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In our efforts to improve health equity, the Health Research Council considers a research proposal’s potential to advance Māori health.
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COVID-19 updates for researchers
Updates on the Health Research Council's response to the COVID-19 disease outbreak, including information for the research community, is available here.
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Update on COVID-19 clinical trials
An update on the HRC's COVID-19 clinical trials
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Thirty years of HRC
In 2020, the Health Research Council celebrated 30 years of funding research that has saved lives and changed practice.
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The Health Research Council invests in high-impact ideas and innovations designed to make a difference to health outcomes in New Zealand.
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Managing the assessment process
We run a fair, transparent and robust assessment process that meets international standards of best practice.
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Monitoring ethics and safety
We play a pivotal role in ensuring New Zealand health research is ethical and safe.
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We're here to fund high-impact, high-value research, and to ensure New Zealand is a great place for researchers to work.
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The HRC supports a broad portfolio of research in areas of importance to New Zealand.
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In the Gateway Funding Calendar you will find the opening and closing dates for upcoming funding opportunities.
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Learn about the funding parameters, eligibility criteria and requirements for submitting an application.
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We have a wide range of funding opportunities available throughout the year.
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Information about how to submit your application on HRC Gateway.
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Ethical approval from an approved ethics committee must be obtained before HRC funding can commence.
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Māori health research
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Better outcomes after bariatric surgery: The BOBS Study
One in three New Zealanders are obese, 50% of Maori and 70% of Pacific peoples. It places a signifcant financial burden on our society and health system. Bariatric surgery is currently the best treatment we have for obesity and its related illnesses.
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In vitro and in vivo evaluation of bone graft substitutes for bone healing
Up to 50% of all women and 30% of all men experience a fracture during their lifetime. Unfortunately, 10% of all fractures fail to adequately heal with the majority requiring bone grafting to restore the bony defect.
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0.9% saline vs. Plasma-Lyte 148® for fluid therapy
My career goal is to become a clinical researcher and academic surgeon in New Zealand. With my degree in medicine and relevant experience, I am in a strong position to further my development through a Clinical Training Fellowship.
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Chronic stress induced adaptations in hypothalamic brain circuits
Over the last 9 years, my research has focused on understanding how neurons and neural circuits function in an area of the brain called the hypothalamus.
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Towards the treatment of toxic thoracic lymph in critical illness
I am a medical doctor in my fifth postgraduate year, completing my second year as a trainee in general surgery through the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. My career intention is to practice as an academic general surgeon in New Zealand.
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New insights into pancreatogenic diabetes
Diabetes mellitus is one of the most common diseases worldwide and is a considerable health and economic burden.
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Oxaliplatin induced corneal nerve microstructural changes
Corneal in vivo confocal microscopy (IVCM) is a unique non-invasive tool that allows assessment of small sensory fibers by direct observation of corneal nerve microstructure.
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Hepatitis B, Diabetes and Outcomes
This is a research project of the interaction between chronic hepatitis B infection, a communicable disease and type II diabetes, a non-communicable disease of the affluent world.
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The role of the Pax-Notch pathway in kidney disease
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is rising in New Zealand at an alarming rate, particularly in the Maori and Pasifika, and new treatments are urgently needed. Podocytes, the blood filtering cells in the kidney, die or are damaged in >90% of CKD cases.
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Gene discovery in epilepsy: the building block of precision medicine
Epilepsy, which affects 0.5% of the population, is the most common serious neurological illness of children and young people.
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The New Zealand International Tobacco Control Project
We will initiate a New Zealand arm of the ITC project - a leading international tobacco control collaboration.
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Registry based clinical trials
Clinical trials provide the most reliable evidence to determine which treatments benefit patients. However, randomised trials are logistically difficult to undertake and very expensive.
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