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| Project | Contract Institution | Panel | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Category | Principal Investigator (contact) | Other PI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bacterial evolution in quantum leaps: The molecular basis for mobility of pathogenicity islands | Crop & Food Research | CMP | $70,000 | $70,000 | FS | Dr AR Pitman, Crop & Food Research | ||
| CSI: New Zealand! The meanings of DNA evidence | Institute of Environmental Science and Research | SOC | $200,000 | $214,000 | $210,000 | STD | Professor GR Midgley, Institute of Environmental Science and Research | Dr VM Grace, University of Canterbury |
| Causes of evolution and global extinction in the deep sea | Geomarine Research | ESA | $210,000 | $210,000 | $210,000 | STD | Dr BW Hayward, Geomarine Research | |
| Chicken or egg? The link between earthquakes and volcanic eruptions in New Zealand’s Taupo Volcanic Zone | GNS Science | ESA | $70,000 | $70,000 | FS | Dr P Villamor-Perez, GNS Science | ||
| Quantum soup: What is the quantum fluid in high-temperature superconductors? | Industrial Research Ltd | PSE | $205,000 | $205,000 | $215,000 | STD | Professor JL Tallon, Industrial Research Ltd | |
| How small is a liquid? Precursors to melting in nanoparticles | Industrial Research Ltd | PSE | $250,000 | $240,000 | $240,000 | STD | Dr SC Hendy, Industrial Research Ltd | Dr B Ingham, Industrial Research Ltd |
| Is parasite spillback a cause of local extinction in native communities? | Landcare Research | EEB | $188,459 | $199,807 | $197,844 | STD | Dr DM Tompkins, Landcare Research | |
| Raising students' emotional intelligence: Why we need to warm the emotional climate of the classroom | Massey University | SOC | $239,979 | $248,741 | $253,097 | STD | Professor IM Evans, Massey University | |
| Candida albicans: Survival without sex? | Massey University | BMS | $250,000 | $250,000 | $269,000 | STD | Dr J Schmid, Massey University | Associate Professor RD Cannon, University of Otago; Dr BR Holland, Massey University |
| Kakahu: Revealing the hidden histories of Maori cloaks using DNA | Massey University | EHB | $250,450 | $254,207 | $258,482 | STD | Dr LJ Huynen, Massey University | |
| A rational approach to catalytically active porous materials | Massey University | PSE | $70,000 | $70,000 | FS | Dr SG Telfer, Massey University | ||
| The search for molecular parity violation – precise four-component relativistic coupled cluster and density functional calculations of parity non-conservation effects in chiral molecules | Massey University | PSE | $290,000 | $290,000 | $290,000 | STD | Professor PA Schwerdtfeger, Massey University | |
| How do we know that we are hungry? Unravelling the molecular basis of sensing amino acid starvation | Massey University | CMP | $245,000 | $250,000 | $250,000 | STD | Dr E Sattlegger, Massey University | |
| Women, poetry and politics in England, 1603-1688 | Massey University | HUM | $70,000 | $70,000 | FS | Dr SCE Ross, Massey University | ||
| The world-time parallel | Massey University | HUM | $130,000 | $130,000 | $130,000 | STD | Dr AA Rini, Massey University | Professor MJ Cresswell, The University of Auckland |
| Genius in the gallery: Literary authors as parliamentary reporters | Massey University | HUM | $70,000 | $70,000 | FS | Dr NA Hessell, Massey University | ||
| Th1 or Th2 immune responses: A matter of dendritic cell life or death | Malaghan Institute of Medical Research | BMS | $210,000 | $210,000 | $210,000 | STD | Professor F Ronchese, Malaghan Institute of Medical Research | Professor G Le Gros, Malaghan Institute of Medical Research |
| Extending ecological function experiments to ecosystem scales | National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd | EEB | $70,000 | $70,000 | FS | Dr AML Lohrer, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd | ||
| Relative neighbours: ancient DNA and stable isotopes as windows into the genetic structure, microhabitat, and environment of four sympatric species of moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes) in North Canterbury | Palaecol Research | EEB | $243,000 | $311,000 | $271,000 | STD | Dr RN Holdaway, Palaecol Research | Dr M Bunce, Murdoch University |
| The arts and architecture of Brand New Zealand: Adding value through geographical imaginaries | The University of Auckland | SOC | $70,000 | $70,000 | FS | Dr N Lewis, The University of Auckland | ||
| Aitanga: Maori desire for schooling | The University of Auckland | SOC | $174,703 | $163,486 | $180,000 | STD | Professor BA Jones, The University of Auckland | Professor KEH Jenkins, Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi |
| Conditional and contingent? New Zealand citizenship in the context of neoliberalism | The University of Auckland | SOC | $70,000 | $70,000 | FS | Dr L Humpage, The University of Auckland | ||
| Hydrocarbon seeps & chemosynthesis: Impacts on geology, biology and the oceanic environment | The University of Auckland | ESA | $240,000 | $240,000 | $240,000 | STD | Associate Professor KA Campbell, The University of Auckland | Professor CS Nelson, University of Waikato |
| The maintenance of sex in structured environments | The University of Auckland | EEB | $70,000 | $70,000 | FS | Dr MR Goddard, The University of Auckland | ||
| Fortune telling during development: Modelling the life history strategy and testing for canalisation genes | The University of Auckland | EEB | $250,000 | $263,000 | $267,000 | STD | Professor PD Gluckman, The University of Auckland | |
| At the heart of cardiac energetics | The University of Auckland | BMS | $273,000 | $275,000 | $275,000 | STD | Dr D Loiselle, The University of Auckland | |
| Genes, proteins and memory: Brain-derived neurotrophic factor val66met polymorphism and human mnemonic processes | The University of Auckland | EHB | $113,124 | $108,842 | $165,760 | STD | Dr IJ Kirk, The University of Auckland | Dr KE Waldie, The University of Auckland |
| Inside nature's black box: Reverse engineering genetic regulatory networks from gene expression data | The University of Auckland | MIS | $70,000 | $70,000 | FS | Dr E J Crampin, The University of Auckland | ||
| Model fitting with complex sampling structures | The University of Auckland | MIS | $189,243 | $198,618 | $208,461 | STD | Professor AJ Scott, The University of Auckland | Professor CJ Wild, The University of Auckland; Associate Professor AJ Lee, The University of Auckland |
| A causal model for resource estimation of Web projects | The University of Auckland | MIS | $70,000 | $70,000 | FS | Dr E Mendes, The University of Auckland | ||
| Natural operators, special structures and conformal techniques | The University of Auckland | MIS | $141,218 | $144,902 | $146,980 | STD | Associate Professor AR Gover, The University of Auckland | |
| Optical coherence tomography and fluorescence for next-generation in-vivo imaging | The University of Auckland | PSE | $70,000 | $70,000 | FS | Dr FDV Vanholsbeeck, The University of Auckland | ||
| Acts and identities: Towards a new cultural history of sex | The University of Auckland | HUM | $155,000 | $155,000 | $155,000 | STD | Professor BG Reay, The University of Auckland | Associate Professor A Jagose, the University of Auckland; Dr L Wallace, The University of Auckland |
| The dynamics of deep marine explosive volcanic eruptions: insights from the Kermadec Arc | The University of Auckland | ESA | $240,000 | $240,000 | $240,000 | STD | Professor CJN Wilson, The University of Auckland | Dr IC Wright, National Institute of Water and Atmosphere |
| Futile or adaptive? The role of alternative oxidase in the acclimation of plant respiration to environmental change | University of Canterbury | EEB | $265,000 | $275,000 | $236,000 | STD | Associate Professor MH Turnbull, University of Canterbury | |
| Above the boundary layer: Scale-dependent bio-physical interactions in the dispersive phase of benthic marine algal propagules in turbulent coastal waters | University of Canterbury | EEB | $275,466 | $275,466 | $275,466 | STD | Professor DR Schiel, University of Canterbury | Dr DI Taylor, University of Canterbury |
| Allocating berths on Noah’s Ark: Discrete structures and randomness in biodiversity theory | University of Canterbury | MIS | $169,704 | $156,204 | $167,523 | STD | Professor M Steel, University of Canterbury | Dr C Semple, University of Canterbury |
| Unravelling the nature of conductivity in Philosopher's Wool | University of Canterbury | PSE | $260,000 | $260,000 | $260,000 | STD | Dr SM Durbin, University of Canterbury | Associate Professor RJ Reeves, University of Canterbury; Professor JB Metson, University of Auckland |
| Interfaced nanobiosystems: Communicating with cells using embedded nanostructures | University of Canterbury | CMP | $220,000 | $250,000 | $255,000 | STD | Associate Professor AJ Downard, University of Canterbury | Mr KRH Baronian, Christchurch Polytechnic Institute |
| IceCube: Neutrino window on the universe | University of Canterbury | ESA | $240,000 | $240,000 | $240,000 | STD | Dr J Adams, University of Canterbury | Dr S Seunarine, University of Canterbury |
| Predicaments of social engineering: The ideology and ethics of China's planned reproduction programme | University of Otago | SOC | $148,000 | $193,000 | $193,000 | STD | Dr JB Nie, University of Otago | |
| The evolution of animals: A new model system for animal developmental genetics | University of Otago | EEB | $280,000 | $244,000 | $256,000 | STD | Dr PK Dearden, University of Otago | |
| Finding speciation genes in New Zealand fishes | University of Otago | EEB | $284,000 | $289,000 | $252,000 | STD | Associate Professor GP Wallis, University of Otago | |
| Seeing change: Synaptic plasticity in the visual system | University of Otago | BMS | $292,000 | $313,000 | $335,000 | STD | Professor WC Abraham, University of Otago | Dr JM Williams, University of Otago |
| Circadian rhythm, cerebral blood flow and nitric oxide | University of Otago | BMS | $70,000 | $70,000 | FS | Dr PN Ainslie, University of Otago | ||
| Lessons from rarities: The role of filamins in human development | University of Otago | BMS | $273,000 | $268,000 | $318,000 | STD | Professor SP Robertson, University of Otago | |
| Does MIS drive boys towards manhood? | University of Otago | BMS | $275,000 | $275,000 | $275,000 | STD | Associate Professor IS McLennan, University of Otago | |
| Island networks in Melanesia: The prehistory of Tetepare Island | University of Otago | EHB | $70,000 | $70,000 | FS | Dr TD Thomas, University of Otago | ||
| Head in the clouds: The archaeology of Kosipe. Understanding the dynamics and nature of the colonisation of Near Oceania in the Late Pleistocene | University of Otago | EHB | $276,492 | $287,437 | $295,774 | STD | Professor GR Summerhayes, University of Otago | |
| Bayesian models for personalised medicine | University of Otago | MIS | $70,000 | $70,000 | FS | Dr MA Black, University of Otago | ||
| Understanding charge-carrier flow in electroluminescent materials | University of Otago | PSE | $185,000 | $190,000 | $190,000 | STD | Associate Professor KC Gordon, University of Otago | |
| Quantum enhanced particle position measurement with optical tweezers | University of Otago | PSE | $70,000 | $70,000 | FS | Dr WP Bowen, University of Otago | ||
| The neuroeconomics of choice behaviour | University of Otago | CMP | $235,000 | $240,000 | $250,000 | STD | Associate Professor D Bilkey, University of Otago | |
| Radical targets of superoxide toxicity | University of Otago | CMP | $265,000 | $275,000 | $285,000 | STD | Associate Professor AJ Kettle, University of Otago | Professor CC Winterbourn, University of Otago |
| Controlling your offspring with chemicals: Revealing the secrets of honey bee queens | University of Otago | CMP | $250,000 | $260,000 | $270,000 | STD | Professor AR Mercer, University of Otago | Dr KT Beggs, University of Otago |
| Electrophysiology with electroneutral membrane transporters | University of Otago | CMP | $205,000 | $215,000 | $220,000 | STD | Dr BM Schmitt, University of Otago | |
| Lactobacillus dialogues: The impact of cell signalling on gene expression and ecological behaviour of a gut commensal | University of Otago | CMP | $217,000 | $256,000 | $272,000 | STD | Professor GW Tannock, University of Otago | Dr PW O'Toole, Massey University |
| The extended mind in early modern England | University of Otago | HUM | $80,000 | $185,000 | $190,000 | STD | Professor EB Tribble, University of Otago | Associate Professor J Sutton, Macquarie University (Sydney) |
| Organising collective action against globalisation: A transformative social movement? | University of Waikato | SOC | $70,000 | $70,000 | FS | Dr S Ganesh, University of Waikato | ||
| More than bricks and mortar: Homelessness and social reintegration | University of Waikato | SOC | $268,496 | $259,271 | $267,575 | STD | Dr DJ Hodgetts, University of Waikato | Ms LW Nikora, University of Waikato |
| Vector addition in the brain: Why the world stays still when we move our eyes | University of Waikato | EHB | $160,000 | $160,000 | $170,000 | STD | Dr JA Perrone, University of Waikato | Associate Professor RJ Krauzlis, Salk Institute |
| Interlingual digital libraries for language learning | University of Waikato | MIS | $179,532 | $179,532 | $179,532 | STD | Professor IH Witten, University of Waikato | |
| Videogame violence: Understanding its seduction and pleasures for young people in New Zealand | University of Waikato | HUM | $70,000 | $70,000 | FS | Dr G Schott, University of Waikato | ||
| Extending the interhemispheric radiocarbon offset record to investigate global climatic, environmental and archaeological change | University of Waikato | ESA | $200,000 | $200,000 | $200,000 | STD | Dr AG Hogg, University of Waikato | |
| The historical and literary significance of the piano in colonial New Zealand culture and society | University of Waikato | HUM | $70,000 | $70,000 | FS | Dr KE Moffat, University of Waikato | ||
| Groups, art and interpretation | Victoria University of Wellington | HUM | $70,000 | $70,000 | FS | Dr S Bacharach, Victoria University of Wellington | ||
| Approaching organisational mergers through discourse theory | Victoria University of Wellington | SOC | $70,000 | $70,000 | FS | Dr S Riad, Victoria University of Wellington | ||
| Socialisation in Asia-Pacific security institutions | Victoria University of Wellington | SOC | $70,000 | $70,000 | FS | Dr D Capie, Victoria University of Wellington | ||
| Maelstrom in the matrix: Extreme environmental heterogeneity necessitates a novel conceptual framework for marine metapopulations | Victoria University of Wellington | EEB | $265,626 | $269,878 | $258,834 | STD | Dr JS Shima, Victoria University of Wellington | |
| Dangerous thinking: Do hidden beliefs predict risk and change in violent people? | Victoria University of Wellington | EHB | $70,000 | $70,000 | FS | Dr DLL Polaschek, Victoria University of Wellington | ||
| Analogue models of and for curved spacetime | Victoria University of Wellington | MIS | $143,771 | $147,344 | $165,896 | STD | Professor M Visser, Victoria University of Wellington | |
| Vibrational pumping in ultra-sensitive laser spectroscopy | Victoria University of Wellington | PSE | $245,000 | $245,000 | $245,000 | STD | Associate Professor PG Etchegoin, Victoria University of Wellington | |
| New horizons in NMR of complex soft matter | Victoria University of Wellington | PSE | $300,000 | $300,000 | $300,000 | STD | Professor PT Callaghan, Victoria University of Wellington | |
| Art in Oceania: A new history | Victoria University of Wellington | HUM | $160,220 | $160,000 | $160,010 | STD | Dr P Brunt, Victoria University of Wellington | Associate Professor S Kuechler, University College, London; Mr S Mallon, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa; Dr DS Brown, The University of Auckland; Professor N Thomas, University of Cambridge; Dr LM Bolton, British Museum |
| The first million years of our Solar System: Stellar nucleosynthetic inputs, solid formation and planet building | Victoria University of Wellington | ESA | $210,000 | $210,000 | $210,000 | STD | Associate Professor JA Baker, Victoria University of Wellington | |
| Temperature or precipitation: What drives Southern Hemisphere glacier fluctuations? | Victoria University of Wellington | ESA | $70,000 | $70,000 | FS | Dr AN Mackintosh, Victoria University of Wellington | ||
| Once were Pacific | Victoria University of Wellington | HUM | $70,000 | $70,000 | FS | Dr Alice Te Punga Somerville |