New Zealand Geotechnical Society offers a scholarship that would enable a member of the Society to undertake postgraduate research in New Zealand that would advance the objectives of the Society.

What’s on offer?

The NZGS Management Committee provides funding for a scholarship that would enable a member of the Society to undertake postgraduate research in New Zealand that would advance the objectives of the Society.

  • The value of the scholarship is for a sum of up to $20,000

Eligibility

The scholarship is provided to enable the applicant:

  • To undertake postgraduate research work in the fields of Engineering Geology and/or Geotechnical Engineering in New Zealand. 
In addition to the usual Masters and PhD topics, other examples of suitable applications would be:
  • The applicant is in full time work and the research relates to a project they are currently working on. It would be funded partly by their employer and/or client and partly by NZGS.
  • The applicant is in full time work and would like to take a year or two years out to complete a full time or part-time masters.
An application form can be found on the NZGS website. Applications close 31 October of each year