Otago-Southland

In the 2015/16 year, the Board of the NZIF Foundation agreed to establish the Otago Southland award of funds received in 2013/14 that arose from members of the NZIF Otago-Southland local section. Details are as follows:

Availability in 2024:

The Foundation is offering one Otago-Southland award in 2024 total of $2,000.   Closed for 2024.

Purpose:

To assist or enable a project of relevance to forestry in the Otago-Southland region.

Funding:

Funds to finance the award arose from a donation arising from the NZIF Otago-Southland local section.  The award will cease once funds are exhausted.

Size and term of Award:

An annual award of $2,000.00

Accounting:

No separate fund has been created in the Foundation’s accounts.  Rather a commitment to make awards so long as funds remain, has been included in the Foundation’s accounts.

Applications:

Otago-Southland Application

Closed.

RECORD OF AWARDS

Year

Awardee

Topic

Amount

2024 Blake Singleton Improving seedling detection in plantations using multimodal deep learning: Integration of high-resolution RGB and multispectral UAV imagery $2,000
2019 - 2023 No Awards Granted    
2018 Rhys Black, B.For.Sc. Student at University of Canterbury  An analysis of New Zealand’s bulk vessel availability for log exports  $3,000

2017

Luke Holmes, BE (Hons) in Forest Engineering student at University of Canterbury

Productivity analysis of fully mechanised cable logging operations in NZ

$1,500

2016

No award

 

 

FUNDING

(This fund is a declining one – awards cease when balance is $0)

Date

 

Additions

Deductions

Balance of Fund

Balance at 1/4/16

 

 

 

$9,700.00

September 2017

Luke Holmes

 

$1,500.00

$8,200.00

July 2018

Rhys Black

 

$3,000.00

    $5,200.00

August 2019

No Award

 

 

$5,200.00

June 2020

No Award

   

$5,200.00

August 2021

No Award

   

$5,200.00

September 2024

Blake Singleton

      $2,000.00

$3,200.00