Applications for New Zealand’s prestigious Kairūri Community Trust (KCT) Stirling Scholarship for 2024 will open on 1 June.
The annual KCT Stirling Scholarship aims to support a final-year student who is completing a tertiary surveying or spatial course. It comes with a cash award to assist with the completion of studies and with attendance at the Survey and Spatial New Zealand (S+SNZ) Annual Conference.
Specifically, the Scholarship provides:
- A NZ$2,500 cash award.
- Coverage of the costs of attending the S+SNZ Annual Conference to be held in Napier from 28 to 30 August, including registration, travel and accommodation.
- The opportunity for the recipient to make a five-minute presentation of their winning submission at the conference.
- Student membership of S+SNZ, if the recipient is not already a member.
Candidates are required to submit a short (less than 1,000-word) essay and/or a five-minute video on the topic of ‘The Future role of Survey and Spatial Professionals in Climate Change and Disaster Response’.
Last year’s Scholarship was awarded to Samuel Thompson, a fourth-year student at Otago University studying a Bachelor of Surveying with honours. In 2022, it was awarded to Francesca Robb, a final year Bachelor of Surveying (Hons) student also at Otago University.
Applicants must be a final-year student enrolled in a surveying, spatial or GIS-related course at a New Zealand university or other New Zealand tertiary institute. Applications will be open from 1 June to 30 June 2024.
