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Marsden Fund supports world leading research

Te Pūtea Rangahau a Marsden, the Marsden Fund, has allocated $84.751 million (excluding GST) to 134 research projects led by researchers in Aotearoa. These grants support excellent New Zealand research in the humanities, science, maths, social sciences and engineering

E tautoko ana te Pūtea Marsden i ngā rangahau mātāmua o te ao

He $84.751 miriona (kore GST) ku...
  • He $84.751 miriona (kore GST) kua tohaina e Te Pūtea Rangahau a Marsden ki ngā kaupapa rangahau 134 e ārahina ana e kairangahau i Aotearoa...

Gut speak: the mechanics of gut communication

Dr Timothy Angeli, University of Auckland, will stud...
  • Dr Timothy Angeli, University of Auckland, will study how the small intestine communicates with the stomach via the smooth muscle valve called the pyloric sphincter

Clean teens: Why are fewer young people smoking, drinking and using drugs?

Dr Jude Ball of the Uni...
  • Dr Jude Ball of the University of Otago will investigate the dramatic decline of smoking, drinking and drug use among Māori and non-Māori adolescents to determine the...

Ngā taiohi urutapu: He aha te take kua itiiti haere ake ngā taiohi he kai paipa, inu waipiro me te kai whakapōauau?
  • Ka tūhura a Tākuta Jude Ball o Te Whare Wānanga o Ōtāgo i te nui o te heke o te kai paipa, te inu waipiro me te kai whakapōauau i waenga i ngā taiohi Māori, Tau...

Are e-cigarettes a safer alternative for smokers?

Dr Kelly Burrowes from the University of Aucklan...
  • Dr Kelly Burrowes from the University of Auckland will revolutionise our understanding of electronic cigarettes and their impact on lung health through an integrative, ...

In the green: could local plant diversity be the key to understanding childhood allergies and asthma?
  • Professor Jeroen Douwes, Professor John Potter, Associate Professor Andrea ‘t Mannetje, Dr Collin Brooks and Dr Marine Corbin (Massey University), Dr Caroline Shorter...

Ngā tipu: ko ngā tipu kanorau o konei te pūtake e mārama ai tātau ki ngā mate pāwera me te huangō i te wā tamariki?
  • Kua waimarie a Ahorangi Jeroen Douwes, Ahorangi John Potter, Ahorangi Tuarua a Andrea ‘t Mannetje, Tākuta Collin Brooks me Tākuta Marine Corbin (Te Kunenga ki Pūre...

Using light to track and target drug delivery

Dr Cassandra Fleming, Auckland University of Technol...
  • Dr Cassandra Fleming, Auckland University of Technology, will develop new light-responsive drug delivery systems to control when and where drugs target their therapeuti...

Are toxic metals testing the honeybee’s mettle?

Dr Megan Grainger, University of Waikato, will s...
  • Dr Megan Grainger, University of Waikato, will study how toxic metal accumulation affects the brain of honeybees and hive health

Pigs, dogs and chickens in the Pacific past

Dr Karen Greig of the University of Otago will study t...
  • Dr Karen Greig of the University of Otago will study the bones of domesticated animals from across the Western Pacific to study how social networks and structures have ...

Failing hearts in a warming world

Associate Professor Tony Hickey and Dr David Crossman from the U...
  • Associate Professor Tony Hickey and Dr David Crossman from the University of Auckland will study why each animal species has a critical temperature limit for mitochondr...

Better than a hole in the head: using MRI to measure pressure on the brain

Dr Samantha Holdsworth ...
  • Dr Samantha Holdsworth and Dr Sarah-Jane Guild of the University of Auckland will determine if their newly developed medical imaging method can be used as a non-invasiv...

Nursery crimes: when non-native ornamental plants become environmental weeds

Professor Philip Hulm...
  • Professor Philip Hulme FRSNZ from Lincoln University, and Professor Charles Perrings from Arizona State University will investigate the potential impact of popularity a...

Shared immunity: poetic and political

Dr Maebh Long, University of Waikato, will explore how moder...
  • Dr Maebh Long, University of Waikato, will explore how modernist writers fused and developed political and medical metaphors of immunity...

Exception to the rule: why were female moa larger than males?

Dr Kieren Mitchell, of Otago and Ade...
  • Dr Kieren Mitchell, of Otago and Adelaide Universities, will use ancient DNA to investigate why female moa were so much larger than their male counterparts

Descendants of Māori adoptees searching for their tūrangawaewae

Dr Erica Newman from the Univers...
  • Dr Erica Newman from the University of Otago will follow the journeys of descendants of Māori adoptees who do not know their taha Māori as they connect to their tūra...

Ngā uri o ngā adopted Māori e rapu ana i ō rātau tūrangawaewae

Ka whai a Tākuta Erica Newma...
  • Ka whai a Tākuta Erica Newman o Te Whare Wānanga o Ōtāgo i ngā hīkoi a ngā uri Māori kāore nei i te mōhio ki tō rātau taha Māori i a rātau e hono ana ki t...

Impacts of Australian bushfires on New Zealand glacial environments

Dr Phil Novis from Manaaki Whe...
  • Dr Phil Novis from Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research and Dr Lynda Petherick from Victoria University of Wellington will lead a team of scientists to determine the effect...

Ngā panga o ngā ahi kai ngahere i Ahitereiria ki ngā wāhi kōpaka o Aotearoa

Ka ārahina e Tā...
  • Ka ārahina e Tākuta Philip Novis o Manaaki Whenua rāua ko Tākuta Lynda Petherick o Te Whare Wānanga o te Ūpoko o te Ika a Māui tētahi rōpū tohunga pūtaiao o ...

Using penguin poo to measure contaminants in Antarctica

Dr Tanya O'Neill, University of Waikato, w...
  • Dr Tanya O'Neill, University of Waikato, will study penguin mounds as natural archives of contamination in remote Antarctic environments

The hormone that makes good dads

Dr Kristina Smiley, University of Otago, will study the role the ...
  • Dr Kristina Smiley, University of Otago, will study the role the hormone prolactin plays in inducing good parental behaviour in male mice

The disappearing 'tree of life': The mathematics of extinction

Professor Mike Steel and Professor ...
  • Professor Mike Steel and Professor Charles Semple from the University of Canterbury will investigate mathematical models for extinction events in the tree of life

Bringing Indigenous perspectives to the Sport for Development field

By centring Indigenous and fem...
  • By centring Indigenous and feminist scholarship and aspirations, Dr Rochelle Stewart-Withers, (Te Āti Awa), Dr Farah Palmer (Ngāti Maniapoto, Waikato) and Dr Jeremy H...

Te whakauru mai i ngā tirohanga Iwi Taketake ki te wāhanga Hākinakina mō te Whanaketanga
  • Mā te whakaarotahi i nga mōhiotanga me ngā wawata o te Iwi Taketake me te mana wahine, ka turakina, ka wetewetehia me te takahuri i te wāhanga Hākinakina mō te Wh...

Pick-a-path birds: Can New Caledonian crows plan for different possible futures?

Dr Alexander Tayl...
  • Dr Alexander Taylor, University of Auckland, will test whether New Caledonian crows are capable of planning for future uncertainty...

Biodegradable polymer electronics: a new frontier

Professor Jadranka Travas-Sejdic, University of ...
  • Professor Jadranka Travas-Sejdic, University of Auckland, will develop polymer based materials for use as transient electronics that breakdown into environmentally frie...

Between the real and imaginary worlds: Interactive Mixed Reality in real time

Dr Fang-Lue Zhang fr...
  • Dr Fang-Lue Zhang from Victoria University of Wellington will develop a novel framework for enriched immersive experiences in Mixed Reality

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