In partnership with Indigenous and Pasifika communities, in-country partners, international and Pacific Islands-based funding bodies, the Australian Centre for Pacific Islands Research (ACPIR) and our core members hold the following Active Grants.
Project |
Personnel |
Location |
| FIS/2016/122 Increasing technical skills supporting community-based sea cucumber production in Vietnam and the Philippines Vietnam and Philipinnes | Prof Paul Southgate | Vietnam and Philippines |
| Psychological Adaptation to Climate Change in the Pacific | Prof Patrick Nunn | Pacific Islands |
| FIS/2019/122 Towards more profitable and sustainable mabé pearl and shell-based livelihoods in the western Pacific | Prof Paul Southgate; Jeff Kinch; Dr Siola'a Malimali | Pacific Islands |
| HORT/2019/165 Enhanced fruit systems for Tonga and Samoa (Phase 2): Community based citrus production | Prof Steven Underhill; Dr Sarah Burkhart; Dr Dana Craven; Ms Tara Johnstone; Dr Yuchan Zhou; John Chapman; Sarah Burkhart; Dr MIke Furlong; Soane Patolo; Mr Minuro Nishi Jr.; Ms LUseane Taufa; Seeseei Molimau-Samasoni | Pacific Islands |
| Evolution. Morphodynamics and History of the Younghusband Peninsula | Prof Patrick Nunn; Prof Patrick Hesp; Prof Colin Murray-Wallace; Dr Christopher Wilson; Dr Toru Tamura; Prof Sergio Dillenburg; Dr Graziela Miot da Silva; Adj/Prof Robert Bourman; Dr Roger Luebbers; Dr Ian Moffat | Australia |
| CS/2020/191 Adopting a gender-inclusive participatory approach to reducing horticultural loss in the Pacific | Prof Steven Underhill; Seeseei Molimau-Samasoni; Soane Patolo; Assoc Prof. Nichole Georgeou; Dr Salesh Kumar; Dr Saskia De Klerk | Pacific Islands |
| Elucidating the impact of oxidative stress on the early development of human placental villi using human stem cell derived placentoids | Dr Georgia Kafer; M Dean; J James | Global |
| HORT/2021/159 Understanding School Food Provision in the Pacific: Scoping the potential of local food systems to improve diets, nutrition and livelihoods | Dr Sarah Burkhart; Danny Hunter | Pacific Islands |
| The Blue Economy Sandfish Resource Enhancement - Mauritius | Prof Paul Southgate; Cathy Hair; Nguyen Dinh Quang Duy; Mr Satish Kadun | Mauritius |
| Pacific Agriculture Scholarships, Support and Climate Resilience (PASS-CR) Program | Prof Steven Underhill; Dr Daniela Medina Hidalgo; Dr Elizabeth Swanepoel | Pacific Islands |
| Maintaining momentum within the pearl livelihoods sector in the western Pacific | Prof Paul Southgate | Pacific Islands |
| Regional partnership for localization of NDC through community led ‘adaptation innovation hubs’ in the Asia Pacific | Prof Patrick Nunn; Ms Roselyn Kumar | Pacific Islands |
| The MaMi Project: Investigating maternal micronutrient availability and impacts in Vanuatu. |
Dr Georgia Kafer; Dr Barnaby Dixson; R. Thurecht; The Vanuatu Ministry of Health |
Vanuatu |
| A blood vessel like no other: How does blood flow across the placental surface impact function? |
J James, A Clark, Dr Georgia Kafer and C Moares |
Global |
| Seeing is achieving: Bolstering research capacity at UniSC through the acquisition of laser-scanning confocal and live-cell imaging microscopes |
Dr Georgia Kafer (lead), T Perkins, R Harvey, F Russell, M Dean, H Faddy, M Maugham-Macan and R Sekine |
Australia |
| Water security for locally relocated coastal communities in the western Pacific region | Prof Timothy Smith; Ms Roselyn Kumar; Prof Patrick Nunn; Dr Carmen Elrick-Barr; Dana Thomsen; Tony Falkland; Ian White; Ben MacDonald; Mark Glover | Pacific Islands |
| Phase II Traditional Knowledge and Local Knowledge (TLK) | Prof Patrick Nunn; Ms Roselyn Kumar | Pacific Islands |
| Climate-smart regenerative ridge to reef landscapes for sustaining livelihoods of communities on custom land and food security in Vanuatu New Project | Dr Cherise Addinsall; Prof Steven Underhill | Vanuatu, Pacific Islands |
| An investigation of Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) professionals’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic: A global perspective | Dr Matthew Mason | Global |
| School Feeding in Kiribati | Dr Sarah Burkhart | Kiribati |
| Supporting resilient and equitable food systems: oyster mariculture enterprises and an exploration of co-culture of seaweeds in coastal communities in Fiji and northern Australia | Dr Elizabeth Swanepoel; Samantha Nowland; Dr Alexandra Campbell; Wayne A O'Connor; Prof Paul Southgate | Fiji and Australia |
| Nutrition and food security in the Pacific Islands | Dr Sarah Burkhart; Prof Steven Underhill | Pacific Islands |
| FIS/2016/126 Half-pearl industry development in Tonga and Vietnam | Prof Paul Southgate, Bay Phung, Dr Thane Militz | Tonga and Vietnam |