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| Todd Foundation Energy Research Scholarship | |
| Ruby-Jean Clark (University of Auckland) For PHD research into thermal energy storage for electric vehicles |
$25,000* |
| * for 3 years |
Awards for Excellence – Universities
| Name | University | Research | Awarded |
| Ross van der Wetering | Victoria | Identification of novel pharmaceutical targets for the treatment of drug addiction. | $4,000 |
| Tim van Ginkel | Canterbury | Neuronal Ion Dynamics: A Compartmental Model Without Diffusion. | $9,600 |
| Aimee McKinnon | Lincoln | Improving biological control: Determining the activity of corn plants in response to topical application with pro-biotic fungi strains. | $11,000 |
| Melissa Adam | Auckland | The National Protection Alert System: a study of decision-making in District Health Board multi-disciplinary child protection meetings. | $5,500 |
| Jacinda Aplin | Massey | Prevalence of multidrug resistant Enterobacteriaceae in livestock. | $10,500 |
| Tammy Waters | Victoria | The distribution and effects of the honey bee pathogens Lotmaria passim and Crithidia mellificae in New Zealand. | $4,000 |
| Shaun Ferguson | Otago | Unravelling the role of nod gene expression in competitive nodule formation by clover rhizobia. | $2,779 |
| Shalini Guleria | Waikato | Cell-to-Cell Communication using Tissue Engineering. | $3,000 |
| Lisa Craw | Otago | The behaviour of glacial ice under stress. | $5,800 |
| Nichaela Harbison-Price | Otago | Investigating the antimicrobial mode of action of metal ionophores as new chemotherapeutic agents. | $5,354 |
| Shannon Hunter | Waikato | Testing the tolerance of Phytophthora cinnamomi from New Zealand avocado orchards to phosphite in vitro and in planta. | $3,200 |
| Aisling Rayne | Canterbury | Detecting genetic divergence in a relict New Zealand seabird. | $5,000 |
| Chantal Whitby | Otago | The barriers and opportunities of restoring ecological function via wetlands in privately-owned agricultural landscapes within New Zealand | $1,060 |