Grants
External grants
| Investigators | Title | Funded by | Amount |
| Kevin Watson Jen Hay Lynn Clark |
Do patterns of co-variation in speech carry social meaning | Royal Society of NZ Marsden Fund | $659,000 2022 - 2025 |
| Donald Derrick Mark Jermy Brian Gick |
Multi-sensory speech perception and syllable structure | Royal Society of NZ Marsden Fund | $839,000 2022 - 2025 |
| Forrest Panther | Understanding the nature of word grammar through Te Reo Māori | Royal Society of NZ Marsden Fund | $360,000 2022 - 2025 |
| Lynn Clark Brigid McNeill Gail Gillon |
Understanding the onset of vernacular reorganisation | Royal Society of NZ Marsden Fund | $614,000 2021 - 2024 |
| Jonathan Dunn | Domain adaptation to support language technologies for the Pacific | Callaghan Innovation | $200,000 2021-2022 |
| Donald Derrick | Infection risk model of airbone transmission to facilitate decisions about PPE, ventilation and isolation in shared indoor space | Ministry of Business, Employment and Innovation | $150,917 2020-2021 |
| Jen Hay Jeanette King Janet Pierrehumbert |
Tracking the emergence of an adult proto-lexicon | Royal Society of NZ Marsden Fund | $850,000 2020-2024 |
| Jeanette King Jen Hay Peter Keegan |
Awakening the proto-lexicon | Royal Society of NZ Marsden Fund | $660,000 2020-2024 |
| Paul Millar Jen Hay |
'Korero mai. Tell us your earthquake story' - A longitudinal study of postdisaster narratives | Royal Society of NZ Marsden Fund | $859,000 2019-2023 |
| Kevin Watson Jen Hay Lynn Clark |
Towards an improved theory of language change: Understanding the covariation of linguistic variables within and across speakers | Royal Society of NZ Marsden Fund | $635,000 2018-2022 |
| Lynn Clark Jen Hay Kevin Watson |
What is the Southland accent? | Royal Society of NZ Marsden Fund | $530,000 2017-2021 |
| Jen Hay Jeanette King Janet Pierrehumbert |
Statistical learning with and without a lexicon | Royal Society of NZ Marsden Fund | $767,000 2016-2021 |
| Megan McAuliffe | Randomized controlled trial of hearing aids to improve cognition in older New Zealanders | Health Research Council | $315,000 2017-2021 |
| Catherine Theys | Unraveling the neural mechanisms of speech production: Insights from EEG and fMRI in people who stutter | Royal Society of NZ Marsden Fund | $300,000 2015-2020 |
| Greg O'Beirne | Intraoperative monitoring: In vestibular schwannoma, middle-ear, and cochlear implant surgery | Royal Society of NZ Marsden Fund | $320,000 2015-2020 |
| Catherine Theys | Phonological processing difficulties in late-talking children: Exploring neurophysiological markers | Neurological Foundation of NZ | $11,350 2018 |
| Jen Hay | How experience shapes words and words shape grammar | Royal Society of NZ James Cook Research Fellowship | $220,000 2016-2018 |
| Megan McAuliffe Donal Sinex |
Understanding how listeners comprehend distorted speech | Royal Society of NZ Marsden Fund | $544,000 2014-2017 |
| Lynn Clark | Recency effects in spoken New Zealand English | Royal Society of NZ Marsden Fund | $300,000 2014-2017 |
| Jen Hay Janet Pierrehumbert |
Creativity and cooperation in the dynamics of the lexicon: from lexis to logos | John Templeton Foundation (USA) | $1,261,000 2013-2017 |
| Jen Hay | Episodic word memory | Rutherford Discovery, Royal Society of NZ | $1,000,000 2011-2017 |
| Donald Derrick Jen Hay Greg O'Beirne Scott Lloyd |
Aero-tactile enhancement of speech perception | Ministry of Business, Employment and Innovation | $1,482,000 2012-2017 |
| Donald Derrick | Saving energy vs making yourself understood during speech production | Royal Society of NZ Marsden Fund | $300,000 2013-2016 |
| Megan McAuliffe Julie Liss Visar Berisha |
A web-based platform for cross-linguistic research in Dysarthric speech | National Institues of Health (USA) | $200,000 2015-2016 |
| Jen Hay Cathi Best Gerry Docherty Paul Foulkes Bronwen Evans Jason Shaw |
You came TO DIE?! Perceptual adaptation to regional accents as a new lens on the puzzle of spoken word recognition | Australian Research Council | $110,000 2012-2015 |
| Thomas Klee Stephanie Stokes Catherine Moran |
Early factors in childhood communication disorders | Royal Society of NZ Marsden Fund | $730,000 2011 - 2015 |
| Catherine Theys | Upgrade to the EEG BioSemi system | Lotteries Health Research Committee | $25,000 in 2014 |
| Dean Sutherland Jeff Sigafoos |
Communication intervention for children with Autism | Royal Society of NZ Marsden Fund | $885,000 2011-2015 |
| Stephanie Stokes Thomas Klee Catherine Moran Megan McAuliffe |
Neurophysiological correlates of human behaviour | Lotteries Health Research Committee | $94,000 in 2012 |
| Joan Bresnan Marilyn Ford Jen Hay Anette Rosenbach Benedikt Szmrecsányi Sali Tagliamonte |
The development of syntactic alternations | National Science Foundation (USA) | $275,000 USD |
| Jen Hay
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The Phonetics of the Good Old Days: Investigating the Role of Topic and Emotional Affect in Speech Perception and Prodiction | Royal Society of New Zealand - Marsden Fund | |
| Megan McAuliffe Tim Anderson |
Factors Influencing Older Listeners' Comprehension of Dysarthric Speech | Health Research Council of New Zealand | |
| Megan McAuliffe Catherine Moran Tim Anderson |
Factors Influencing Older Listeners’ Comprehension of Disordered Speech Associated with Parkinson’s Disease | Neurological Foundation of New Zealand |