NZMSS Student Support
APPLY NOW! NZMSS Student Travel Awards for Hobart Conference
Student members of NZMSS are invited to apply for one of up to ten travel awards of $1500 available for the Joint NZMSS-AMSA Conference to be held in Hobart July 2- 5, 2012 . Applications should be sent to the Secretary at secretary@nzmss.org by March 9 2012.
A key objective of the New Zealand Marine Sciences Society is to encourage and assist marine research in New Zealand. The Society recognises that nurturing marine science students and young scientists is a critical first step towards achieving this goal. The Society supports student research in several ways:
NZMSS Student Research Grant
Applications close 1 April
This grant is targeted at allowing graduate researchers to extend their work beyond the limits of restricted academic funding and providing exposure to outstanding young scientists. More details here.
NZMSS First Overseas Conference Travel Fund
Applications close 1 February and 1 August
This travel fund is targeted at allowing outstanding young scientists to present their research to an international audience at an overseas conference. More details here.
NZMSS Conference Prizes
Awarded during the NZMSS annual conference
The Society encourages communication among marine scientists by holding an annual conference and awarding a range of prizes for outstanding presentations. More details here.
NZMSS Conference Travel Awards
Awarded during the NZMSS annual conference
The Society encourages student attendance at its annual conference by providing travel awards to all student members who give an oral or poster presentation at the conference. More details here.
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NZMSS Student Research Grant
Applications close 1 April
The NZMSS Student Research Grant was established by members of the Society during the 2006 Annual General Meeting. The grant is intended to help graduate researchers take their work further than academic funding allows and to provide exposure for their research. Applications from a broad range of marine disciplines are encouraged.
Eligibility
- Grants are awarded as funds allow, typically at least one award will be made annually.
- Applicants must be enrolled for a postgraduate degree at a New Zealand institution.
- During the tenure of the research grant each applicant must be an enrolled student and a member of NZMSS.
- Funds may be used for any purpose that supports the applicant’s research.
Requirements
- Recipients will present their findings during a plenary session at an NZMSS annual conference. Conference attendance will be at their own expense, but the conference registration fee will be waived.
- Recipients will provide a two page summary of their findings to the NZMSS Secretary in a style suitable for a press release within one year of the research being completed.
- All publications and presentations will acknowledge that the research was “stimulated by a Scholarship Grant from the New Zealand Marine Science Society”.
- The applicant and supervisor will provide a signed statement as to the use of the funds within one year of the grant being awarded.
Application
Each application should be submitted as two TYPED documents (Microsoft Word .doc or Adobe .pdf) and emailed to secretary@nzmss.org
Document 1: Scientific Proposal.
- This document should be anonymous and should not include any information that identifies the applicant or their institution
- This document is limited to 2 pages of single-spaced 12 pt text
- The document should be named with a distinctive title unique to the proposal
- The text should identify what gaps in knowledge the research aims to fill, why these are important, and why the research should be done now
Document 2: Applicant Details
- Contact details of the applicant and their host institution
- Contact details of the applicant’s supervisor(s)
- Single page CV of applicant
- Single page CV of supervisor(s)
- Why the applicants are well placed to do the proposed research
- What the funds will be used for
- Supplementary material may be provided as an Appendix if necessary
Assessment
- Recipients maintain their eligibility for any future NZMSS grants.
- Scientific Proposals will be independently reviewed by three referees not associated with any proposals.
- The referees will not confer until they have ranked the Scientific Proposals.
- Scientific Proposals will be ranked according to their likelihood of stimulating new research involving graduate students at New Zealand institutions.
- Referees will only review Applicant Details where they consider the Scientific Proposal of high scientific merit.
- NZMSS reserves the right to attach additional conditions to awards where the referees feel it desirable.
- Applicants will be informed if they have or have not been successful.
Recipients
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NZMSS First Overseas Conference Travel Fund
Applications close 1 February and 1 August
The First Overseas Conference Travel Fund (FOCTF) was established by members of the Society to help young researchers present their work at an overseas conference. The Society recognises that New Zealand's geographic isolation can disadvantage emerging researchers. Outstanding research deserves to be disseminated in global venues and events, and researchers must interact with other professionals to further their knowledge and careers as marine scientists. The FOCTF was established to achieve these goals.
Applications
There are two rounds of the award in each calendar year. Applications close on 1 February and 1 August each year. The FOCTF application form in Microsoft Wod format and can be typed directly into and emailed to secretary@nzmss.org (see below instructions).
Guidelines
Eligibility:
- Applicants must be enrolled in a postgraduate course of study in some aspect of marine science at a New Zealand institution.
- Applicants must be a current member of NZMSS and must have presented a paper or poster at a NZMSS conference.
- Applications will be accepted only from members proposing to present a paper or poster at their FIRST overseas conference.
General:
- The award will normally be made twice a year.
- The award may not be made if there are no suitable applicants.
- The number and value of awards allocated following each of the two application deadlines will be at the discretion of the Council, and dependent on available funds.
- Awards for conferences in the Pacific (including Australia) will not exceed NZ$1500. Awards for conferences elsewhere in the world will not exceed NZ$3000.
Send your completed form as an email attachment to secretary@nzmss.org
Recipients and Reports
2010 Reports:
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NZMSS Annual Conference Prizes
The Society and Conference Organising Committee award a number of prizes for outstanding oral and poster presentations at the NZMSS annual conference. Each prize has its own eligibility criteria and may or may not be awarded at each conference.
Current list of prizes
General Prizes:
Best student oral presentation
Best student poster presentation
Presidents merit prize for student oral presentation x2
Presidents merit prize for student poster x2
Student oral paper making the best use of quantitative methodology
Student oral presentation or poster indicating the best creativity in research approach
Theme based Prizes:
Best student paper in Evolutionary Systematics – oral or poster presentation
Best student oral paper in applied marine ecology
Best student oral paper in marine conservation
Best student paper in oceanographic research (physical, biological, or chemical)– oral or poster presentation
Best student paper in marine species or ecosystem sustainability – oral or poster presentation
Hickman Prize for the best student paper in marine aquaculture research – oral or poster presentation
Recipients
2011 Conference, Stewart Island
*All prizes sponsored by the Royal Society of New Zealand
First Place Oral Presenter- Phil Ross, University of Waikato
Runner Up Oral Presenter- Paul Caiger, University of Auckland
Runner Up Oral Presenter- Pete Wilson, Auckland University of Technology
First Place Poster Presenter- Patricia Mockett, University of Otago
Runner Up Poster Presenter- Zack Powell, University of Otago
Runner Up Poster Presenter- Zeenatul Basher, University of Auckland
2010 Conference, Wellington
MFISH: Best use of Quantitative Methodolgy - D'Arcy Webber
MFISH: Best paper in Sustainability of Marine Resources - Dorita Starzak
MFISH: Best paper Assessing Contribution of Biodiversity to Healthy Aquatic Environment - Hannah Jones
NIWA: Bets paper on Evolutionary Systematics - Joe Buchanan
NIWA: Best paper on Oceanographic Research - not awarded this year
SEAFIC: Best paper demonstrating Research Creativity - Brian Miller
SEAFIC: Hickman Prize in Aquaculture - Lauren Fletcher
DOC: Best paper Advancing Marine Conservation - Jade Berman
NZMSS: Poster merit prizes - Jean Davis & Tom Hawkins
NZMSS: Best Poster - Todd Beuamont
NZMSS: Oral merit prizes - Alejandra Perez-Blazquez & Anja Studer
NZMSS: Best Oral Presentation - Daniel Logan
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NZMSS Conference Travel Awards
The Society acknowledges that the cost of travel to and registration for the Annual Conference can be prohibitive for graduate students. The Society encourages the Conference Organising Committee to facilitate student attendance by heavily discounting student registration costs for the conference. Furthermore, the Society provides travel awards for students who present their research at the annual conference. Currently, the Society has set the travel awards at NZ$50 for intra-island travel and $100 for inter-island travel.
Eligibility
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Students must be current student members who attend and give an oral or poster presentation at the conference.
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Students who are secondary authors on presentations, but do not attend the conference are not eligible for travel awards.
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Students from the host region are not eligible for the travel award.
