Research Funded in 2020/2021

The following table lists research projects that have received from Round Five of the Children and Families Research Fund.

Final research reports are expected to be completed around March 2022 and links to these reports will be published on this webpage.

Standard Research Grant

Organisation	Principal Investigator	Project Title	Status
University of Auckland	Melody Smith	An ecological examination of factors related to active school travel in young children in Aotearoa New Zealand	Funding approved April 2021
University of Queensland Australia	Janeen Baxter	Parental Health and Children's Psychosocial and Cognitive Development: New Evidence from the GUiNZ Study	Funding approved April 2021
University of Auckland	Cameron Grant	Maternal intentions for human papillomavirus vaccination of girls and boys	Funding approved April 2021

Organisation	Principal Investigator	Project Title	Status
Auckland University of Technology	Juliane Hennecke	Fathers’ household and childcare involvement in New Zealand: A snapshot, determinants and consequences	Funding approved April 2021
University of Auckland	Joanna Chu	Understanding the impact of prenatal alcohol exposure on neurocognitive development in New Zealand children	Funding approved April 2021
Otago University	Helena McAnally	Factors associated with children’s connectedness to family/whānau, and their wellbeing, in relation to reasons for residential mobility	Funding approved April 2021
Auckland University of Technology	Ruth Boyask	Characteristics and experiences of New Zealand children that may influence reading for pleasure	Funding approved April 2021
Motu	Livvy Mitchell	The childhood origins of New Zealand's gender attitudes and inequality?	Funding approved April 2021