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Marsden at 30

Ka whakanuia te rangahau, celebrating 30 years of the Marsden Fund

Becoming Tangata Tiriti: Working with Māori, Honouring the Treaty

Twelve non-Māori New Zealander...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Associate Professor Avril Bell
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Auckland

Colourful fruit-like fungi and forests ‘haunted by species loss’ – how we resolved a 30-year evolutionary mystery
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Anne Gaskett, Dr Jamie Wood, Dr Amy Martin
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau

Marsden Fund research in the news

Marsden Fund research on television, radio and from around the web
  • Marsden Fund research on television, radio and from around the web

Marsden Fund highlights

Read about highlighted projects and announcements for each funding round
  • Read about highlighted projects and announcements for each funding round

Marsden Fund research in focus

In-depth articles about Marsden Fund research
  • In-depth articles about Marsden Fund research

Book Gallery
  • Book Gallery

Photo gallery

Photos from some of the more exotic locations and subjects from Marsden-funded resea...
  • Photos from some of the more exotic locations and subjects from Marsden-funded research and researchers out-in-the-field

Marsden Fund Update

The Marsden Fund Update is a periodical magazine published annually that highl...
  • The Marsden Fund Update is a periodical magazine published annually that highlights the research and awardees of the Fund.

Marsden at 25

Ka whakanuia te rangahau Celebrating 25 years of the Marsden Fund
  • Ka whakanuia te rangahau Celebrating 25 years of the Marsden Fund

New protein discovery may influence future cancer treatment

Researchers from the University of Ota...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Christoph Goebl
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

Moonstruck: how reef fish may use the moon’s cycle to manipulate the sex of their offspring
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Jeff Shima
  • ORGANISATION:
    Victoria University of Wellington

Human actions cause insect colour change

New Zealand’s native stoneflies have changed colour in ...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Jon Waters
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

Research exploring how Kiwi kids understand and use Māori loanwords

Study set to uncover how Engl...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Associate Professor Andreea Calude
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Waikato

Dramatic decline in Tongariro’s native plants as invasive heather spreads

Native ferns, sedges, ...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Julie Deslippe
  • ORGANISATION:
    Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington

Guam collaboration improving understanding of gout in the Pacific

The University of Otago’s comm...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Lisa Matisoo-Smith, Dr Anna Gosling, Dr Paul Pumuye, Professor Tony Merriman, Associate Professor Frank Camacho
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

Dark energy 'doesn’t exist' so can't be pushing 'lumpy' Universe apart

One of the biggest myster...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor David Wiltshire, Dr Ryan Ridden-Harper
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Canterbury

Mind’s ear: Investigating the sounds in your head

Some people can’t imagine a dog barking or a...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Tony Lambert
  • ORGANISATION:
    Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland

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