Source: University of Canterbury – statements
01 December 2020
Dozens of the University of Canterbury’s best and brightest students have been awarded Aho Hīnātore | Accelerator scholarships in a new scheme worth more than $1.5 million in its first year.
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UC Engineering student Claire Dong has been awarded an Aho Hīnātore | Accelerator Scholarship to pursue her PhD research, titled ‘Seismic protection of museum artefacts’.
The goal of the Aho Hīnātore | Accelerator Scholarship is to help transition high achieving UC Honours and Masters students into doctoral studies. Originally offering 30 scholarships, this has been increased to 46 scholarships due to the high calibre of more than 80 applications. Five Māori students are among the 46 scholars in this inaugural cohort.
“This new initiative arose in response to Covid-19, and the response from students and staff has been overwhelmingly positive,” UC Dean of Postgraduate Research Professor Megan McAuliffe says.
“The Aho Hīnātore | Accelerator scholarship enables UC students to push the boundaries of knowledge in their chosen field, supervised by world-leading experts here at UC.”
Each scholarship consists of a $6,000 grant towards a small 12-week project. If this project is successfully completed, students are guaranteed a full UC Aho Hīnātore | Accelerator PhD Scholarship valued at $28,000 per year, plus tuition fees for 360 points of PhD studies.
The 46 funded scholarships were chosen based on the quality of the student, the supervisory team, and the alignment of their research to UC’s Institutional and Research Strategy.
Scholarships were awarded across all five colleges at UC, in recognition of the diverse range of research topics being carried out.
Associate Dean of Postgraduate Research Professor Ekant Veer says the scholarships recognise the hard work and dedication these students, from across the university, have for advancing knowledge.
“We are very proud of all their achievements so far, and look forward to seeing them flourish even more in the future.”
The Aho Hīnātore | Accelerator scholarship programme was made possible through increased investment by UC and the generous support of the Tait Foundation, UC Foundation and UC Trusts Funds.
Congratulations to the inaugural Aho Hīnātore | Accelerator scholars:
Arts
- BLAND, Lauren
- BRETT, Samuel
- MOORE, Danielle
- NIHONIHO, Antony
- OGDEN-TRAVIS, Brittany
- PICKERING-GIBBS, Eleni
- RIMBOVSKA, Bojana
- SOLOMON, Darren
- VERHEUL-CANE, Hannah
Business and Law
- DUNCAN, Shnece
- McKEGG, Tessa
- SMITH, Johnpaul
- WOOD, Kimberley
Education, Health and Human Development
- BONE, Reisha
- DENG, Bingyu
- DEWAR, Hamish
- EGGLETON, Phoebe
- LAWSON, Violet
- PEARCE, Jeanne
Engineering
- ADAMS, Ryan
- CAMERON, Chris
- COX, Adam
- DE SCHOT, Luke
- DELA CRUZ, Zoren
- DONG, Siqi (Claire)
- EDENS, Samuel
- EMANUEL, Rebecca
- HAYASHI, Seigan
- INWOOD, Amy
- NGUYEN, Lisa
- POOKE, Francis
- ROYAL, Narottam
- STEYN, Nicholas
Science
- AVES, Alexandra
- CHIVERS, Elizabeth
- EADES, Caelyn
- GNESKO, Laura
- GOLDSMITH, Dylan
- GOOCH, Eloise
- HARRIS, Holly
- HOWELL, Lucy
- NEWTON-VESTY, Michael
- STEEL, Emma
- STEEL, Jamie
- STREVENS, Laura
- WILLIAMS, Michael
For further information please contact:
UC Communications team, media@canterbury.ac.nz, Ph: (03) 369 3631 or 027 503 0168
