Many of the advances in planning have come from research by students and academics. In support of this important leading edge work, NZPI offers a range of scholarships and research grants which are awarded at the NZPI Conference.
This annual scholarship of $4,000 is intended to assist a capable student to complete their accredited planning degree where they may face financial challenges in achieving this.
This grant recognises excellence in research that achieves a world-class level of success, exemplified by the dissemination of a significant body and depth of work, through peer reviewed publications in international journals, or books, of high repute. The grant has a value of $2,000.
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Robert Kennedy was the first professor of town planning at the University of Auckland. He was central in establishing university based education for planning.
This grant supports research that advances the theory and practice of planning in Aotearoa/New Zealand through the provision of a $2,000 research award. The grant is intended to support the costs of undertaking that research and can include living costs.
Supported by WSP and NZPI, the Papa Pounamu Whakatutukitanga Scholarship is awarded annually to a student studying an NZPI accredited planning degree at the undergraduate or postgraduate level. It recognises excellence and attainment by a student planner involved in Māori planning in an environmental framework.
It considers a student's academic and physical work and how that work might impact or change the understanding or practice of planning in New Zealand. The scholarship has a value of $2,000.
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The Papa Pounamu Whakatutukitanga Scholarship is proudly sponsored by:
