Research Projects

N= 69  $45,727,298

Major Research Grants Won

  • 2015-2019: Oranga Taiao, Oranga Tangāta – Knowledge and Toolsets to Support Co-Management of  Tauranga Moana. Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment: Contract MAU 1502. [$4,400,000]

  • 2009-2015: Manaaki Taha Moana – Enhancing and Restoring Coastal Ecosystem Services. Foundation for Research Science and Technology: Contract  MAUX0907.  [$6,600,000]

  • 2009-2015: Pathways to Sustainable Development for Cities and Regions in New Zealand Phase 2. Foundation for Research Science and Technology. Contract MAUX0906. [$3,800,000].

  • 2012-2013:  Integrated Valuation of Coastal and Marine Ecosystem Services. Foundation for Research Science and Technology. Contract MAU ESI 22905. Science Leader. [$1,150,000]

  • 2005-2009: Ecosystem Services Benefits in Terrestrial Ecosystems for Iwi. Foundation for Research Science and Technology. Contract  MAU0502. Science Leader. [$1,600,000]

  • 2003-2009: Pathways to Sustainable Development for Cities and Regions in New Zealand Phase 1. Foundation for Research Science and Technology . Contract 8349-ASCI-EEI. . [$4,464,171]

  • 2003-2009: Ecological Footprint Plus: Sustainability of Land-Based Food Industries. (Objectives 1 and 7). Foundation for Research Science and Technology: Contract 8339-ASXS-WRO. [$2,160,000 for Objectives 1 and 7]

Other Grants Won

  • 2022-2026: Valuation and Management  of Ecosystem Services on Pāmu/ Landcorp Farms. Ministry for Primary Industries (Sustainable Food and Fibres Futures grant), The Tindall Foundation  and Pāmu/Landcorp: . [$62,000]

  • 2015-2019: Cash Co-funding for Oranga Taiao, Oranga Tangāta – Knowledge and Toolsets to Support Co-Management of  Tauranga Moana. Bay of Plenty Regional Council. {$100,000]

  • 2018: Update of EECA Energy End-Use Database. Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority [$6,000]

  • 2016: Waikato Region Composite Progress Indicator . Waikato Regional Council, [$6,000]

  • 2015-2016: Adaptation Strategies to Address Climate Change Impacts on Coastal Maori Communities. Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment Deep South National Science Challenge. [$283,000]

  • 2014. Joint Production Pricing Mathematics.  REEDS, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Rambouillet, France. [$21,000]

  • 2013. Sustainability Conference and Workshop. REEDS, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Rambouillet, France. [$7,000]

  • 2009: Energy Savings Potentials Modelling of the New Zealand Economy. Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority. Contract No 2355 [$187,000]

  • 2008: Updating and Regionalisation of the EECA Database. Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority. Updating and Regionalisation of the EECA Database. Contract No 2354 [$171,000]

  • 2008: Embodied Greenhouse Gas Balance for New Zealand's  Internationally Traded Goods. Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. Contract MAF POL_0708-04. Prof Patterson's component of a larger research contract. [$37,500]

  • 2006: Integrated Long-Term Planning for Sustainable Regions Informed by Scenario Analysis. Foundation for Research Science and Technology. s. NZCEE’s component of the Programme Contract ENVW0601 [$228,000]

  • 2006: Ecological Footprint Calculator for the WASTED TV programme. Television New Zealand. [$10,000]

  • 2007 Sraffa Pricing and the Environment. May to September. Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Paris. [$17,000]

  • 2003: Pathways to Sustainable Development for Cities and Regions in New Zealand. Co-Funding Associated With FRST Contract  8349-ASCI-EEI. Auckland Regional Council, Auckland City Council, Watercare Services Ltd, Nelson City Council, Christchurch City Council, Ministry for the Environment,  Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner of the Environment, and others. Details available on request. [$1,558,667]

  • 2003: Update, Revision and Regionalisation of the EECA Energy Database. Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority. [$107,000]

  • 2002: Sustainable Growth Options for the Nelson-Tasman Region. Nelson City Council: Ecologically Sustainable Growth Options for the Nelson-Tasman Region. [ $7,000]

  • 2002: Quantification of Carbon Footprint and Ecosystem Services for Christchurch City. Christchurch City Council. [$5,000]

  • 2002: Headline Indicators to Measure Progress Towards Sustainability In New Zealand. Ministry for the Environment. [$10,000]

  • 2001: Feasibility of Establishing a Composite Index for Sustainable Development Progress for the Wellington Region. Wellington Regional Council. [$6,000]

  • 2000-2001: Redefining Resources :Pathways Towards Sustainability for Government and Business. Landcare Research Ltd and the Public Good Science Fund.  Landcare also provided 3.2 FTE staff/year to Massey University to work on this project, plus various overhead services including office space.   [$1,030,000]

  • 2000-2001: Environmental Accounting and Eco-Efficiency in the Dairy Industry in the Waikato. AgResearch Ltd [$41,058]

  • 2000: Environmental Accounting for Sustainable Management Policy: Application and Dissemination. Ministry for the Environment: Sustainable Management Fund. [$61,155]

  • 2000: Ecological Footprints of 16 Regions and New Zealand Using Input-Output Analysis. Ministry for the Environment. [$68,000].

  • 1998-2000: Working Group Meetings on the Value of the World’s Ecosystem Services and Natural Capital. National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, University of California, Santa Barbara:  1-6 June, 1998; 29 May – 6 June, 1999; 2-7 June, 2000  [$15,000]

  • 1998:  Valuation of Ecosystem Services in the Waikato Region. Waikato Regional Council:  . [$8,000]

  • 1998-1999: Establishing a Set of Environmental Accounts for New Zealand. Ministry for the Environment: Sustainable Management Fund. Contract No. 5081.  [$100,000]

  • 1998:  Sponsorship to attend International Workshop:  Advances in Energy Studies:  Energy Flows in Ecology and Economy.  26-30 May, 1998.  Museum of Italy and the University of Siena: [$5,000].

  • 1997: Royal Society of New Zealand: Energy Quality in Complex Economic and Ecological Systems.  NZ/USA Cooperative Science Programme of the International Science and Technology (ISAT) Linkages Programme. Grant provided to undertake collaborative research with Professor H T Odum, University of Florida, Gainesville. [$4,500]

  • 1997: Ministry of Research Science and Technology: Measures of Sustianability. International Projects and Activities of Significance.  (IPAS) programme.  Granted to participate in the Study Tour “Measures of Sustainability” 30 June-11 July.   [$10,000]

  • 1996-1997: Quality Equivalent Methodology. Massey University Research Fund:  Post Doctoral Fellowship Granted to further extend Dr Patterson’s Quality Equivalent Methodology.  Joint Fellowship between the Department of Resource and Environmental Planning and the Department of Process and Environmental Technology.  [$88,000]

  • 1996: Environmental Accounting Workshops. Ministry for the Environment: Sustainable Management Fund. Contract.5052. d.  [$30,500]

  • 1996: Various Local Authorities: Funding by local authorities to fund the construction of regional Environmental Accounting Models and Database Systems.  1998-1999.  Specifically, this included:  North Shore City Council ($11,250),  Auckland City Council ($5,265),  Waitakere City Council ($11,250),  Manukau City Council ($5,000),  Hamilton City Council ($5,625),  Waipa District Council ($2,250),  Waikato Regional Council ($9,000),  Northland Regional Council ($4,500),  Auckland Regional Council ($11,250),  Wellington Regional Council ($24,000). Funding obtained with the assistance of McDermott Fairgray Group Ltd [$83,405]

  • 1996: Valuation of New Zealand’s Biodiversity. Ministry for the Environment and Department of Conservation .  [$9,000]

  • 1993-1995: Massey University End-Use Database. Dr Patterson developed and commercialised this research tool.  19 site licences were sold, with the commercial property rights being sold to EECA in 1995, who now maintain the database. [$110,00]

  • 1990: Investigation of Energy Efficiency in Economic and Ecological Systems. University Grants Committee:   One Year Claude McCarthy Fellowship at Victoria University.   .   [$50,000].     

  • 1980-1985: Various Food Companies.  Small ad hoc projects, mainly product and project feasibility studies. [Approximately $20,000]

  • 1984: Application of the Massey Food System Computer Model to Study Changes in the Future New Zealand Food System. New Zealand Energy Research and Development Committee: Contract, No. 3379.  .    Principal Researcher. [$33,039]

  • 1984: Design and Demonstration of an Energy Efficient Kitchen.  Phase I.  Principal Researcher New Zealand Energy Research and Development   Committee: Contract No. 3377.  r  [$88,408]

  • 1984-1986:   Designing a Low Energy Drier. New Zealand Energy Research and Development Committee: Contract No. 3280..  Principal Researcher. [ $67,737]

  • 1984: Oil Conservation in Food Factories. New Zealand Energy Research and Development Committee: Contract No. 3307. . Principal Researcher.   [$63,149]

  • 1980-1985: Energy Requirements of Food Supply in New Zealand. New Zealand. Principal Researcher New Zealand Energy Research and Development Committee: Contract No. 3123. r.  [$200,894]

  • 1978-1979: Quantification of Energy Derived From Wood In New Zealand. Department Of Trade and Industry.. [$1,800]

Financial Summary of Research Grants Won

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