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HRC Research Repository

This library contains details of HRC-funded studies over the past 10 years, including study title, lay summary, lead investigator, host organisation, the sum awarded, year of study commencement, and contract duration.
  • Premature loss of oocytes leads to ovarian disorder and carcinomas

    Year:
    2010
    Approved budget:
    $148,000.00
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Janet Pitman
    Host:
    Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
    Proposal type
    Emerging Researcher First Grant
  • Analogues of zampanolide: Design, synthesis and anti-cancer activity

    Year:
    2011
    Approved budget:
    $126,600.00
    Researchers:
    Assistant Professor Joanne Harvey
    Host:
    Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
    Proposal type
    Emerging Researcher First Grant
  • Engineering superior nitroreductases for cancer gene therapy

    Year:
    2013
    Approved budget:
    $149,850.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Janine Copp
    Host:
    Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
    Proposal type
    Emerging Researcher First Grant
  • Mitochondrial injury and inter-cellular mitochondrial transfer

    Year:
    2015
    Approved budget:
    $1,036,746.44
    Researchers:
    Dr Melanie-Jane McConnell
    Host:
    Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Targeting breast cancer metastasis with heparan sulfate mimetics

    Year:
    2018
    Approved budget:
    $100,000.35
    Researchers:
    Professor Emeritus John Miller
    Host:
    Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
    Proposal type
    Breast Cancer Research Project
  • He Tapu Te Whare Tangata: Empowering rural solutions

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $1,293,194.40
    Researchers:
    Professor Beverley Lawton
    ,
    Ms Anna Adcock
    ,
    Mr Charles Lambert
    ,
    Dr Leigh Duncan
    ,
    Mrs Bobbie Cameron
    ,
    Mrs Francesca Storey
    ,
    Professor Stacie Geller
    ,
    Associate Professor Peter Sykes
    ,
    Professor Merilyn Hibma
    ,
    Associate Professor Jo-Ann Stanton
    ,
    Dr Evelyn MacDonald
    ,
    Ms Varsha Parag
    ,
    Dr Jennifer Harré Hindmarsh
    ,
    Dr Melanie Gibson
    Host:
    Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Project
  • Implementing HPV primary testing to prevent cervical cancer in NZ: Te Tai Tokerau

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $1,398,122.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Beverley Lawton
    ,
    Dr Evelyn MacDonald
    ,
    Ms Anna Adcock
    ,
    Professor Stacie Geller
    ,
    Dr Kendall Stevenson
    ,
    Associate Professor Jo-Ann Stanton
    ,
    Associate Professor Peter Sykes
    ,
    Associate Professor Marion Saville
    ,
    Associate Professor David Hawkes
    ,
    Dr Nokuthaba Sibanda
    ,
    Professor Merilyn Hibma
    Host:
    Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Project
  • Hapū Whānau: Implementing iwi-owned service hubs to improve health outcomes

    Year:
    2021
    Approved budget:
    $1,385,761.90
    Researchers:
    Professor Beverley Lawton
    ,
    Helmut Modlik
    ,
    Dr Liza Edmonds
    ,
    Dr Evelyn MacDonald
    ,
    Dr Judy Ormandy
    ,
    Professor Stacie Geller
    ,
    Mrs Francesca Storey
    ,
    Ms Michelle Vincent
    ,
    Ms Victoria Roper
    ,
    Dr Melanie Gibson
    ,
    Ms Varsha Parag
    ,
    Miss Tina Bennett
    ,
    Miss Rachel Pearce
    Host:
    Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Project
  • Synthesis of fluorescently labelled ligands for therapeutic applications

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $5,000.00
    Researchers:
    Miss Jessica Siesicki
    Host:
    Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Summer Studentship
  • Self-assembling therapeutic nanovaccines for cancer

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Benjamin Compton
    ,
    Dr Lisa Connor
    Host:
    Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
    Proposal type
    Explorer Grant
  • Large-scale substitution approaches to engineer non-ribosomal peptides

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $536,377.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Mark Calcott
    Host:
    Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
    Proposal type
    Sir Charles Hercus Fellowship
  • Traceless linking methodology for the synthesis of O-linked glycoproteins

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $7,500.00
    Researchers:
    Mr Aidan Lynch
    ,
    Associate Professor Mattie Timmer
    Host:
    Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Summer Studentship
  • Whanake te Kura - flourishing pēpi and whānau

    Year:
    2022
    Approved budget:
    $1,392,637.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Beverley Lawton
    ,
    Ms Shelley Smith
    ,
    Dr Liza Edmonds
    ,
    Professor Trecia Wouldes
    ,
    Associate Professor Lynne Russell
    ,
    Ms Anna Adcock
    ,
    Professor Stacie Geller
    ,
    Mrs Francesca Storey
    ,
    Dr Melanie Gibson
    Host:
    Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Project
  • Improving Māori child health outcomes through Māori father involvement

    Year:
    2015
    Approved budget:
    $200,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Will Edwards
    Host:
    Te Kaahui Mana Ririki Charitable Trust
    Proposal type
    Ngā Kanohi Kitea Project Grant
  • Whanau manaaki

    Year:
    2016
    Approved budget:
    $4,697,066.50
    Researchers:
    Professor Beverley Lawton
    Host:
    University of Otago/Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Programme