Applications open for Linklater Bursary

Applications open for Linklater Bursary

Applications are now open for Horizons Regional Council’s Don Linklater Memorial Bursary awarded to students studying in areas relevant to Horizons work.

The Don Linklater Memorial Bursary was established to honour the contribution made to the Region by the late Don Linklater, Horizons Chairman 1989-2000.

A bursary is available for 2016. The Bursary is worth up to $3,000 per year for up to three years and aims to support students studying at either undergraduate or post-graduate level, either internally or extramurally, in areas such as resource management, environmental planning, environmental engineering and modelling, with particular emphasis on river and drainage basin dynamics.

Horizons chairman Bruce Gordon says the Bursaries are a fantastic way of supporting students whilst contributing to the work Horizons conducts in environmental fields.

“These students are the future of environmental management in our Region and if we can support them in their study, then we’re supporting their future in the managing of our natural resources,” Mr Gordon says.

To be eligible applicants must be New Zealand citizens or residents and plan to study full-time university study in 2016. They must also be from the Horizons Region, but may study outside of the Region.

Anyone interested in applying for the Don Linklater Memorial Bursary can get an application form from www.horizons.govt.nz, Horizons Regional Council office in Palmerston North or by calling toll free 0508 800 800.

Applications must be received no later than 5pm Friday 1 April 2016.

The Bursary recipient will be selected by a panel of Horizons representatives made up of councillors and staff. Short listed applicants will then meet with the selection panel.

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