Undergraduate project scholarships of NZ$ 2,000 are awarded to students undertaking a Bachelor’s Degree with Honours and are awarded in their Honours project year of their study, or a suitable Postgraduate Diploma qualification.
Preference will be given to projects based in New Zealand and to preference to Student Members of the AusIMM.
Special Awards
The most outstanding scholarship applicants each year are also eligible for consideration for one of two special awards. These special awards are only awarded in the event that there are candidates that meet the criteria, and these awards are granted at the sole discretion of the EET.
Lloyd Jones Award of NZ$ 1,000 to an outstanding candidate whose proposed study area is related to mining engineering.
Jock Braithwaite Award of NZ$ 1,000 to an outstanding candidate whose proposed study area is in the fields of mineral exploration, as well as oil/gas, alluvial gold and industrial minerals.
Other Grants
Other funding may also be provided by the EET on a discretionary basis for educational purposes such as tertiary student field trips (minerals related), presentations at AusIMM or other minerals related conferences, or other events/projects that meets the Trust selection and funding criteria.
Application Guidelines
Tertiary Scholarships
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Other Grants
Previous EET Scholarship Recipients
The Undergraduate Scholarships recipients in 2021 and 2022 each received $2,000.
2022 Undergraduate Scholarship
- Mark Ireland The University of Otago BSC (Hons) on “Radiometric Sm-Nd dating of Orogenic Scheelite, Central Otago”.
2021Undergraduate Scholarships
- Nadine Cooper, University of Otago, BSc (Hons) on “Is Zealandia’s refractory mantle analogous to Archean continent formations / do Zelandia’s peridotites contain economic diamonds?”
- James K Dwight, Victoria University of Wellington, BSc (Hons) on “Constraints on Cu-Au-Ag mineralisation at the Anagulu deposit Kerkashia, Eritrea.”
Postgraduate Scholarship
The Postgraduate Scholarships recipients were awarded in 2021, each receiving $5,000.
- Adil Hameed, The University of Auckland, M EngGeol, on “Engineering geological investigation of stability of the eastern pit wall. Maramarua Coal Mine.”
- Samuel Hudson, The University of Auckland, M Earth Science on “Correlating quartz vein textures and ore deposition with geochemical and mineralogical alteration at Wharekirauponga Epithermal Au-Ag deposit, Hauraki Goldfield, New Zealand.”
- Barbara Lyon, The University of Auckland, MSc on “Textures and mineralogy of the Ohakuri Fossilised Hot Spring Sinter, Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand”
- Gian Salsano, The University of Waikato, M Earth Sciences (research) on “Relationship between the black ‘carbonaceous’ breccia and weakly altered country rock adjacent to the Marth or body, Waihi.”
- Sinead Sanders, The University of Waikato, MSc, on “Evaluation of supported ionic liquids for rare earth recovery and separation.”
- William Starzynski, The University of Waikato, M Earth Science (research) on “Andesite Host Rock Geology and Hydrothermal Alteration on an Exploration Prospect North Waihi.”
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More about the EET
The New Zealand Branch Education Endowment Trust (EET) was set up with initial funding from profits of the Auckland PACRIM Congress in 1995. The EET is separate from the Education Endowment Fund (EEF) operated by the AusIMM in Australia as New Zealand students are not eligible for the Australian EEF.
As at 2022, since the EET’s inception, there have been 130 scholarships granted, with a total value of NZ$ 457,000 awarded to students studying at New Zealand universities.
The EET is funded from donations, and from the New Zealand Branch of the AusIMM which derives most of its income from the profits of its annual conference. The EET is registered with the New Zealand Inland Revenue Department as a charitable trust, and donations are tax deductible. Donations can be made by present and past AusIMM members, organisations involved with the New Zealand minerals sector, or the general public directly to the EET at any time. Enquiries can be addressed via email to the Trust Secretary, New Zealand Branch Education Endowment Trust.
The EET Board of Trustees consists of members of the New Zealand Branch of the AusIMM and the current New Zealand Branch President. The EET Board of Trustees meets twice a year to discuss the Trust and its existing and new initiatives to attract new high calibre students to the mining industry.
