Associate Professor Peter Black, Auckland University, effect of an inhaler with ringtones on asthma control and school attendance, $428,355 over two years.

Associate Professor Winston Byblow, Auckland University priming to enhance rehabilitation after stroke $812,955.

Dr Sunny Collings, Otago University, nature and extent of informal coercion in community mental health, $1,884,065 over 18 months.

Professor Garth Cooper, Auckland University, Adiponectin: molecular analysis to underpin therapeutic applications, $1,658,677.

Professor Julian Crane, Otago University, Nicotine inhaler plus patch in smoking cessation, $1,353,242 over two years; Zonnic (oral nicotine) and nicotine patch in smoking cessation, $1,116,305 over two years.

Dr Jacqueline Cumming, Victoria University, an economic analysis of primary care reform, $522,913.

Associate Professor Paul Donaldson, Auckland University, diabetic lens cataract: a problem with cell volume regulation, $1,302,476.

Associate Professor Rod Dunbar, Auckland University, antigen presentation to T cells in human lymph nodes, $991,603.

Dr Lis Ellison-Loschmann, Massey University: Maori and cancer -- the role of primary care, $574,465; and inequalities in cervical cancer survival in New Zealand, $665,198.

Professor Valery Feigin, AUT University, traumatic brain injury burden, $2,366,538.

Dr Elspeth Gold, Otago University, role of activin C in prostate disease, $953,695.

Delvina Gorton, Auckland University, effects of a school breakfast programme on achievement and nutrition, $810,753 over two years.

Associate Professor Cameron Grant, Auckland University, placebo controlled study of vitamin D during pregnancy and infancy, $958,341 over 18 months.

Associate Professor David Grattan, Otago University, mechanisms of hyperprolactinemia-induced infertility, $949,105.

Dr Ian Hermans, Malaghan Institute, mechanisms of induction of anti-tumour immune responses by dendritic cells, $933,049.

Dr Nancy Higgins, Ngati Kapo O Aotearoa, accessing paediatric ophthalmology services, $501,216 over two years.

Professor Janet Hoek, Otago University, branding and plain packaging: implications for tobacco control, $740,727

Dr Beverley Lawton, Otago University, reducing barriers to care for pregnant mums and their whanau, $1,179,945 over four years.

Professor Graham Le Gros, Malaghan Institute, cytokines involved in allergic airway disease, $1,029,696,

Dr Ralph Maddison, Auckland University, exercise to enhance smoking cessation, $1,343,716.