Capability Retention Grant Projects

Funded projects

Congratulations to the successful recipients of our Capability Retention Grants. These grants were designed to retain essential capability in the natural hazards and resilience research system, and make progress on priority work during the Platform's establishment phase.

The projects all support students, post-doctoral positions and other early career researchers.

Successful recipients:

Project Title Project Lead Funding Amount
Resilient Coasts: Integrating Data for Hazard Preparedness Dr Emma Ryan $253,492
Understanding dynamic population exposure and time-varying natural hazard risks Dr Tom Robinson $225,000
Ngā Kōrero Parekura: Tangata whenua perceptions and experiences of risk reduction, emergency management, recovery and resilience in Te Tau Ihu Dr Lorraine Eade $99,000
Preparing for a future eruption in Auckland: insights from past and present volcanic gas Prof Jan Lindsay $205,000
Capacity retention for physics-based earthquake simulators and integrated multi-risk digital twin workflows Prof Andy Nicol $772,625
Leveraging Historic Floods to Enhance Flood Hazard Modelling for Future Climates Dr Conrad Zorn $220,000
Integrating Indigenous Knowledge for Natural Hazard Resilience Prof Taiarahia Black $219,500
Increasing Papatūānuku-scale resilience of tangata whenua to natural hazards Dr Shari Gallop
Lara Taylor
$297,975
Te Ara o Puia Prof Jon Procter $300,000
Nationally consistent multi-hazard assessments for Aotearoa New Zealand Prof Liam Wotherspoon $205,000
Retaining capability in volcano monitoring and geophysics Dr Finn Illsley-Kemp $202,000
Total Funding in this Round $2,999,592

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