Recipients January 2022
International Leader Fellowship
Number of received proposals: 5
Number of funded proposals: 4
| New Zealand PI | Institution | Project title | Funding (GST Excl) | Months | International Leader Fellow |
| Dr Louis Tremblay | Cawthron Institute | A framework to prioritise and manage the safe use of chemicals in New Zealand | 150,000 | 36 | Distinguished Professor Bryan Brooks, Baylor University, USA |
| Dr Isabelle Chambefort | Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences | Hotter and deeper geothermal - a novel strategy for Net Zero | 135,894 | 36 | Professor Jonathan Blundy, University of Oxford, UNITED KINGDOM |
| Associate Professor Craig Radford | The University of Auckland | Integrating behavioural and genetic techniques to understand stress response in fish to anthropogenic sound | 150,000 | 36 | Professor Dennis Higgs, University of Windsor, CANADA |
| Associate Professor Tony Hickey | The University of Auckland | Exploring the immune system at the intersection of hypoxia and temperature in hypoxia tolerant fish and shark species | 100,000 | 24 | Associate Professor Matthew Pamenter, University of Ottawa, CANADA |
RSNZ Nominations for JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships
Number of received proposals: 3
Number of nominated proposals: 3
| New Zealand PI | Institution | Project title | Collaborators | Collaborator Institutions |
| Dr Laurie Mitchell | Private Individual | Investigating the proximate and ultimate drivers of color pattern diversity in anemonefishes | Professor Vincent Laudet | Okinawa Institute for Science and Technology |
| Mr Benjamin Yen | The University of Auckland | Smart drone audition: A search and rescue drone system that listens and communicates | Professor Kazuhiro Nakadai | Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| Mr Zhao Fan | University of Canterbury | New Developments in the Philosophical Foundations of Computability Theory | Professor Makoto Kikuchi | Kobe University |
New Zealand - China Scientist Exchange Programme
Number of received proposals: 2
Number of funded proposals: 2
| New Zealand PI | Institution | Project Title | Collaborator | Collaborator Institution |
| Associate Professor Boon-Chong Seet | Auckland University of Technology | High-resolution multi-cancer type detection using RF imaging | Professor Lulu Wang | Shenzhen Technology University |
| Associate Professor Kean Aw | The University of Auckland | A Novel Smart Touch Sensor | Associate Professor Mengying Xie | Tianjin University |