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We will upload information about the latest recipients to have been awarded HRC funding for all of our funding opportunities as this information becomes officially available.

The information provided is for ‘year to date’ funding.

Previous Recipient List

  • Girdlers' New Zealand HRC Fellowship
    Dr Kathryn Bradbury
    University of Oxford
    Diet and risk of colorectal cancer in UK Biobank
    $180,000
    2 years
  • 2010 Funding Round
    Professor Antony Braithwaite
    University of Otago
    Can isoforms of the p53 tumour suppressor cause cancer?
    $1,158,492
    36 months
  • 2007 Funding Round
    Professor Antony Braithwaite
    University of Otago
    Programme Extension | Therapeutics and diagnostic markers of cancer: From bench to clinic
    $2,640,067
    24 months
  • 2010 International Investment Opportunities Fund
    Professor Antony Braithwaite
    University of Otago
    YB-1 interacting partners in breast cancer progression
    $223,794
    24 months
  • 2013 Funding Round
    Professor Antony Braithwaite
    University of Otago, Dunedin
    Does the D133p53 isoform promote cancer invasion and metastasis?
    $1,185,648
    36 months
  • Clinical Research Training Fellowship
    Dr Irene Braithwaite
    Medical Research Institute of New Zealand
    Lower limb immobility and VTE risk: investigating preventive measures
    $250,000
    3 years
  • 2014 Funding Round – Project
    Professor Anthony Braithwaite
    University of Otago, Dunedin
    A role for p53 isoforms in inflammatory disease
    $1,176,905
    36 months
    Lay summary
  • 2015 Funding Round - Programme
    Professor Antony Braithwaite
    University of Otago, Dunedin
    p53 and variants in inflammatory disease and cancer
    $4,901,862
    60 months
    Lay summary
  • 2006 Partnership Programme
    Associate Professor Anne Bray
    Donald Beasley Institute
    Health Research Council of New Zealand, Ministry of Health
    Evaluation of Intersectoral Disability Needs Assessment and Service Coordination Trials: 3 Month Extension
    $54,248
    3 months
  • 2006 Partnership Programme
    Associate Professor Anne Bray
    Donald Beasley Institute
    Health Research Council of New Zealand, Ministry of Health
    Examination of the outcomes of resettlement of residents from Kimberly Centre: Phase Two
    $540,033
    24 months
  • 2015 Funding Round - Project
    Professor Bernhard Breier
    Massey University, Auckland
    The gut microbiome: a new pathway to obesity prevention and metabolic health
    $1,199,468
    36 months
    Lay summary
  • Clinical Research Training Fellowship
    Mrs Angela Brenton-Rule
    AUT University
    Foot and ankle characteristics associated with falls in rheumatoid arthritis
    $250,000
    36 months
  • Māori health research PhD scholarship (2018 funding round)
    Pania Bridge-Comer
    University of Auckland
    Effects of artificial sweetener in the maternal diet on offspring fertility
    $122,000
    36 months
    Lay summary
  • 2016 Funding Round - Project
    Professor Margaret Brimble
    University of Auckland
    New generation lipopeptide antimicrobial agents using patented CLipPA technology
    $1,199,021
    36 months
    Lay summary
  • 2007 Funding Round
    Dr Elizabeth Broadbent
    The University of Auckland
    A trial on the effects of psychological preparation for surgery on wound healing
    $139,830
    24 months
  • 2015 Funding Round - Project
    Dr Jonathan Broadbent
    University of Otago, Dunedin
    Oral health from childhood to mid-life
    $1,193,937
    60 months
    Lay summary
  • 2015 Funding Round - Project
    Dr Rebecca Brookland
    University of Otago, Dunedin
    Older drivers, families and GPs: Navigating the path between mobility and safety
    $1,193,921
    36 months
    Lay summary
  • 2011 Partnership Programme
    Associate Professor John Broughton
    University of Otago
    Health Research Council of New Zealand, Ministry of Health
    Oranga niho me nga tangata whaiora
    $303,540
    12 months
    Final report available here
  • Clinical Research Training Fellowship
    Dr Lisa Brown
    The University of Auckland
    Accelerating liquefaction of pancreatic necrosum using targeted enzymes
    $166,666
    24 months
  • 2010 Funding Round
    Dr Colin Brown
    University of Otago
    Kisspeptin-oxytocin regulation of pregnancy: implications for preterm delivery
    $709,665
    36 months