oxford
24-UOO-041	BMS	Understanding the role of efflux pumps in the evolution of untreatable multi-drug resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis	Dr MB McNeil	PI	University of Otago	$941,000
			Dr N Dickerhof	AI	University of Otago
			Professor L Ramakrishnan	AI	University of Cambridge
24-UOO-045	HUM	Kia Hauora Anō: the first historical study on the nature and impact of war wounds and disease on Māori veterans of WWII	Professor AC Wanhalla	PI	University of Otago	$660,000
			Dr CL Macindoe	PI	University of Otago
24-UOO-053	BMS	Revealing how the brain becomes desensitised to stressful experiences	Dr JS Kim	PI	University of Otago	$940,000
24-UOO-056	EHB	The bioethics of use, curation, and repatriation of anatomical skeletons in Aotearoa	Professor SE Halcrow	PI	University of Otago	$853,000
			Dr JA Metzger	PI	Takarangi Research Ltd
			Professor SC Agarwal	AI	University of California, Berkeley
24-UOO-063	BMS	Identifying the mechanism that coordinates menopausal hot flushes and sleep disturbance	Dr J Clarkson	PI	University of Otago	$941,000
			Dr RSE Brown	AI	University of Otago
24-UOO-065	PCB	Modifying the transmission of light through quantum-controlled light scattering	Professor N Kjærgaard	PI	University of Otago	$941,000
			Dr MA Chilcott	PI	University of Otago
			Associate Professor JJ Arlt	AI	Aarhus University, Denmark
			Dr AB Deb	AI	University of Birmingham
			Dr JP Kumlin	AI	TU Wien
			Dr JS Otto	AI	University of Otago
			Professor T Pohl	AI	TU Wien
24-UOO-069	BMS	How maternal hormones affect the olfactory system and parental behaviour	Dr RSE Brown	PI	University of Otago	$941,000
			Dr M Garratt	AI	University of Otago
24-UOO-071	MIS	Statistical methods for mitigating uncertainty in complex networks of infrastructure assets	Dr X Xiao	PI	University of Otago	$360,000
			Associate Professor P Chen	AI	Zhejiang University, China
			Professor KL Tsui	AI	Virginia Tech
			Associate Professor ZS Ye	AI	National University of Singapore
24-UOO-103	CMP	Understanding how the brain governs sex change in fish: why can the NZ spotty wrasse change sex while other species can't?	Dr K Kamstra	PI	University of Otago	$360,000
24-UOO-107	CMP	The molecular mechanisms driving gastric cancer survival rates: understanding the role of nuclear immunoproteasomes	Dr S Neumann	PI	University of Otago	$360,000
			Dr CZ McKinney	AI	University of Otago
			Ms T Russell-Camp	AI	University of Otago
24-UOO-111	EEB	Using recent genomic advances to investigate why biocontrol of parastitic wasps is declining over time	Dr SN Inwood	PI	University of Otago	$360,000
			Professor PK Dearden	AI	University of Otago
24-UOO-118	BMS	Preserving and repairing heart function with suPAR after a heart attack	Dr JSC Chew-Harris	PI	University of Otago	$360,000
			Dr TH Pham	AI	The University of Auckland
24-UOO-153	PCB	Exceptional control of quantum states: non-Hermitan physics and magnon-polaristons near exceptional points	Associate Professor HGL Schwefel	PI	University of Otago	$941,000
			Dr NJ Lambert	PI	University of Otago
			Associate Professor JJ Longdell	AI	University of Otago
			Professor S Rotter	AI	TU Wien
24-UOO-160	BMS	Unravelling the link between depression and heart disease by examining serotonin and Lp(a) catabolism	Professor SPA McCormick	PI	University of Otago	$941,000
			Dr GMI Redpath	PI	University of New South Wales
24-UOO-168	BMS	Investigating how cohesin organises DNA in neurons and the impact of cohesin deficiency on brain function	Professor JA Horsfield	PI	University of Otago	$941,000
			Dr M Meier	AI	University of Otago
			Professor EK Scott	AI	University of Melbourne
24-UOO-179	CMP	The mechanical and biological significance of a reversible switch that controls protein function in cell division regulation	Dr C Goebl	PI	University of Otago	$941,000
			Professor AK Buell	AI	Technical University of Denmark
			Professor JA Horsfield	AI	University of Otago
			Dr VK Morris	AI	University of Canterbury
24-UOO-180	EIS	Improving the technology used to measure abnormal stiffness in cells by using sculpted light at a microscopic scale	Dr MA Taylor	PI	University of Otago	$942,000
			Professor WP Bowen	AI	University of Queensland
			Professor TBF Woodfield	AI	University of Otago
24-UOO-184	PCB	A new, milder way to guide toxic drugs to cancer cells	Associate Professor AB Gamble	PI	University of Otago	$941,000
			Dr JM Fairhall	PI	University of Otago
24-UOO-196	EIS	Using frequency-comb spectroscopy to transform an optical spectrum into the digital domain in near real-time	Dr F Sedlmeir	PI	University of Otago	$360,000
			Dr GB Santamaria Botello	AI	Colorado School of Mines
24-UOW-002	EEB	Investigating how light affects green nectaries so we better understand the vital flower parts that generate nectar and attract animal pollinators	Associate Professor MJ Clearwater	PI	University of Waikato	$941,000
			Professor CJ Carter	AI	University of Minnesota
			Dr KM Davies	AI	Plant & Food Research
			Ms ERP Grierson	AI	Plant & Food Research
24-UOW-005	SOC	Creating a demographic database of iwi, hapū and kāinga in the 19th century to better understand population change during colonisation	Professor TH Kukutai	PI	University of Waikato	$870,000
			Dr JR Bryant	AI	Bayesian Demography Limited, NZ
			Ms HH Kani	AI	Private Individual
			Ms MAM Rarere	AI	Te Ngira Institute for Population Research
			Associate Professor JL Zhang	AI	Peking University
24-UOW-007	SOC	Building understanding about intersex children's bodily integrity and human rights	Professor K Roen	PI	University of Waikato	$868,000
			Professor CM Breen	PI	University of Waikato
			Ms SC Hogan	AI	New Zealand Institute of Economic Research
24-UOW-011	EHB	Combining te ao Māori concepts with contemporary economic methods to build a model of the Aotearoa New Zealand economy that analyses and quantifies intergenerational wellbeing	Professor LT Oxley	PI	University of Waikato	$849,000
			Dr GM Penny	PI	EMPlan Services Ltd
			Professor I Claus	AI	Singapore Regional Training Institute
			Professor A Grimes	AI	Motu Economic & Public Policy Research Trust
			Professor ND Hanley	AI	University of Glasgow
			Professor SL Morrison	AI	University of Waikato
			Associate Professor SJ Tucker	AI	University of Waikato
24-UOW-013	SOC	Tiaki tāne: Kaupapa Māori approaches to exploring causes of youth offending for rangatahi tāne Māori	Dr LA Tompson	PI	University of Waikato	$869,000
			Dr PJWE Aikman	PI	Mana Pounamu Consulting, NZ
			Dr AD Jolliffe Simpson	AI	University of Waikato
			Professor DLL Polaschek	AI	University of Waikato
24-UOW-032	EEB	Unravelling the winter survival strategies of Antarctic cyanobacteria in the geothermally heated soils of Mt Erebus	Dr SE Noell	PI	University of Waikato	$360,000
			Professor DY Sumner	AI	University of California, Davis
			Dr VHL Winton	AI	Victoria University of Wellington
			Professor SA Wood	AI	Lincoln University
24-UOW-033	EEB	Tracking how viruses are distributed globally through the atmosphere to better understand whether melting Antarctic ice will release old viruses	Professor IR McDonald	PI	University of Waikato	$941,000
			Professor A Alcami	AI	CSIC - Spanish National Research Council
			Dr SDJ Archer	AI	AgResearch
			Associate Professor M Katurji	AI	University of Canterbury
24-UOW-049	HUM	Engaging 21st century uri (descendants) with 19th century tūpuna critiques of colonial violence	Dr SJ Iti Prendergast	PI	University of Waikato	$360,000
24-UOW-064	ESA	Using isotopes to determine whether life originated and evolved on a hot or cold Earth	Dr TT Isson	PI	University of Waikato	$941,000
			Associate Professor A Bekker	AI	University of California, Riverside
			Associate Professor A Hofmann	AI	University of Johannesburg
			Dr JAG Wostbrock	AI	Yale University
24-UOW-066	SOC	Ngā Hua o Tōna Ahurea Māori: measuring the adaptive outcomes of Māori cultural embeddedness	Dr RF Fox	PI	University of Waikato	$360,000
			Mr T Winter	AI	University of Canterbury
24-VUW-003	EHB	Mā te tāke tika, e mau roa te iwi: with a just tax system, the people are sustained. Researching a Te Tiriti-affirming tax system design	Professor LJ Marriott	PI	Victoria University of Wellington	$853,000
			Dr BJ Tunui	PI	Victoria University of Wellington
			Associate Professor JM Barrett	AI	Victoria University of Wellington
			Mrs RC Evans	AI	University of Canterbury
			Professor AJ Sawyer	AI	University of Canterbury
			Dr MR Scobie	AI	University of Canterbury
24-VUW-006	HUM	What drives the rise of indigenous nonreligion and how does it connect to broader trends? A comparison between Aotearoa New Zealand and Canada.	Dr S Rahmani	PI	Victoria University of Wellington	$360,000
			Professor P Adds	AI	Victoria University of Wellington
			Dr JS Simmons	AI	University of Alberta
24-VUW-010	HUM	Death’s impact on privacy, reputation and mana. A comparative exploration of Pākehā law and tikanga Māori	Professor NA Moreham	PI	Victoria University of Wellington	$660,000
			Ms NR Coates	AI	Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi
			Ms MR Pirini	AI	University of Otago
24-VUW-014	MIS	Collaborating to use a twisted groupoid approach to solve problems in abstract and operator algebra, thus advancing a mathematical framework for quantum mechanics	Dr B Armstrong	PI	Victoria University of Wellington	$360,000
			Distinguished Professor B Steinberg	AI	The City College of New York
24-VUW-021	PCB	Developing an efficient photonic analogue of an electronic memory resistor that will allow ultra-fast, energy-efficient optical computing	Dr JJ Schuyt	PI	Victoria University of Wellington	$360,000
24-VUW-028	EHB	Using an AI simulation of a young child to test whether a positive framing of autism can help families better support their autistic children	Dr HL Waddington	PI	Victoria University of Wellington	$360,000
			Professor AME Henderson	AI	The University of Auckland
			Dr J Tupou	AI	Victoria University of Wellington
24-VUW-050	MIS	Contributing to the debate on the definition of C*-algebras of semigroups, the mathematical foundation of quantum mechanics	Professor A an Huef	PI	Victoria University of Wellington	$706,000
			Professor LO Clark	AI	Victoria University of Wellington
24-VUW-060	SOC	What are the implications of policing climate justice activism?	Dr AC Thomas	PI	Victoria University of Wellington	$360,000
			Ms A Waapu	AI	Private Individual
24-VUW-072	BMS	Protecting infants from infectious disease by amplifying antibodies in breast milk	Dr IFN Montgomerie	PI	Victoria University of Wellington	$360,000
24-VUW-081	EIS	Producing next-generation materials that can capture methane	Dr L Liu	PI	Victoria University of Wellington	$942,000
			Professor SG Telfer	PI	Massey University
24-VUW-096	PCB	Do bacteria from New Zealand insects hold solutions for new anti-microbial drugs?	Dr RF Little	PI	Victoria University of Wellington	$360,000
			Dr C Lange	AI	Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research
24-VUW-100	HUM	How 18th century poetry influenced settlers' treaty making with indigenous peoples	Professor NA Hessell	PI	Victoria University of Wellington	$660,000
			Dr CH Jones	AI	Te Wānanga o Raukawa
24-VUW-103	SOC	Exploring how New Zealanders with ADHD experience and manage their Internet use	Dr AMD Beattie	PI	Victoria University of Wellington	$360,000
			Associate Professor TM Fleming	AI	Victoria University of Wellington
			M Shippam	AI	Victoria University of Wellington
			Dr KN Taiuru	AI	Taiuru & Associates Ltd
24-VUW-106	BMS	Pioneering precision tools for enzyme-based targeted cell ablation to improve our understanding of regenerative and developmental cell biology	Dr AV Sharrock	PI	Victoria University of Wellington	$360,000
			Dr WJ Kelton	AI	University of Waikato
			Professor JS Mumm	AI	Johns Hopkins University
24-VUW-124	MIS	Methods for identifying clusters and making predictions of cluster membership in survey data analysis	Associate Professor I Liu	PI	Victoria University of Wellington	$706,000
			Professor RA Arnold	PI	Victoria University of Wellington
			Dr D Fernández	AI	Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
24-VUW-125	EHB	The relationship between positive autobiographical memory and emotional well-being in older adults	Dr MT Crawford	PI	Victoria University of Wellington	$853,000
			Professor PE Jose	AI	Victoria University of Wellington
24-VUW-134	PCB	Developing a new, flexible, low-cost class of organic solar cells that convert sunlight directly into electricity	Dr PA Hume	PI	Victoria University of Wellington	$941,000
			Associate Professor TW Kee	AI	University of Adelaide
			Professor CR McNeill	AI	Monash University
24-VUW-145	MIS	How continous antenna arrays affect communication over Gaussian fields	Professor PJ Smith	PI	Victoria University of Wellington	$706,000
			Dr R Senanayake	AI	University of Melbourne
24-VUW-148	MIS	Developing models of reputation dynamics, to explore how scrutiny and social standing generate cooperation among strangers	Associate Professor MR Frean	PI	Victoria University of Wellington	$706,000
			Professor SR Marsland	AI	Victoria University of Wellington
24-VUW-152	BMS	Stabilising Mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells for use in pill-based colorectal cancer therapy	Associate Professor BL Stocker	PI	Victoria University of Wellington	$941,000
			Dr K Shibata	PI	Yamaguchi University
			Associate Professor MSM Timmer	AI	Victoria University of Wellington

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