The HRC supports research that has the potential to improve health outcomes and the delivery of health-care, and also to produce economic gains for New Zealand.
It allocates the majority of its funds through an annual allocation to independent research projects that are researcher initiated, and NPM Principal and Associate Investigators have enjoyed success in this years round.
Professor Helen Moewaka Barnes (Massey University)
- Tangata Whenua Tangata Ora: Investigating health gain through whenua initiatives (Programme 2019 Funding Round)
Dr Anne-Marie Jackson (University of Otago)
- Tangaroa Ara Rau: Māori water safety programme for whānau
(Project 2019 Funding Round)
Dr Emma Wyeth (University of Otago)
- Outcomes and experiences in the decade following injury
(Project 2019 Funding Round)
Dr Natasha Tassell-Matamua (Massey University)
- Interpretation of anomalous experiences: Implications for wāhine Māori
(Explorer Grant)
Dr Braden Te Ao (The University of Auckland) -
- Are concussion services for mild traumatic brain injury cost effective?
(Emerging Researcher First Grant)
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