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Marsden Fund Awards 2025

Image of a kiwifruit orchard in Te Kaha showing where native forests and kiwifruit orchards meet (photo credit: Nicola Sullivan, Bioeconomy Science Institute)

Published on 6 Whiringa-ā-rangi November 2025

You can download an Excel spreadsheet of these results here: 2025-Marsden Fund Supplement

The definitions of the 8 Marsden Fund panels can be found here.

Project ID	Panel	Media Title	Investigator	Role	Organisation	Funding (exc GST)
25-AUT-013	EHB	Exploring how values-led organisations and their members maintain a balanced exchange that sustains and benefits both parties through changing times	Professor HD Cooper-Thomas	PI	Auckland University of Technology	$853,000
			Associate Professor P McGhee	PI	Auckland University of Technology
			Dr PL Brazzale	AI	Auckland University of Technology
			Dr JR Greenslade-Yeats	AI	Auckland University of Technology
25-AUT-033	EIS	Finding new ways to measure sap flow in plants using electrical signals in combination with neural networks	Professor S Leuzinger	PI	Auckland University of Technology	$941,000
			Associate Professor DI Wilson	PI	Auckland University of Technology
			Associate Professor MJ Clearwater	AI	University of Waikato
			Dr DG Sellier	AI	Bioeconomy Science Institute
25-CAW-001	EEB	An evolutionary arms race: understanding the costs and benefits of toxin accumulation in kaimoana	Dr L Biessy	PI	Cawthron Institute	$360,000
			Associate Professor GM Bucciarelli	AI	University of California, Davis
			Professor M Wellenreuther	AI	Bioeconomy Science Institute
25-CAW-016	EEB	From loss to legacy: Understanding grayling extinction and its ecological impact	Dr G Thomson-Laing	PI	Cawthron Institute	$360,000
			Dr F Lee	AI	Cawthron Institute
25-GNS-001	ESA	Searching for solutions to the energy crisis: Simulating Earth’s deep crustal conditions to understand subsurface environments and resources	Dr DJ Byrne	PI	Earth Sciences New Zealand	$360,000
			Professor CJ Ballentine	AI	University of Oxford
			Dr OWP Warr	AI	University of Ottawa
25-GNS-004	ESA	Listening to the Earth: Tracking Hidden Changes Beneath Aotearoa New Zealand’s Volcanoes	Dr P Herath	PI	Earth Sciences New Zealand	$360,000
			Professor P Audet	AI	University of Ottawa
			Dr WB Frank	AI	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
			Professor MK Savage	AI	Victoria University of Wellington
25-GNS-015	PCB	Developing a New Zealand catalyst to produce green ammonia from air, water, and renewable electricity	Dr PG Sridhar Gupta	PI	Earth Sciences New Zealand	$941,000
			Dr V Jovic	AI	Earth Sciences New Zealand
			Dr JV Kennedy	AI	Earth Sciences New Zealand
			Distinguished Professor DR Macfarlane	AI	Monash University
			Dr NL Malone	AI	Earth Sciences New Zealand
25-GNS-018	EIS	Unlocking Waste Heat: Advancing Thermomagnetic Generators for Sustainable Energy	Dr JV Kennedy	PI	Earth Sciences New Zealand	$941,000
			Dr SE Granville	AI	Victoria University of Wellington
			Professor T Mori	AI	National Institute for Materials Science, Japan
			Dr WJ Trompetter	AI	Earth Sciences New Zealand
25-LCR-004	MFC	Archaeological preservation of Māori rock art including wider knowledge building and tourism opportunities	Dr PM Novis	PI	Bioeconomy Science Institute	$3,000,000
			Ms AJ Symon	PI	Ngāi Tahu Māori Rock Art Trust
			Mr DR Austin	AI	Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
			Associate Professor SE Favero-Longo	AI	University of Turin
			Professor KC Gordon	AI	University of Otago
			Dr JA Huntley	AI	Griffith University
			Dr JE Hunt	AI	Bioeconomy Science Institute
			Dr KJ Mitchell	AI	Bioeconomy Science Institute
			Dr MW Sagar	AI	Victoria University of Wellington
			Associate Professor JM Wilmshurst	AI	Bioeconomy Science Institute
25-LIU-004	EHB	Using Online Sales Data to Predict New Invasive Weeds in New Zealand	Distinguished Professor PE Hulme	PI	Lincoln University	$853,000
25-MAU-001	EHB	Unpacking how we choose who to trust for knowledge in complex, contentious issues with the potential for misinformation.	Associate Professor SR Hill	PI	Massey University	$853,000
			Dr JR Kerr	AI	University of Otago
			Dr MD Marques	AI	La Trobe University
			Associate Professor MN Williams	AI	Massey University
			Professor RA Zajac	AI	University of Otago
25-MAU-027	BMS	Innovative shape-shifting drugs to fight drug resistance in cancer	Professor VV Filichev	PI	Massey University	$941,000
			Dr T Fallon	AI	University of Adelaide
			Dr E Harjes	AI	Massey University
			Dr S Harjes	AI	Massey University
			Professor RS Harris	AI	University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio
			Emeritus Professor GB Jameson	AI	Massey University
			Dr HM Kurup	AI	Massey University
25-MAU-031	CMP	Safeguarding the future from superbugs by preventing the spread of antimicrobial resistance genes	Professor J Rakonjac	PI	Massey University	$941,000
			Dr R Conners	AI	University of Exeter
			Dr VAM Gold	AI	University of Exeter
			Dr VVH Le	AI	University of Exeter
25-MAU-044	MIS	Empowering research analysts with better mathematical tools for analysing physical phenomena	Associate Professor DJW Simpson	PI	Massey University	$673,000
			Professor CJ Budd	AI	University of Bath
			Professor PA Glendinning	AI	University of Manchester
25-MAU-046	PCB	Exploring hidden patterns in the coldest matter in the universe	Professor J Brand	PI	Massey University	$941,000
			Professor A Alavi	AI	Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
			Professor M Governale	AI	Victoria University of Wellington
			Associate Professor N Navon	AI	Yale University
			Professor J Schmalian	AI	Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
			Professor UOP Zuelicke	AI	Victoria University of Wellington
25-MEP-001	EHB	Making the most of New Zealand's cities and towns	Dr SB Donovan	PI	Motu Economic & Public Policy Research Trust	$360,000
			Associate Professor RT Greenaway-McGrevy	AI	The University of Auckland
			Professor DC Maré	AI	Motu Economic & Public Policy Research Trust
25-MIM-001	BMS	Improving protection against respiratory infectious disease by harnessing the power of microbial-derived products	Dr KL Hilligan	PI	Malaghan Institute of Medical Research	$360,000
25-MIM-005	BMS	Uncovering how metabolism in skin immune cells drives allergies.	Dr OJ-M Lamiable	PI	Malaghan Institute of Medical Research	$940,000
			Associate Professor B Everts	AI	Leiden University
			Professor F Ronchese	AI	Malaghan Institute of Medical Research
25-MIM-008	BMS	Improving liver cancer outcomes for New Zealanders using RNA technology	Dr OK Burn	PI	Malaghan Institute of Medical Research	$360,000
			Associate Professor A Lujambio	AI	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York
25-MIM-011	BMS	Fine-tuning T cells to fight solid tumours	Dr D O'Sullivan	PI	Malaghan Institute of Medical Research	$941,000
			Dr R Perret	AI	Malaghan Institute of Medical Research
			Professor R Weinkove	AI	Malaghan Institute of Medical Research
25-PAF-001	EEB	Living on the Edge: Epigenetic Adaptation and Remodelling at Species Range Margins	Professor M Wellenreuther	PI	Bioeconomy Science Institute	$940,000
			Dr IR Bradbury	AI	Fisheries and Oceans Canada
25-PAF-005	EEB	Evolution of pigment pathways for environmental stress tolerance in plants	Dr KM Davies	PI	Bioeconomy Science Institute	$941,000
			Dr NW Albert	PI	Bioeconomy Science Institute
			Dr CM Andre	AI	Bioeconomy Science Institute
			Professor JL Bowman	AI	Monash University
			Associate Professor MJ Clearwater	AI	University of Waikato
			Associate Professor FW Li	AI	Cornell University
25-PAF-006	CMP	Deciphering the genetics of fruit diversity to facilitate premium fruit production	Dr JL Yao	PI	Bioeconomy Science Institute	$938,000
			Professor H Ma	AI	Penn State University
			Associate Professor RJ Schaffer	AI	Bioeconomy Science Institute
25-PAF-020	EEB	Harnessing the unique microbiomes of New Zealand’s native plants for stronger, more resilient crops	Dr HW Ehau-Taumaunu	PI	Bioeconomy Science Institute	$360,000
25-UOA-003	EIS	Producing Green Ammonia from Air and Water at Ambient Conditions Using Plasma and Renewable Electricity	Dr Z Wang	PI	The University of Auckland	$941,000
			Dr YC Li	AI	University at Buffalo
			Dr AB Murphy	AI	CSIRO
			Dr PG Sridhar Gupta	AI	Earth Sciences New Zealand
			Professor GIN Waterhouse	AI	The University of Auckland
			Dr Y Yang	AI	CSIRO
25-UOA-007	ESA	Unveiling the mysteries of the earliest stars and galaxies in the Universe	Professor JJ Eldridge	PI	The University of Auckland	$944,000
			Dr CM Byrne	AI	University of Warwick
			Associate Professor ER Stanway	AI	University of Warwick
25-UOA-020	MIS	Unravelling evolutionary histories with new mathematical techniques and algorithms for semi-directed networks	Associate Professor S Linz	PI	The University of Auckland	$613,000
25-UOA-022	EIS	Combating Antibiotic Resistance in Aotearoa’s Freshwater Ecosystems through Innovative Oxygen Cycling	Professor N Singhal	PI	The University of Auckland	$941,000
			Dr C Hoar	AI	Boston College
			Dr IM Keenum	AI	Michigan Technological University
			Distinguished Professor AJ Pruden	AI	Virginia Tech
			Dr OK Silander	AI	Massey University
			Professor S Swift	AI	The University of Auckland
25-UOA-023	MIS	Analysis on tomography	Professor AFM ter Elst	PI	The University of Auckland	$584,000
			Professor EM Ouhabaz	AI	University of Bordeaux
25-UOA-041	PCB	More than skin deep: understanding the native oxide of gallium	Professor N Gaston	PI	The University of Auckland	$941,000
			Professor MD Dickey	AI	North Carolina State University
			Associate Professor F Natali	AI	Victoria University of Wellington
			Dr C Ruffman	AI	The University of Auckland
			Dr KG Steenbergen	AI	Private Individual
			Dr J Tang	AI	Westlake University, China
25-UOA-046	BMS	Identifying the types of cells in the heart that can influence heart rhythm and atrial fibrillation	Professor JM Montgomery	PI	The University of Auckland	$941,000
			Professor IR Efimov	AI	Northwestern University
			Associate Professor RR Lamberts	AI	University of Otago
			Dr GB Sands	AI	The University of Auckland
			Dr KS Scherschel	AI	Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
25-UOA-059	MFC	Interstellar Asteroids, Black Holes and the Big Bang	Professor R Meyer	PI	The University of Auckland	$3,000,000
			Dr MT Bannister	AI	University of Canterbury
			Professor NL Christensen	AI	Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, France
			Professor RJM Easther	AI	The University of Auckland
			Dr MC Edwards	AI	The University of Auckland
			Professor JJ Eldridge	AI	The University of Auckland
			Dr JC Forbes	AI	University of Canterbury
			Dr C Gordon	AI	University of Canterbury
			Associate Professor PL Harris	AI	Massey University
			Professor C Kirch	AI	Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
			Dr JE Lee	AI	The University of Auckland
			Dr PA Maturana Russel	AI	Auckland University of Technology
			Professor JC Niemeyer	AI	University of Goettingen
			Dr YC Perrott	AI	Victoria University of Wellington
			Associate Professor NJ Rattenbury	AI	The University of Auckland
			Dr KK Rogers	AI	Imperial College London
25-UOA-060	MIS	Understanding complex cycles of competition	Professor CM Postlethwaite	PI	The University of Auckland	$683,000
			Associate Professor DJW Simpson	AI	Massey University
25-UOA-063	MIS	Noisy fractals: How waves interact with rough surfaces	Dr ME Tacy	PI	The University of Auckland	$683,000
			Professor SN Chandler-Wilde	AI	University of Reading
			Professor J Rowlett	AI	Chalmers University of Technology
25-UOA-069	BMS	Targeting Brain Border Immune Pathways to Improve Waste Clearance in Parkinson’s Disease	Dr TJ Stevenson	PI	The University of Auckland	$360,000
			Dr JS Rustenhoven	AI	The University of Auckland
25-UOA-088	EHB	Exploring how immersive virtual environments can help detect early signs of depression by studying memory, emotion, and brain-body responses.	Dr K Gupta	PI	The University of Auckland	$360,000
			Dr RP Roberts	AI	The University of Auckland
			Associate Professor FI Sundram	AI	The University of Auckland
25-UOA-097	EHB	Music in dementia	Dr SA Mehr	PI	The University of Auckland	$853,000
			Dr CA Fredericks	AI	Yale University
			Professor LJ Tippett	AI	The University of Auckland
25-UOA-101	BMS	Reprogramming Microglia to Halt Neurodegeneration in Motor Neuron Disease	Dr MEV Swanson	PI	The University of Auckland	$360,000
			Professor L Ooi	AI	University of Wollongong
			Dr HM Sheppard	AI	The University of Auckland
25-UOA-111	EIS	Exploring how heat and temperature can help us to deliver viscous drugs, without the need for needles.	Professor AJ Taberner	PI	The University of Auckland	$941,000
			Dr JW McKeage	AI	The University of Auckland
25-UOA-126	EIS	Electromechanical mapping of stomach function	Professor LK Cheng	PI	The University of Auckland	$941,000
			Associate Professor P Du	AI	The University of Auckland
			Dr K Goldstone	AI	Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora
			Dr ND Nagahawatte	AI	The University of Auckland
			Dr NM Whittle	AI	Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora
25-UOA-150	CMP	How do new chromosomes evolve in bacteria?	Dr SD Arras	PI	The University of Auckland	$360,000
			Professor AM Poole	AI	The University of Auckland
25-UOA-151	EIS	Virtual Brain Elastography: Turning Routine MRI Into Instant Maps of Tissue Health to Tackle Brain Degeneration and Injury	Dr VBK Shim	PI	The University of Auckland	$941,000
			Associate Professor YJ Bae	AI	The University of Auckland
			Professor JW Fernandez	AI	The University of Auckland
			Associate Professor SJ Holdsworth	AI	Mātai Medical Research Institute
			Dr EE Kwon	AI	Mātai Medical Research Institute
			Professor S Li	AI	University of California, Berkeley
			Dr M Tayebi	AI	Mātai Medical Research Institute
25-UOA-155	MIS	Functions in matrix variables: from local features to global structure	Dr J Volcic	PI	The University of Auckland	$360,000
			Dr M Farkas	AI	University of York
25-UOA-164	EIS	Steering satellites in orbit with deflected magnetic fields: A novel electric propulsion technique	Dr T Zhang	PI	The University of Auckland	$360,000
			Professor RW Boswell	AI	Australian National University
			Associate Professor Y Fu	AI	Tsinghua University
			Associate Professor K Takahashi	AI	Tohoku University
25-UOA-167	EIS	Visible laser combs from a new type of optical cavity	Associate Professor SG Murdoch	PI	The University of Auckland	$941,000
			Professor SX Coen	AI	The University of Auckland
			Professor MJ Erkintalo	AI	The University of Auckland
25-UOA-185	EIS	Light Signals: A New Communication System for Monitoring New Zealand's Remote Environments and Enhancing Safety.	Dr T Xu	PI	The University of Auckland	$360,000
			Professor W Hu	AI	The University of Auckland
			Dr CP Moore	AI	University of Canterbury
25-UOA-187	EEB	Invisible power: assessing the microbiome’s potential to mitigate biodiversity loss.	Dr PM Salloum	PI	The University of Auckland	$360,000
			Dr ST Williams	AI	Natural History Museum, London
25-UOA-190	EIS	Mechanistic Insights into High-Performance Sustainable Batteries	Dr S Wei	PI	The University of Auckland	$941,000
			Professor ZP Guo	AI	University of Adelaide
			Professor AT Marshall	AI	University of Canterbury
			Professor T Söhnel	AI	The University of Auckland
25-UOA-217	ESA	Using artificial intelligence to detect and study exploding stars with gravitational wave detectors	Dr MC Edwards	PI	The University of Auckland	$360,000
			Associate Professor E Abdikamalov	AI	The University of Auckland
			Dr MA Bizouard	AI	The University of Auckland
			Professor NL Christensen	AI	Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, France
25-UOA-225	CMP	Unlocking the clock: Shedding light on antioxidant regulation in the lens	Associate Professor JC Lim	PI	The University of Auckland	$941,000
			Dr RC Poulsen	AI	The University of Auckland
25-UOA-228		How does respiratory heart rate variable pacing improve the function of the failing heart?	Dr DJ Crossman	PI	The University of Auckland	$941,000
			Dr M Pachen	AI	The University of Auckland
			Professor JFR Paton	AI	The University of Auckland
			Dr ASC Power	AI	The University of Auckland
			Associate Professor R Ramchandra	A	The University of Auckland
			Professor Dame CV Robinson	AI	University of Oxford
25-UOA-271	EHB	Evaluating the socio-economic effects of New Zealand's zoning reforms	Associate Professor RT Greenaway-McGrevy	PI	The University of Auckland	$853,000
			Distinguished Professor PCB Phillips	PI	The University of Auckland
			Dr SB Donovan	AI	Motu Economic & Public Policy Research Trust
25-UOA-296	BMS	Could targeting mast cells and histamine help fight obesity?	Dr QC Wang	PI	The University of Auckland	$941,000
			Professor R Murphy	AI	The University of Auckland
			Dr NE Netzler	AI	The University of Auckland
			Professor PR Shepherd	AI	The University of Auckland
25-UOA-300	MIS	Advancing knowledge of the structure and symmetries of space	Dr P Hekmati	PI	The University of Auckland	$683,000
			Dr DP Baraglia	AI	University of Adelaide
			Associate Professor VGB Ramos	AI	National Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics, Brazil
25-UOA-309	EHB	Anthropological description of change and solutions for Ngāti Manu through a cultural, spiritual and economic lens	Professor TN Ladefoged	PI	The University of Auckland	$853,000
			Associate Professor KPM Watene	PI	The University of Auckland
			Professor JJ Casana	AI	Dartmouth College
			Professor MD McCoy	AI	Southern Methodist University
			Dr IM McIvor	AI	University of Otago
25-UOC-003	EIS	The emergent distribution of extreme earthquake-induced ground motions from physics-based modelling	Professor BA Bradley	PI	University of Canterbury	$941,000
			Dr CA de La Torre	AI	University of Canterbury
			Dr RW Graves	AI	United States Geological Survey
			Dr RL Lee	AI	University of Canterbury
			Professor A Rodriguez-Marek	AI	Virginia Tech
			Professor PJ Stafford	AI	Imperial College London
25-UOC-006	BMS	Finally treating Duchenne muscular dystrophy as a diabetic disease	Dr AJC Lindsay	PI	University of Canterbury	$941,000
			Professor CE Hagemeyer	AI	Monash University
			Associate Professor RG Paul	AI	University of Waikato
25-UOC-008	MIS	Using mathematics to design more efficient experiments	Dr P Wacker	PI	University of Canterbury	$360,000
			Professor CS Schillings	AI	Free University of Berlin
25-UOC-026	ESA	What New Zealand’s glaciers reveal about global climate change and local mountain building over the last 800,000 years	Professor JP Shulmeister	PI	University of Canterbury	$919,000
			Dr LM Watson	AI	University of Canterbury
			Dr D Fink	AI	Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Organisation
			Professor TM Rittenour	AI	Utah State University
			Professor GD Thackray	AI	Idaho State University
25-UOC-040	PCB	Hunting for novel solar cell materials with advanced quantum-mechanical simulations	Dr EB Linscott	PI	University of Canterbury	$360,000
			Dr N Colonna	AI	Paul Scherrer Institute
25-UOC-041	MIS	New geometric perspectives for error-correcting codes	Associate Professor G Van de Voorde	PI	University of Canterbury	$683,000
			Dr F Zullo	AI	University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli
25-UOC-042	EEB	Do crop pests and pathogens find safety in numbers?	Professor JM Tylianakis	PI	University of Canterbury	$941,000
			Professor AL Laine	AI	University of Helsinki
25-UOC-044	MIS	Designing Touch: Combining 3D Printing and Virtual Reality to Create Objects with Realistic Touch Sensations	Dr D Degraen	PI	University of Canterbury	$360,000
			Dr A Everitt	AI	University of Canterbury
25-UOC-063	EHB	Can cognitive flexibility be regained once it has been lost?	Dr RRH Bodeker	PI	University of Canterbury	$360,000
			Professor RC Grace	AI	University of Canterbury
			Associate Professor AS Mitchell	AI	University of Canterbury
25-UOC-078	CMP	Unlocking a New Genetic Tool to Protect Honeybees and Advance Biotechnology	Dr HL Hendrickson	PI	University of Canterbury	$941,000
			Dr JM Johnston	AI	University of Canterbury
			Dr AN Mortensen	AI	Bioeconomy Science Institute
25-UOC-089	EIS	Smart Traffic Lights: Using Connected and Automated Vehicles to Improve New Zealand’s Roads	Dr W Wong	PI	University of Canterbury	$360,000
			Professor HX Liu	AI	University of Michigan
			Professor SC Wong	AI	University of Hong Kong
25-UOC-096	EHB	Understanding factors that underpin individual variation in the very earliest stages of adult language acquisition	Dr W Mattingley	PI	University of Canterbury	$360,000
			Dr SJ Todd	AI	University of California, Santa Barbara
25-UOC-109	EHB	What is a phoneme and how many does New Zealand English have?	Professor JB Hay	PI	University of Canterbury	$853,000
			Associate Professor L Clark	AI	University of Canterbury
			Professor JM Scobbie	AI	Queen Margaret University
25-UOC-116	ESA	Shedding light on the dark components of the Galaxy.	Associate Professor MD Albrow	PI	University of Canterbury	$944,000
			Dr MT Penny	AI	Louisiana State University
25-UOC-128	EHB	Saving for the Future by Saving the Planet - A Climate-Change Adaptation Framework based in Economic Psychology	Dr O Bhattacharya	PI	University of Canterbury	$360,000
			Professor DW Hine	AI	University of Canterbury
25-UOC-139	EIS	Classification of lung disease using normal breathing data through an at-home device to support patient decision making and disease management	Dr EFS Guy	PI	University of Canterbury	$360,000
25-UOC-142	EHB	Mapping brain changes in stuttering following Parkinson's disease and functional movement disorders.	Associate Professor C Theys	PI	University of Canterbury	$853,000
			Dr CJ Le Heron	AI	New Zealand Brain Institute
			Associate Professor TR Melzer	AI	University of Canterbury
25-UOO-009	CMP	How plants see the light: Unlocking molecular mechanisms of light-dependent plant signalling	Professor PD Mace	PI	University of Otago	$941,000
			Dr SHJ Brown	AI	University of Wollongong
			Professor U Hoecker	AI	University of Cologne
25-UOO-012	EEB	The impact of climate change on Aotearoa's endemic vertebrate fauna	Associate Professor M Knapp	PI	University of Otago	$941,000
			Professor ED Lorenzen	AI	University of Copenhagen
			Dr P Lubbe	AI	University of Otago
			Mr AJD Tennyson	AI	Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
25-UOO-035	BMS	Fighting Superbug TB in New Zealand	Associate Professor HL Aung	PI	University of Otago	$941,000
			Professor LPS de Carvalho	AI	University of Florida
			Professor T Zhang	AI	Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine & Health
25-UOO-044	CMP	Understanding how bacteria defend themselves from jumbo phages: informing the optimisation of future phage applications as antimicrobials against harmful bacterial pathogens	Professor PC Fineran	PI	University of Otago	$941,000
			Professor J Pogliano	AI	University of California, San Diego
			Dr ME Wilkinson	AI	Broad Institute
			Dr ZY Yang	AI	PHF Science
25-UOO-046	CMP	The molecular and biological function and role of blue pigment protection in starfish	Dr M Fellner	PI	University of Otago	$941,000
			Professor MD Lamare	AI	University of Otago
			Dr ST Williams	AI	Natural History Museum, London
25-UOO-057	ESA	Reading the waves to map a new polar ice landscape, improving maritime safety and climate science for New Zealand	Dr F Montiel	PI	University of Otago	$944,000
			Dr AA Alberello	PI	University of East Anglia
			Associate Professor SC Hawkins	AI	Macquarie University
			Dr JJ Voermans	AI	University of Memphis
			Dr CN Whittaker	AI	The University of Auckland
25-UOO-086	MIS	Correlation or causation? Measuring cause-and-effect from complex spatiotemporal data	Dr CJ Kresin	PI	University of Otago	$360,000
			Dr DA Clark	AI	Williams College
			Professor ML Hazelton	AI	University of Otago
25-UOO-095	CMP	How do tuna know when to go? Cracking the code of eel migration and aging	Dr VJ Sugrue	PI	University of Otago	$360,000
25-UOO-109	BMS	Protecting Mothers’ Bones: How the Brain May Help Prevent Osteoporosis During Breastfeeding	Dr SH Yip	PI	University of Otago	$941,000
			Dr J Clarkson	AI	University of Otago
			Professor DR Grattan	AI	University of Otago
25-UOO-119	BMS	How do lipids regulate brain cell receptors? New tools for rational drug discovery.	Professor M Glass	PI	University of Otago	$941,000
			Associate Professor JR Allison	AI	The University of Auckland
			Associate Professor DP Furkert	AI	The University of Auckland
			Professor PD Mace	AI	University of Otago
			Dr D Wu	AI	Wuhan University
25-UOO-121	EEB	Do New Zealand Shining cuckoos inherit infections from their parents or catch them from their foster families?	Dr RK French		University of Otago	$360,000
25-UOO-125	MIS	Making the Invisible Visible: New Data Science Tools to Reveal New Zealand’s Hidden Groundwater	Associate Professor C Fox	PI	University of Otago	$683,000
			Dr T Cui	PI	University of Sydney
			Dr NF Dudley Ward	AI	Aqualinc Research Ltd
			Professor OG Ernst	AI	Chemnitz University of Technology
			Professor YM Marzouk	AI	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
25-UOO-133	EEB	Hidden protectors: can seabird parasites help clean up our oceans?	Dr JD Bennett	PI	University of Otago	$360,000
25-UOO-135	CMP	Bacteria can take up foreign DNA that may change the chemistry and control of their genes—how do they adapt?	Dr N Birkholz	PI	University of Otago	$360,000
			Dr JM Atack	AI	Griffith University
25-UOO-138	BMS	The hidden battle: How bacteria adapt to survive antibiotic treatments?	Dr SJT Wardell	PI	University of Otago	$360,000
25-UOO-149	EHB	Improving CPR uptake through innovative education including storytelling	Dr T van Duijn	PI	University of Otago	$360,000
			Dr GH Clarke	AI	University of Waikato
			Professor RSW Masters	AI	University of Waikato
			Associate Professor JL Pellegrino	AI	University of Akron
25-UOO-154	EEB	How do mitochondrial DNA Mutations affect the way we look, live, and behave?	Distinguished Professor NJ Gemmell	PI	University of Otago	$941,000
			Professor DK Dowling	AI	Monash University
			Professor MA Minczuk	AI	University of Cambridge
			Dr AJ Whitworth	AI	University of Cambridge
25-UOO-155	EHB	How does screen use really affect the sleep of adolescents?	Professor RW Taylor	PI	University of Otago	$853,000
			Dr RF Jackson	PI	University of Otago
			Associate Professor DA Brown	AI	University of Otago
			Associate Professor JC Camp	AI	University of Otago
			Dr JJ Haszard	AI	Haszard Biostatistics
25-UOO-171	PCB	Could New Zealand's offshore energy source have played a role in the origin of life?	Dr CP Ennis	PI	University of Otago	$941,000
			Dr HE Maynard-Casely	AI	Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Organisation
			Professor SA Moggach	AI	University of Western Australia
			Dr TH Vu	AI	California Institute of Technology
25-UOO-178	ESA	How will future weather affect the growth of phytoplankton at ocean fronts?	Dr RO Smith	PI	University of Otago	$944,000
			Dr C Collins	AI	Earth Sciences New Zealand
			Dr A de Verneil	AI	Earth Sciences New Zealand
			Professor SR Wing	AI	University of Otago
25-UOW-031	EIS	The importance of river runoff pulses for predicting evolution of coastal vegetated landscapes	Dr M Yoshikai	PI	University of Waikato	$360,000
			Associate Professor G Mariotti	AI	Louisiana State University
			Associate Professor JC Mullarney	AI	University of Waikato
25-UOW-040	BMS	Can bacteria repair extracellular DNA to become antibiotic resistant?	Dr AK Williamson	PI	University of Waikato	$941,000
			Dr G Fritz	AI	University of Western Australia
			Dr JL Hicks	AI	University of Waikato
			Associate Professor DR Whelan	AI	La Trobe University
25-VUW-001	EEB	Evading digestion in the coral-algal symbiosis: a possible mechanism for improved coral reef survival in our warming seas.	Professor SK Davy	PI	Victoria University of Wellington	$941,000
			Professor AR Grossman	AI	Stanford University
			Dr CA Oakley	AI	Victoria University of Wellington
			Professor DJ Suggett	AI	King Abdullah University of Science & Technology
			Professor VM Weis	AI	Oregon State University
25-VUW-002	EEB	How does individual experience affect cognitive performance and impact the evolution of cognition in the wild?	Dr RC Shaw	PI	Victoria University of Wellington	$941,000
			Associate Professor H Lovlie	AI	Linköping University
			Dr E McCallum	AI	Victoria University of Wellington
			Professor A Thornton	AI	University of Exeter
25-VUW-014	EEB	Can microbes help sea sponges adapt to climate change?	Professor JJ Bell	PI	Victoria University of Wellington	$941,000
			Professor SK Davy	AI	Victoria University of Wellington
			Dr FM Strano	AI	Victoria University of Wellington
			Professor T Thomas	AI	University of New South Wales
25-VUW-021	CMP	Using high-throughput enzyme discovery to train AI for development of next-generation plastic degrading enzymes	Professor DF Ackerley	PI	Victoria University of Wellington	$941,000
			Dr AS Brown	AI	Victoria University of Wellington
			Associate Professor L Kelly	AI	Albert Einstein College of Medicine
25-VUW-035	ESA	How will Southern Hemisphere climate and the Antarctic ice sheet be impacted by a fundamental change in global ocean circulation?	Dr SR Eaves	PI	Victoria University of Wellington	$944,000
			Dr KR Clem	AI	Victoria University of Wellington
			Dr DK Hutchinson	AI	University of New South Wales
			Dr S Jendersie	AI	Victoria University of Wellington
			Dr DP Lowry	AI	Earth Sciences New Zealand
			Dr RM van Westen	AI	Utrecht University
25-VUW-046	PCB	Using Bacteria to Create Sustainable Dyes	Dr AS Brown	PI	Victoria University of Wellington	$360,000
			Associate Professor FE Kane	AI	Massey University
			Ms AM Kilford	AI	Massey University
25-VUW-059	PCB	The Next Generation of High-Density Data Storage Materials for Data Centres	Dr MD Anker	PI	Victoria University of Wellington	$941,000
			Dr SA Cameron	AI	Victoria University of Wellington
			Professor NF Chilton	AI	Australian National University
25-VUW-062	EHB	Artificial intelligence modelling of irony in modern natural language processing	Dr S Skalicky	PI	Victoria University of Wellington	$360,000
25-VUW-090	PCB	Development of new antifungal peptides derived from a New Zealand marine sponge, to combat systemic fungal infections.	Associate Professor RA Keyzers	PI	Victoria University of Wellington	$941,000
			Distinguished Professor Dame MA Brimble	AI	The University of Auckland
			Dr AB Munkacsi	AI	Victoria University of Wellington
			Ms RA Pay	AI	Victoria University of Wellington
			Dr AJ Singh	AI	Victoria University of Wellington
			Dr VH Woolner	AI	Victoria University of Wellington
25-VUW-092	ESA	Synchronising critical climate records from the Ross Sea to address future Antarctic-Southern Ocean responses to climate change	Dr SB Piva	PI	Victoria University of Wellington	$360,000
			Professor NAN Bertler	AI	Earth Sciences New Zealand
			Professor RM McKay	AI	Victoria University of Wellington
25-VUW-100	BMS	Developing New and Improved mRNA Vaccines to Better Control Bacterial Diseases	Dr BJ Compton	PI	Victoria University of Wellington	$941,000
			Dr SL Draper	AI	Victoria University of Wellington
			Dr AJ Foster	AI	Victoria University of Wellington
			Dr IFN Montgomerie	AI	Malaghan Institute of Medical Research
25-VUW-111	EIS	Building Faster, Smaller, and Energy-efficient Memory for the Global Explosion of Data	Dr Y Zhang	PI	Victoria University of Wellington	$360,000
			Distinguished Professor JP Wang	AI	University of Minnesota
25-VUW-118	ESA	Stuck or Creeping? Earthquake and Tsunami Potential of the southeastern North Island	Professor MK Savage	PI	Victoria University of Wellington	$944,000
			Professor P Audet	AI	University of Ottawa
			Professor K Mochizuki	AI	University of Tokyo
			Professor LM Wallace	AI	GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
			Dr EJ Warren-Smith	AI	Earth Sciences New Zealand

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