Frank Hutchinson Postgraduate Scholarship

When the NZIF Foundation was established by the New Zealand Institute of Forestry in December 2011, the Trustees agreed to take over the Frank Hutchinson Postgraduate Scholarship.

Closed for 2023

The Foundation is offering one scholarship of $2,000 in 2023.

Purpose:

The Frank Hutchinson Postgraduate Scholarship is open to students enrolled for a forestry or forestry related postgraduate degree at a New Zealand University.

It recognises excellence at the student level and rewards innovation and entrepreneurial potential.

In assessing applications, the judges will have regard to:

  • Academic record;
  • Student background and forestry aspirations;
  • Research project being undertaken;
  • Presentation of application and communication of ideas.

Funding:

The Frank Hutchinson Postgraduate Scholarship is funded from the Foundation’s general funding.

Size and term of Award

An annual award of up to $2,000 is offered.

Applications closed for 2023

Applications should be made on the NZIF Foundation 2023 Application Form, see here

Background information

Frank Hutchinson was appointed as a lecturer in forest utilisation at the first forestry school at Canterbury University College in 1924, staying there until the school closed in 1933.  He was admitted as a member of the then two year old New Zealand Institute of Foresters in 1929 and was elected President for a two year term in 1954.

RECORD OF AWARDS

Year

Awardee

Topic

Amount

2023

Simon Smith

Identify a process for identification of unstable terrain as it relates to forest operations.        $2,000

2022

Not awarded

   
2021

Ashleigh Mosen M.Sc. (Genetics) Student at Massey University

Alternatives to use of copper fungicide to control Dothistroma needle blight $1,000
2020

No Award made

   
2019

Monique Hall,
M. For. Sc. student at the University of Waikato

Best conditions for planting environmentally sensitive late-successional plant species in restored urban forest.  $1,000
2018 Yannina Whiteley, M.For.Sc. student at the University of Canterbury Spatially explicit empirical models for tree-top faults and single-tree wind-throws in Pinus radiata at Geraldine Forest.  $1,000

2017

Michael Pay, 2nd year M.For.Sc. student at the University of Canterbury

Estate modelling for a multi-species, multi-objective forest

$1,000

2016

Tingdong Guo, Ph.D. student at the University of Canterbury

Effects of post-earthquake redevelopment on urban forests in Christchurch

$1,000

2015

Virginia Christians, Master of Supply Chain Management at Massey University

Log exporting, with emphasis on how cooperative competition in logistics activities could add value to the forest industry

$1,000

2014

Matt Waghorn, Ph.D. student at the University of Canterbury.

Understanding the ecophysiological and biomechanical response of juvenile Pinus radiata to water deficits.

$1,000

2013

Chris Meaclem, Master of Mechanical Engineering student, University of Canterbury

Developing a teleoperated robot that would take harvesting workers out of steep slopes and allow them to operate machines from a safe, remote distance.

$1,000

2012

No award made