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About the
Foundation

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The Palmerston North Medical Research Foundation is a registered charitable organisation (Reg. No: CC36450) which makes available research funds to facilitate biomedical research in Palmerston North and its environs.

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The Foundation meets once a year to allocate research funding in the following areas:

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General Grant Funds

$15,000


The General Grant funds research to the value of $15,000.
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Wilson Grant

$20,000


The Wilson Grant is available annually to fund research projects which relate to Cardiovascular Disease or Cancer, up to the value of $20,000.
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Summer Scholarships

$7,000


Summer Scholarships support tertiary students during the summer vacation while they work on an appropriate Biomedical research project, up to $4000 on consumables on top of the $7000.
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Visiting Professorship Grant

$10,000


The Visiting Professorship Grant funds 1 grant annually to the value of $10,000 to attract internationally renowned biomedical scientists to the Palmerston North region.
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The Foundation
encourages

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  • Medically related projects, especially those of special relevance to the local region
  • Research work which encourages co-operation between the local research institutions.
  • Support of younger researchers.
  • Seeding money to help establish new research programmes
  • The Palmerston North region, with its Public Hospital, Massey University and Fitzherbert Science Centres, has a significant number of scientists engaged in biomedical research.
  • The Foundation has been set up to support biomedical research in the region, particularly at the large research institutions.

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The Foundation
promotes

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  • research that helps discover conditions conducive to health
  • the causes of bodily and mental disorders
  • preventative or therapeutic strategies
  • the prevention or treatment or disease
  • It also facilitates the spread of biomedical scientific knowledge and research findings.

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Trust board

as of 2025

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John Chrisp

PRESIDENT


Urological Surgeon, Crest Hospital
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Dr Kathryn Stowell

VICE PRESIDENT


Massey University, Inst.
Fundamental Sciences
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Dr Wendi Roe

VICE PRESIDENT


Massey University, Inst. Vet, Animal & Biomedical Sciences
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Mr Michael Lawrence

SECRETARY


Naylor Lawrence & Associates Limited
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Mr Brian McMeikan

Forsyth Barr


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Dr Richard Isaacs

Appointee on behalf of PN Post-Graduate Medical Society - MidCentral Health, Oncology Department


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Mr David Sheppard

Fitzherbet Rowe


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Don Baken

Psychologist at Massey University


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Rachel Anderson

AG Research


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Dr James Irwin

Appointee on behalf of the Combined Medical Staff - MidCentral Health, Gastroenterology Dept


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Dr John Bourke

Appointee on behalf of the PN Post Graduate Medical Society - MidCentral Health, Physician for Elderly


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Dr Andrew Sutherland-Smith

Institute of Fundamental Sciences - Massey University


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Dr Richard A.D Wigley

ONZM


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Prof. Robert D Jolly

MNZM


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