2024-2025 Matariki seed fund projects

The following projects are the winners of the 2024-2025 Matariki Seed Fund:

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)

The next call for the Matariki Seed Fund will take place in Autumn 2025. Please join our mailing list to stay up-to-date.