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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.
  • Therapeutic development for Fragile X Syndrome

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $126,350.00
    Researchers:
    Miss Victoria Hawkins
    ,
    Dr Kimiora Henare
    ,
    Professor Russell Snell
    ,
    Dr Jessie Jacobsen
    ,
    Dr Renee Handley
    ,
    Associate Professor Maui Hudson
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Māori Health PhD Scholarship
  • Regulation of lens water transport: A strategy to treat presbyopia and cataract

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $4,936,997.70
    Researchers:
    Professor Paul Donaldson
    ,
    Mr Marvin Tang
    ,
    Mr Wilson Pan
    ,
    Dr Renita Martis
    ,
    Dr Yadi Chen
    ,
    Dr Julie Lim
    ,
    Dr Angus Grey
    ,
    Dr Ehsan Vaghefi
    ,
    Professor Charles McGhee ONZM
    ,
    Professor Dr Zimei Wu
    ,
    Associate Professor llva Rupenthal
    ,
    Dr Bianca Heilman
    ,
    Assistant Professor Marco Ruggeri
    ,
    Dr Nicholas Demarais
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Programme
  • Lung protection during critical illness

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Anthony Phillips
    ,
    Dr Kevin Stewart
    ,
    Dr Jiwon Hong
    ,
    Professor John Windsor
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Explorer Grant
  • Looking Skin Deep

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Anthony Phillips
    ,
    Associate Professor Anthony Hickey
    ,
    Dr Peter Russell
    ,
    Dr Jules Devaux
    ,
    Dr Jiwon Hong
    ,
    Professor John Windsor
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Explorer Grant
  • Sewers for Superbug Surveillance

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles
    ,
    Dr Sam Trowsdale
    ,
    Professor Cristin Print
    ,
    Dr Joshua Freeman
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Explorer Grant
  • A collaborative AR work and presentation tool to examine tumour evolution

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Benjamin Lawrence
    ,
    Professor Mark Gahegan
    ,
    Professor Cristin Print
    ,
    Dr Michael Davis
    ,
    Associate Professor Uwe Rieger
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Explorer Grant
  • The placental clock: Investigating mechanisms of stillbirth

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Meghan Hill
    ,
    Dr Kate Bartlett
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Explorer Grant
  • Codesign of Augmented Reality Stroke Rehabilitation from Te Whare Tapa Whā

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Danielle Lottridge
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Explorer Grant
  • Designing synergistic combinations to prevent antibiotic resistance

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Stephanie Dawes
    ,
    Associate Professor Jeremy Lott
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Explorer Grant
  • Developing serotonergic 2A receptor agonists as treatments for mood disorders

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $596,511.55
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Suresh Muthukumaraswamy
    ,
    Dr Rachael Sumner
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Consolidator Grant
  • Spatial oculomics with imaging mass spectrometry for drug delivery

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $596,120.10
    Researchers:
    Dr Angus Grey
    ,
    Dr George Guo
    ,
    Associate Professor llva Rupenthal
    ,
    Professor Paul Donaldson
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Consolidator Grant
  • Looking at the placenta through a detailed lens: relating anatomy to function

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $595,830.35
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Alys Clark
    ,
    Professor Emeritus Peter Stone
    ,
    Dr Joanna James
    ,
    Postdoctoral Fellow
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Consolidator Grant
  • Vaccine development: upping the ante

    Year:
    2020
    Approved budget:
    $596,504.10
    Researchers:
    Associate Professor Bridget Stocker
    ,
    Dr Emma Dangerfield
    ,
    Associate Professor Mattie Timmer
    ,
    Professor Sho Yamasaki
    ,
    Dr Kensuke Shibata
    ,
    Dr Jacelyn Loh
    ,
    Professor Thomas Proft
    ,
    Professor Dr Ulrich Maus
    Host:
    Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
    Proposal type
    Consolidator Grant