The second round of projects for the Matariki Research Seed Fund has just been announced! We are delighted to share that seven projects have been awarded funding for collaborative research projects of up to two years; involving researchers from all Network member institutions. The successful projects span a wide range of disciplines and are as follows:
1.“Advancing ocean renewable energy systems through physics and machine learning”
Project partners: Otago , Uppsala and UWA.
Subject: Science (Earth & Oceans)
2. “Novel antibiotics against gram-negative pathogens”
Project partners: Otago, Tübingen and Uppsala.
Subject: Medicinal Chemistry
3. “Projecting Plausible Pasts and Pandemic Pathways (5P)”
Project partners: Durham, Otago and Tübingen.
Subject: Social Sciences (Archaeology)
4. “Towards improved understanding and prediction of suicide risk among youth: A transnational collaborative project”
Project partners: Queen’s and UWA.
Subject: Social Sciences (Psychology)
5. “Deepfakes: An interdisciplinary approach to protect democracy, identity and business vulnerability”
Project partners: Durham, Otago, UWA and UWC.
Subject: Social Sciences
6. “Identifying potential risk factors and longitudinal narratives of body image, appearance altering behaviours and eating disorders in South African adolescents”
Project partners: Durham and UWC.
Subject: Science (Psychology)
7. “Caring for the other half: Strengthening sanitation governance to improve menstrual health in urban informal settlements”
Project partners: Queen’s, UWA and UWC.
Subject: Social Sciences (Political Studies)
Congratulations to all our grant recipients – we are really looking forward to seeing the results of your collaborations!