2016 Endeavour Fund successful proposals
Our 2016 Endeavour Round saw 56 new scientific research programmes receive funding of more than $209 million over the next 5 years.
On this page
- Read the Minister’s announcement on the Beehive website(external link)
- Download a detailed summary of the successful research proposals [PDF, 430 KB]
The successful proposals are listed below by investment mechanism:
We received 563 proposals through the application process. The successful proposals were selected by the Science Board, an independent statutory Board, following robust assessment by around 300 New Zealand and international independent experts.
The new research contracts started on 1 October 2016, for periods of between 2 and 5 years.
Smart Ideas
Organisation |
Title |
Duration |
Contract value |
---|---|---|---|
AgResearch Limited |
Plugging into electron flow in the rumen: developing a microbial fuel cell to control electron flow and direct rumen fermentation towards better ruminant nutrition |
3 |
$1,000,000 |
World first proof-of-application of Trojan female pest control |
3 |
$869,562 |
|
Auckland University of Technology |
Smart sensor design for high-quality, non-invasive, long term biopotential measurement |
3 |
$999,000 |
Institute of Environmental Science and Research Limited |
Concurrently tracking multiple sources of water contamination using synthetic DNA tracers |
3 |
$900,000 |
Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences Limited - Trading as GNS Science |
Ion sources and silicon-28 islands for quantum bits |
2 |
$1,000,000 |
Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd |
'Biosecure-ID': Machine learning to automate image-based identification of species |
3 |
$1,000,000 |
Optimal release strategies to maximise biological control: RHDV in rabbits |
3 |
$750,000 |
|
Using genome mining to identify targets for developing species-selective toxins |
3 |
$1,000,000 |
|
Wetland Assessment and Monitoring Tool (WAAM): pre-human baselines for assessing, monitoring and restoring New Zealand’s wetland ecosystems |
3 |
$1,000,000 |
|
Lincoln University |
Reducing environmental damage following urea application in pastures by using a bio-inoculant |
3 |
$977,500 |
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd |
Growth and productivity of fish populations in a changing world |
2 |
$506,000 |
Using crustacean body chemistry to assess human induced impacts on seafloor environment |
3 |
$861,000 |
|
New Zealand Forest Research Institute Ltd Trading as Scion |
A new model for the rapid evaluation of reproductive control in conifers |
3 |
$1,000,000 |
A novel biotech route to new biobased high performance engineering plastics |
2 |
$1,000,000 |
|
The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited |
Elastomeric, conductive and functionalised electrospun nanofibres for high-performance anti-fouling microfiltration membranes |
2 |
$1,000,000 |
The Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington |
Aptamers for customisable analytical devices: application to methamphetamine detection |
3 |
$999,999 |
Improving New Zealand’s Tax Policy via International Tax-Transfer Model Benchmarking |
3 |
$625,366 |
|
Wave-guiding piezoceramics for high resolution medical imaging and non-destructive testing |
3 |
$1,000,000 |
|
University of Auckland |
University of Auckland Fundamental redesign of percutaneous drains for effective drainage and reduced infection |
2 |
$999,870 |
University of Canterbury |
Autonomous Forest Pruning and Data Collection of Tree Metrics |
2 |
$1,000,000 |
A Neuromorphic Computer Chip: computational hardware that works like the brain. |
3 |
$1,000,000 |
|
A New Route to High-Purity Titanium: Ultra-high-temperature electrolytic production of titanium from waste slag |
2 |
$1,000,000 |
|
Development of a solar redox flow battery for direct solar energy capture and storage. |
3 |
$1,000,000 |
|
Maximising genetic diversity in endangered species: a conservation genomic approach |
3 |
$1,000,000 |
|
University of Otago |
enGAGing the brain; sugar-coated clusters as potent drugs to restore brain-function |
3 |
$1,000,000 |
Intelligently deformable skin penetrating nanoparticles for drug delivery through skin |
3 |
$933,037 |
|
"Silverbone" - Otago's nano-silver technology plus NZ-manufactured bonegraft produces unique antibacterial biomaterial |
3 |
$999,804 |
|
University of Waikato |
University of Waikato Tipping-Point Responses of Coastal Primary Productivity to Projected Ocean Acidification Scenarios |
3 |
$999,960 |
Research Programmes
Organisation |
Title |
Duration |
Contract value |
---|---|---|---|
AgResearch Limited |
Capturing the true value of NZ meat: Objective measurement of meat quality in beef, lamb and venison |
5 |
$4,250,000 |
Evaluating the potential of forages with elevated photosynthesis and metabolisable energy |
5 |
$10,000,000 |
|
Cawthron Institute |
Improving Chinook salmon feed efficiency for industry growth |
5 |
$12,854,857 |
Novel farming systems enabling multiple shellfish species culture in open ocean sites |
5 |
$5,303,458 |
|
Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences Limited - Trading as GNS Science |
Diagnosing peril posed by the Hikurangi subduction zone: New Zealand’s largest plate boundary fault |
5 |
$6,497,375 |
Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd |
Building resilience and provenance into an authentic Māori honey industry |
5 |
$4,500,000 |
Innovative ways to reduce farm nitrogen losses by manipulating carbon inputs |
5 |
$7,301,000 |
|
Integrated research and tools for wilding conifer management and ecosystem restoration |
5 |
$14,000,000 |
|
Science to underpin next-generation S-map and smarter land management decisions |
5 |
$9,250,000 |
|
Security for iconic species: kiwi rescue |
4 |
$3,600,000 |
|
Soil ecosystem health and resilience – a pathway to prosperity and wellbeing |
5 |
$7,500,000 |
|
Lincoln Agritech Limited |
A sensor and model-based analyser for blockscale grape yield prediction |
5 |
$5,986,600 |
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd |
Are we there yet? Sustainable co-management and restoration of Cultural Keystone Species |
4 |
$4,554,920 |
Maximising the economic benefits of irrigation through dynamic, high-resolution weather forecasting |
5 |
$4,750,000 |
|
Moving from limiting fisheries juvenile habitat bottlenecks to open high production pipelines |
5 |
$6,500,000 |
|
Overcoming dispersal and recruitment constraints on native freshwater biodiversity |
5 |
$7,275,000 |
|
Resilience of deep-sea benthic fauna to sedimentation from human activities |
5 |
$3,748,110 |
|
New Zealand Forest Research Institute Ltd Trading as Scion |
Preparing New Zealand for extreme fire |
5 |
$8,750,000 |
The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited |
Enhancing production of New Zealand’s seafood sector using accelerated breeding techniques |
5 |
$5,413,145 |
New breeding technologies for New Zealand’s high value plant industries |
5 |
$8,500,000 |
|
Perfecting storage life prediction for delivery of high quality fruit |
5 |
$14,000,000 |
|
The Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington |
Enhanced Geothermal Energy Recovery Through Nanotechnology: An innovative enduring solution to the worldwide silica deposition problem |
4 |
$3,190,000 |
Manufacture of self-adjuvanting peptide vaccines for cancer and infectious disease |
5 |
$9,677,865 |
|
University of Auckland |
Building damage-avoidance seismic technology using a novel resilient slip friction joint |
4 |
$3,438,500 |
University of Otago |
Development of next-generation sanitisers for the control of bovine mastitis in the dairy industry |
3 |
$1,681,443 |
Ending homelessness in New Zealand: Housing First |
5 |
$2,537,514 |
|
Targeting drug delivery within the brain - Building a system for human application |
4 |
$4,859,256 |
|
University of Waikato |
People, Cities and Nature: Restoring indigenous nature in urban environments |
4 |
$2,862,684 |