Recipients January 2025
Catalyst: Seeding
Funding round overview
| Programme | Number of received proposals | Number of funded proposals |
| General | 70 | 15 |
Catalyst: Seeding General
| NEW ZEALAND PI | Organisation | Project | Funding | Months | Collaboration Partners | Collaborator Organisation | Countries |
| Professor Lindsey White | Auckland University of Technology | Unlocking the aquaculture potential of bull kelp through trans-Pacific collaboration | 80,000 | 24 | Professor H Buschmann, Associate Professor T Wright, Dr M South, Dr Read | Universidad de Los Lagos, University of Tasmania, Cawthron Institute, Te Huata International Research Ltd. | CHILE, AUSTRALIA |
| Professor Maren Wellenreuther | Plant and Food Research | Advancing rock lobster aquaculture: Harnessing global innovation for New Zealand farming | 80,000 | 18 | Professor Zhang, Dr Daniels, Associate Professor Fitzgibbon, Dr Bateman, Mr Drengstig, Dr Ellis | Victoria University of Wellington, Aquatific, University of Tasmania, Centre for Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS) , Norwegian Lobster Farm , University of Exeter | UNITED KINGDOM, AUSTRALIA, UNITED KINGDOM, NORWAY, UNITED KINGDOM |
| Dr Marilou Raduban | Unitec - Institute of Technology | Design and development of hybrid sensors for radiation detection | 79,999 | 24 | Professor Dr Kaewkhao, Dr Hubička, Dr Schuyt | Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University, Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington | THAILAND, CZECH REPUBLIC |
| Associate Professor Cameron Weber | University of Auckland | Linking solvent structure to function to design a new biomolecule purification platform | 80,000 | 24 | Dr G Öhrwall, Professor O Björneholm, Professor TL Greaves | Lund University, Uppsala University, RMIT University | SWEDEN, SWEDEN, AUSTRALIA |
| Dr Hayley Reynolds | University of Auckland | Advancing lymphatic assessment with next-generation imaging and sensing devices | 80,000 | 24 | Dr Singhal, Associate Professor Suami | Harvard Medical School, Macquarie University | USA, AUSTRALIA |
| Professor Yun Sing Koh | University of Auckland | AI-Driven Wildlife Monitoring: Generative Models for Individual Animal Re-Identification and Movement Tracking | 80,000 | 24 | Professor M Getz, Associate Professor Liu | University of California, Berkeley, University of Adelaide | USA, AUSTRALIA |
| Professor Brent Copp | University of Auckland | Marine natural products and their roles in modulating immunity | 80,000 | 24 | Professor A Fontana | University of Naples Federico II | ITALY |
| Professor Volker Nock | University of Canterbury | A point-of-need test for invasive myrtle rust threatening plant species. | 80,000 | 24 | Associate Professor C Linnes, Professor R Smith | Purdue University, The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited | USA, |
| Professor Laurie McLay | University of Canterbury | Co-Design of a Digitally Enabled Care Framework: Leveraging Digital Innovation and Inclusive Practice | 80,000 | 24 | Professor A Schulman, Professor Wood, Professor Bollinger | Stanford University , University of North Carolina , Dartmouth College | USA, USA, USA |
| Professor Wolfgang Rack | University of Canterbury | Novel High-resolution Imaging for Glacial Environments by Polarimetric RADARSAT Constellation Mission Data | 80,000 | 24 | Dr Dabboor, Professor Nunziata | Environment and Climate Change Canada, Sapienza University of Rome | CANADA, ITALY |
| Associate Professor Louise Bicknell | University of Otago | Advancing rare disorder research in Aotearoa New Zealand through international partnerships | 80,000 | 24 | Professor Baynam | Perth Children's Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
| Professor Tim Woodfield | University of Otago | Hierarchical tissue constructs produced using hybrid biofabrication techniques for multi-tissue repair | 80,000 | 24 | Professor Mano | University of Aveiro | PORTUGAL |
| Dr Alexander Doronin | Victoria University of Wellington | A New Frontier in Melanoma Therapy: Structured Light and Machine Learning for Precision Treatment | 80,000 | 24 | Professor Kurachi, Professor S Bagnato | University of Sao Paulo, Texas A&M University | BRAZIL, USA |
| Professor David Ackerley | Victoria University of Wellington | Clean solutions from dirty genes: Discovery of enzymes from soil-dwelling bacteria to detoxify persistent organic pollutants | 80,000 | 24 | Dr SL Robinson | Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (ETH domain) | SWITZERLAND |
| Dr Binh Nguyen | Victoria University of Wellington | Advanced AI Methods for Biomarker and Drug Discovery | 80,000 | 24 | Associate Professor Xia, Professor Peng | Nanyang Technological University, Northwestern Polytechnical University | SINGAPORE, CHINA |