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Marsden Fund supports leading researchers in Aotearoa to explore new ideas

Te Pūtea Rangahau a Marsden, the Marsden Fund, has allocated $77.391 million (excluding GST) to 113 research projects led by researchers in Aotearoa New Zealand. These grants support excellent research in the humanities, engineering, mātauranga, mathematics, science, and the social sciences for three years

E tautoko ana i te Tahua Marsden i ngā kairangahau matua i Aotearoa ki te hōpara i ngā whakaaro hou
  • He $77.391 miriona (kore GST) kua tohaina e Te Pūtea Rangahau a Marsden ki ngā kaupapa rangahau 113 e ārahina ana e ngā kairangahau i Aotearoa...

Coming back to life: just add water! Chloroplast assembly in resurrection plants

Dr Christopher Ca...
  • Dr Christopher Carrie, from Waipapa Taumata Rau the University of Auckland, will investigate how chloroplasts, the tiny factories responsible for photosynthesis, are as...

Copying Spongebob: Reproducing the way marine sponges make medicines

Dr Tristan de Rond of Waipapa...
  • Dr Tristan de Rond of Waipapa Tamata Rau the University of Auckland will explore how a marine sponge makes potentially bioactive molecules by identifying the biosynthet...

A taonga for all New Zealanders? How well are Māori doing amidst the te reo boom?

Fifty years on ...
  • Fifty years on from the delivery of the Māori Language Petition, Pākeha engagement with te reo Māori has exploded...

He taonga mō ngā tāngata katoa o Aotearoa? Kei te pēhea te haere a te Māori i roto i te puāwaitanga o te reo?
  • Kua rima tau tekau tau mai i te whakatakotoranga o te Petihana Reo Māori, kua tino nui rawa atu te whai a te Pākehā i te reo Māori...

The tails of taniwha told: A cultural history

A team led by Dr Kirsty Dunn (Te Aupōuri, Te Rarawa...
  • A team led by Dr Kirsty Dunn (Te Aupōuri, Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi) and Dr Madi Williams (Ngāti Kuia, Ngāti Koata) from Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha the University of Cant...

Te kōrero mō ngā hiku taniwha: He kōrero tuku iho

Ka hangaia e tētahi rōpū e arahina ana e ...
  • Ka hangaia e tētahi rōpū e arahina ana e Tākuta Kirsty Dunn (Te Aupōuri, Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi) rāua ko Tākuta Madi Williams (Ngāti Kuia, Ngāti Koata) mai i Te W...

Unsticking the biofilms that lead to antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections

Dr Matthias Fellner...
  • Dr Matthias Fellner of Te Whare Wānanga o Ōtākou the University of Otago will develop new drugs targeting biofilms which play an important role in chronic antibiotic...

Can we find our way when the space around us is playing by different rules?

Professor Randolph Gra...
  • Professor Randolph Grace and Professor Simon Kemp from Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha the University of Canterbury, will use immersive virtual reality (VR) to test the fle...

Is that buried treasure or a fish? Improving the maths that underlie high resolution imaging

  • Dr Marie Graff of Waipapa Taumata Rau the University of Auckland has been awarded a Marsden Fund Fast-Start grant to develop new solutions to mathematical problems whic...

Solving harmful solvents with ionic liquids

Professor Patricia Hunt from Te Herenga Waka Victoria ...
  • Professor Patricia Hunt from Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington aims to understand the structure of ionic liquids towards developing environmentally frie...

How does blood flow across the placental surface affect fetus size?

Associate Professor Jo James f...
  • Associate Professor Jo James from Waipapa Taumata Rau the University of Auckland will explore how blood flow across the placental surface impacts the birth of dangerous...

He pēhea te pānga o te rerenga toto ki te mata whenua ki te nui o te kahu?

Ka hōpara a Ahorangi...
  • Ka hōpara a Ahorangi Tuarua Jo James o Waipapa Taumata Rau i te pānga o te āhua o te rerenga toto ki te mata whenua ki te whānautanga mai o tētahi pēpi iti rawa

How the oscillating prostate size of the brushtail possum can help us understand prostate cancer

  • Dr Melanie Laird of Te Whare Wānanga o Ōtākou the University of Otago will determine the genetic mechanisms controlling prostate enlargement and regression in animal...

Homes harnessing sunshine: What drives the value of solar cells in Aotearoa?

Dr Yvonne Matthews, o...
  • Dr Yvonne Matthews, of the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) has been awarded a Marsden Fund Fast-Start grant to understand what drives people...

Ngā kāinga whakamahi i ngā hana o te rā: He aha ngā mea e kōkiri ana i te whakamahi i te pūtau kōmaru i Aotearoa?
  • Kua whakawhiwhia a Tākuta Yvonne Matthews, o Taihoro Nukurangi (NIWA) ki te takuhe Tahua Tīmata-Wawe a Marsden kia mārama ai ki ngā mea e whakahau ana i ngā tānga...

Do you have a sweet heart? Understanding the possible role of fructose in diabetic heart disease
  • Dr Kim Mellor from Waipapa Taumata Rau the University of Auckland will investigate the detrimental role of fructose in the diabetic heart

Kei te manawa reka tōu? Te mārama ki te wāhanga pea o te huahuka i roto i te mate manawa matehuka
  • Ka tūhura a Tākuta Kim Mellor o Waipapa Taumata Rau i wāhanga kino o te huahuka i roto i te manawa matehuka

Programming in an ‘eye for detail’: new computer imaging tools to give a new perspective on ancient and modern secrets
  • Associate Professor Steven Mills from Te Whare Wānanga o Ōtākou the University of Otago will develop new computer imaging tools and use them to enhance our view of a...

Why is pounamu so tough?

Dr Nick Mortimer and Dr Simon Cox from Te Pū Ao GNS Science and pounamu ...
  • Dr Nick Mortimer and Dr Simon Cox from Te Pū Ao GNS Science and pounamu artisans will use materials science and mātauranga Māori to explain the special physical prop...

He aha e tino mārō ai te pounamu?

Ka whakamahia e Tākuta Nick Mortimer rāua ko Tākuta Simon C...
  • Ka whakamahia e Tākuta Nick Mortimer rāua ko Tākuta Simon Cox o Te Pū Ao, he tohunga pounamu hoki, ā, ka whakamahia ngā pūtaiao rawa me te mātauranga Māori hei...

Mapping Niue writing in and beyond Aotearoa

Dr Jessica Pasisi, Niue (Mutalau, Hikutavake), Pālagi...
  • Dr Jessica Pasisi, Niue (Mutalau, Hikutavake), Pālagi, Ngāti Pikiao, Tahiti from Te Whare Wānanga o Ōtākou University of Otago ultimately seeks to explore the plea...

Can we mimic microalgal predators? Using the natural defence system of microalgae for their sustainable harvesting in food and industrial applications
  • Dr Maxence Plouviez from Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa Massey University will explore how we can artificially stimulate microalgae to clump together as a cost-effective and ...

Could rewilding be the key to restoring Aotearoa’s rivers?

Dr Simon Stewart, from the Cawthron I...
  • Dr Simon Stewart, from the Cawthron Institute, will investigate the link between levels of īnanga whitebait in our rivers and numbers of tuna (longfin eel); a freshwat...

Ko te oranga o te whakaora i ō tātau awa ko te whakahoki ki tōna āhuatanga tūturu?

Ka tūhura...
  • Ka tūhura a Tākuta Simon Stewart, o te Cawthron Institute, i te hono i waenga i ngā nui o ngā īnanga i roto i ō tātau awa me te maha o ngā tuna e itiiti haere n...

Stuck at home: Why is a novel heat-loving bacterium only found here?

Associate Professor Matthew S...
  • Associate Professor Matthew Stott from Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha the University of Canterbury asks why a type of bacteria that appears to tolerate a range of hot spri...

Te noho ki te nohoanga: He aha te take ka kitea anake tētahi huakita rata ki te wera i konei?

  • Ko te ui a Ahorangi Tuarua Matthew Stott o Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha he aha e matomato ai tētahi momo huakita he tepe ki ētahi momo āhuatanga kōanga wera i Aotear...

Giving voice to the humble kūmara

Kāore te kumara e kōrero ana mō tōna ake reka. The kūmara ...
  • Kāore te kumara e kōrero ana mō tōna ake reka. The kūmara does not talk about its own sweetness...

Te tuku reo ki te kūmara

Kāore te kumara e kōrero ana mō tōna ake reka. E tino mōhio ana a A...
  • Kāore te kumara e kōrero ana mō tōna ake reka. E tino mōhio ana a Ahorangi Paora Tapihana o Takarangi Research Ltd ki tēnei whakataukī...

What have we done? How much of our glaciers are melting due to climate change?

Dr Lauren Vargo fro...
  • Dr Lauren Vargo from Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington will calculate how much glacier melt can specifically be attributed to human-induced climate chan...

Kia rite! Kapa haka for Screens

Dr Jani Wilson (Ngāti Awa, Ngā Puhi, and Mātaatua) of Te Kuneng...
  • Dr Jani Wilson (Ngāti Awa, Ngā Puhi, and Mātaatua) of Te Kunenga Ki Pūrehuroa Massey University will explore the various adaptations to kapa haka as a response to t...

Kia rite! Te kapa haka mō te Pouaka Whakaata

Ka tūhura a Tākuta Jani Wilson (Ngāti Awa, Ngā P...
  • Ka tūhura a Tākuta Jani Wilson (Ngāti Awa, Ngā Puhi me Mātaatua) o Te Kunenga Ki Pūrehuroa i ngā tūmomo urutaunga ki te kapa maha hei urupare ki te whanaketanga...

Big Things on the roadside: Monuments with meaning or kitsch kiwiana?

Statues tell stories. Anecdo...
  • Statues tell stories. Anecdotes of rich history and its colourful figures, culture and traditions. But statues can also silence stories...

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