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New Marsden Fund grants support innovative research in Aotearoa from atoms to Antarctica’s microbes

The Marsden Fund has allocated $85.6 million (excluding GST) to a total of 136 research projects across New Zealand. These grants support New Zealand’s best investigator-initiated research in the areas of science, engineering, maths, social sciences and the humanities.

E tautoko ana ngā takuhe a Te Pūtea a Marsden i ngā rangahau auaha i Aotearoa mai i ngā rāpoi ngota tae atu ki ngā moroiti o Te Kōpaka Runga
  • He $85.6 miriona (GST kore) kua tohaina e Te Pūtea a Marsden ki ngā kaupapa rangahau 136 puta noa i Aotearoa...

Creating and observing spooky entanglement

Dr Mikkel Andersen from the University of Otago will co...
  • Dr Mikkel Andersen from the University of Otago will connect individual atoms through the spooky mechanism of “quantum entanglement”, watching as the connection is ...

Foetal lifeline: feeding your baby in utero

Dr Alys Clark and Dr Jo James of the University of Auc...
  • Dr Alys Clark and Dr Jo James of the University of Auckland will study how blood vessels in the uterus contribute to blood flow to the placenta...

He āwhina i te kōngahungahu: te whāngai i tō pēpi i rō kōpū

Ka rangahau a Tākuta Alys Cla...
  • Ka rangahau a Tākuta Alys Clark rāua ko Tākuta Joanna James o Te Whare Wānanga o Tāmaki Makaurau i te āhua o te tautoko a ngā ioio toto i roto i te kōpū ki te ...

Kidney kickstarter: new stem cell discovery is the first step towards kidney bioengineering
  • Associate Professor Alan Davidson from the University of Auckland has discovered a new source of kidney stem cells in developing embryos...

Tākihi hou: te ara mai i te tūhuratanga pūtau tātā hou ki te pūkahakoiora tākihi

Kua kitea ...
  • Kua kitea e te Ahorangi Tuarua a Alan o Te Whare Wānanga o Tāmaki Makaurau tētahi pūtake hou o ngā pūtau tātā tākihi i roto i ngā kukune e tipu ana...

What happens to gamers when video game features approximate gambling?

Dr Aaron Drummond from Masse...
  • Dr Aaron Drummond from Massey University will lead an international team investigating the potential psychological and financial risks that gambling-related features ha...

Brainy bumblebees: but does learning always pay off?

Dr Lisa Evans of Plant and Food Research will...
  • Dr Lisa Evans of Plant and Food Research will head into New Zealand’s forests to explore variation in learning ability in colonies of wild bumblebees...

Saving kauri with a human drug discovery approach

Professor Michelle Glass from the University of ...
  • Professor Michelle Glass from the University of Otago will use a human drug discovery approach to help fight dieback disease in kauri, one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s m...

Te whakaora i te kauri mā tētahi āhuatanga tūhura rongoā ā-tangata

Ka whakamahia e Ahorangi ...
  • Ka whakamahia e Ahorangi Michelle Glass o Te Whare Wānanga o Otāgo tētahi āhuatanga tūhura rongoā ā-tangata hei āwhina ki te poke i te tahumaero dieback i roto ...

Māori families creating whānau ora

Dr Aroha Harris from the University of Auckland and independe...
  • Dr Aroha Harris from the University of Auckland and independent historian Dr Melissa Williams will examine how Māori families strived for whānau ora (family wellbeing...

Te hāpai a ngā whānau Māori i te whānau ora

E tirotiro ana a Tākuta Aroha Harris o Te Whare ...
  • E tirotiro ana a Tākuta Aroha Harris o Te Whare Wānanga o Tāmaki Makaurau me te pūkenga hītori motuhake a Tākuta Melissa Williams i te āhua o te whai a ngā whā...

When two became one

Dr Heather Hendrickson from Massey University will use real-time evolution exp...
  • Dr Heather Hendrickson from Massey University will use real-time evolution experiments on bacterial and amoeba populations in the lab to address long-standing questions...

Are microalgae putting plastic in our food?

Dr Julie Hope of the University of Auckland will study...
  • Dr Julie Hope of the University of Auckland will study if microalgae and their interactions with the ocean sediments are causing microplastics to invade our food chain.

Lest we remember

Associate Professor Joanna Kidman from Victoria University of Wellington and Dr V...
  • Associate Professor Joanna Kidman from Victoria University of Wellington and Dr Vincent O’Malley of HistoryWorks will explore how New Zealanders selectively remember ...

Kei maumahara tātau

Ka hōpara te Ahorangi Tuarua a Joanna Kidman o Te Whare Wānanga o Te Ūpoko...
  • Ka hōpara te Ahorangi Tuarua a Joanna Kidman o Te Whare Wānanga o Te Ūpoko o Te Ika a Māui rāua ko Tākuta Vincent O'Malley o HistoryWorks i te āta maumahara me t...

Next-generation glasses that could help you find a needle in a haystack

Dr Tobias Langlotz from th...
  • Dr Tobias Langlotz from the University of Otago will develop the first prototype of computational eyewear that amplifies users’ perception of their environment in rea...

Are you more than just a number? Improving population studies from science to policy

Population re...
  • Population research shapes everything from public health interventions to national conservation priorities and your insurance premiums...

An immune system for software

Professor James Noble of Victoria University of Wellington will buil...
  • Professor James Noble of Victoria University of Wellington will build software tools to verify that computer programs are secured from within...

The genetic recipe book for natural medicinal compounds

Professor Emily Parker FRSNZ from Victoria...
  • Professor Emily Parker FRSNZ from Victoria University of Wellington will investigate how subtle genetic differences create diverse and useful chemical compounds in fung...

Cracking under pressure: do crevasses make glaciers melt faster?

Dr Heather Purdie from University...
  • Dr Heather Purdie from University of Canterbury will investigate the impact of seasonally-exposed crevasses on glacial melting in New Zealand’s Southern Alps...

Designing better cancer immunotherapy treatments

Dr Sarah Saunderson of the University of Otago ai...
  • Dr Sarah Saunderson of the University of Otago aims to modify cancer immunotherapy, a new treatment which uses a person’s own immune system to fight cancer, so that i...

Waka lab to study volcanoes in the Pacific Ring of Fire

Dr Ian Schipper of Victoria University of ...
  • Dr Ian Schipper of Victoria University of Wellington and Dr Yves Moussallam of Institut de Recherche pour le Développement will lead an international team on a mission...

Ka rangahau te taiwhanga waka i ngā puia i roto i Te Ahi Tipua o Te Moananui-a-Kiwa

Ko Tākuta Ia...
  • Ko Tākuta Ian Schipper o Te Whare Wānanga o Te Ūpoko o Te Ika a Māui rāua ko Tākura Yves Moussallam o te Institut de Recherche pour le Développement ngā kaiāra...

Rejuvenating Māori navigation knowledge

Dr Haki Tuaupiki from the University of Waikato will comb...
  • Dr Haki Tuaupiki from the University of Waikato will combine ancient Māori navigational knowledge with contemporary voyaging practices to create the first comprehensiv...

Te whakarauora i ngā mātauranga whakaterenga o te Māori

Ka whakakotahi i a Tākuta Haki Tuaupik...
  • Ka whakakotahi i a Tākuta Haki Tuaupiki o Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato ngā mātauranga whakaterenga o te Māori me ngā tikanga whakatere moana onāianei hei waihanga ...

Drug trading on the dark side of the net

Associate Professor Chris Wilkins from Massey University ...
  • Associate Professor Chris Wilkins from Massey University will examine the new and emerging role of the ‘darknet’ in the supply of illegal drugs in Aotearoa New Zeal...

Against the odds: How microbes survive in Antarctica’s harsh conditions

Dr Adele Williamson will...
  • Dr Adele Williamson will take up a position at the University of Waikato to study how microbes survive under the hostile conditions of Antarctica’s Dry Valleys...

Untangling the link between self-injury and suicide

Professor Marc Wilson from Victoria University...
  • Professor Marc Wilson from Victoria University of Wellington will investigate whether self-harm leads to suicidal thoughts and behaviour, or vice versa, in New Zealand ...

Te wetewete i te hono mai i te whakamamae whaiaro me te whakamomori

Kei te tūhura a Ahorangi Marc...
  • Kei te tūhura a Ahorangi Marc Wilson o Te Whare Wānanga o Te Ūpoko o Te Ika a Māui mēnā ko te mutunga atu o te whakamamae whaiaro ko ngā whakaaro me ngā whanong...

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