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Opportunity for transformative research
Our Explorer Grants provide seed support for transformative research ideas at an early stage, before an application for greater investment through standard funding mechanisms.NewsNgā Kanohi Kitea Project recipients
We are pleased to announce the recipients of the HRC's 2015 Ngā Kanohi Kitea Full Project Grants.NewsResearch competition inspires Pacific students
Read about the University of Otago Pacific Islands Research & Student Support Unit's competition to encourage students to visualise themselves as future health researchers.NewsNew Ngā Pou Senior Fellowships awarded
Two of New Zealand’s leading Māori health researchers have been awarded the inaugural HRC Ngā Pou Senior Fellowship worth $300,000 each.News$800k awarded for research partnership projects
The HRC has offered nearly $800,000 in funding for four research partnership projects that are seeking to improve New Zealand’s health care services in the short term.NewsCelebrating 25 years of improving Kiwis' health
The HRC will mark 25 years of making a real difference to people’s health both here and abroad at a special anniversary event at Parliament tonight.NewsStudy backs up WHO report on bowel cancer and red meat link
People who eat red or processed meat daily have a 40 per cent higher risk of bowel cancer than those who eat it once a week or less, according to the latest research from HRC Girdlers’ fellow Dr Kathryn Bradbury.News$8.2m for emerging health researchers
The HRC has today announced a record total of $8.2 million in awards to support the careers of the next generation of health research leaders.News"Personalised” approach to managing obesity
Ethnic differences in New Zealand’s obesity rates are often attributed to consuming too many calories and a sedentary lifestyle. But a new HRC-funded study may help prove that this is only part of the story.NewsStudy to examine kava’s link to drink-driving
Dr Apo Aporosa from Waikato University has received a HRC Pacific postdoctoral fellowship to examine the effects of the popular Pacific Island drink, kava, on driver ability and road safety.NewsNew breast cancer register request for proposals
Registrations for a new breast cancer register requests for proposals (RFP) open in HRC Gateway today.NewsUpcoming RFP for breast cancer partnership
A third round of funding through the Breast Cancer Research in New Zealand partnership will be outlined in a Request for Proposals (RFP) in late-January 2016.NewsNew HRC Māori Health Committee member
We are very pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Emma Wyeth (Kai Tahu) to the HRC's Māori Health Committee.NewsThe perceptions of Tongan males towards gambling
Edmond Fehoko from AUT University has been awarded a special PhD award to help identify strategies and interventions to minimise gambling-related harm among Tongan males.NewsHRC farewells Chair, Sir Robert Stewart
Sir Robert Stewart, KNZM, has completed his term of six years as yesterday he stepped down from his role as Chair of the Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC).NewsLeadership expert appointed as new Chair of the HRC
The Health Minister, Jonathan Coleman, has announced the new Chair of the Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC) is Dr Lester Levy (CNZM).NewsMāori water safety record under spotlight
A newly funded study will investigate why Māori are overrepresented in the national drowning statistics despite having a strong cultural connection to the water.NewsNew Year's honour for Professor McCowan
HRC Board member Professor Lesley McCowan has been named a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to health in the 2016 New Year's honours list.NewsPredicting heart disease risk in Pasifika
HRC Pacific postdoctoral fellow Dr Allamanda Fa’atoese is exploring whether levels of a protein called lipoprotein(a) might be a good predictor of heart disease among New Zealand’s Pacific population.NewsProgramme targets health of Māori women and their babies
Associate Professor Beverley Lawton has received one of nine new HRC programme research grants to help young pregnant Māori women and their children get the best care possible to improve their health and wellbeing.NewsNew breast cancer project
An additional research project has been funded through the Breast Cancer in New Zealand Research initiative to test a new drug target.NewsNZ–US enabling grants for childhood obesity research
The HRC is seeking applications from New Zealand-based researchers who have demonstrated collaborations and linkages with US-based researchers, with a specific focus on the determinants and prevention of childhood obesity.NewsPremature babies can face significant social hurdles
A Christchurch study has found that abnormalities detected in the brains of some of those born very prematurely persist into late childhood.NewsPrecision driven health - call for proposals
The Precision Driven Health Research Partnership is creating the capability to optimise the health of each individual and their whānau by combining and learning from all available data.NewsContract reporting coming to HRC Gateway
HRC Gateway will shortly be upgraded with new process improvements. Reporting on HEARD will be phased out over the next few months as we upgrade and move reporting contracts to HRC Gateway.NewsFewer deaths in EDs when length of stay reduced
New Zealand’s six-hour target for the time people stay in hospital emergency departments has been associated with hundreds fewer patients dying, according to new research.NewsSir Charles Hercus fellows - where are they now?
A recent evaluation of the HRC's Sir Charles Hercus health research fellowship scheme has highlighted its success in identifying our future health research leaders. Find out what our past Hercus recipients think.NewsNZ's occupational health burden highlighted
A multi-pronged HRC-funded research programme is painting a clearer picture of New Zealand's occupational disease burden.NewsBlood test to diagnose Alzheimer's on the cards
New Zealand researchers have discovered a promising new marker that could help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease – and all that might be required is a simple blood test.NewsTracking cognitive decline in Parkinson's with MRI
Listen to HRC Emerging Researcher First Grant recipient Dr Tracy Melzer on Radio NZ talking about his search for early signals of dementia.NewsTransforming health care for over 65s
There’s good news for older New Zealanders worried about having to move out of their homes into residential care because of declining health.NewsNew Zealand Health Strategy launched
The Health Minister Jonathan Coleman launched New Zealand's new health strategy in Wellington today.News