Previous Recipients
2018
Kelly Waiana Tikao for her PhD research "Raro Timu Raro Take - Ngai Tahu Birthing Traditions".
2017
No award was presented
2016
Amber Maree Kale for her research "The Art of Transformative Research: Exploring Former Refugee and Host-Society Integration via a Collaborative, Participatory Painting Project in Wellington City"
2015
Dr Rashi Karunasinghe to provide financial assistance whilst undertaking the experimental work, analysis, and preparing a publication from the findings around strokes.
2014
No award was presented.
2013
Sylvia Nissen to financially assist with her thesis that will empirically investigate the ways in which young people’s political agency and citizenship is expressed and shaped in high consumption societies, including New Zealand.
2012
Helen Tsui for her to concurrently undertake research in finding a diagnostic blood test for Alzheimer’s disease and to train as a clinical psychologist.
2011
Kimberley Twigden for her research on a seismic resilient building system that could be the future of New Zealand buildings.
2010
Dr Sunyoung Ma for her research into the most ideal rehabilitation options for patients who have complete tooth loss.
2009
Bethany Edmunds to complete her Masters of Art Visual Culture: Costume Studies at New York University.
2008
Fiona Shanhum for her doctoral research to advance the current state of our knowledge of salts in Antarctic soils and what they can tell us about pastclimate conditions.
2007
Maria Rowe for her research into the aggregation and dispersal of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli.
2006
Lisa Woods for her research into the effect of earthquake attack on flange hung “double tee” pre-cast concrete floors.
2005
Tessa Giblin to attend the De Appel Curatorial Training Programme in Amsterdam. This course is designed as a comprehensive immersion in all facets of producing, communicating and managing contemporary art, bridging the gap between theoretical art history, and the actual business of making contemporary art exhibitions.