Applications close soon for Horizons Don Linklater Memorial Bursary
21 March 2025 - 02:54 pmApplications for Horizons Regional Council Don Linklater Memorial Bursary close in just over a week’s time on 30 March 2025.
Established to honour former Horizons Chair Don Linklater’s contribution to the region and local government, the bursary is worth up to $8,000 per year.
The bursary, which can be split across up to four recipients, aims to support students studying in areas relevant to some of Horizons Regional Council's work.
Students can be studying either internally or extramurally, in areas such as resource management, environmental planning, and environmental engineering and modelling with particular emphasis on river and drainage basin dynamics.
To be eligible applicants must be a New Zealand citizen or permanent resident studying full-time in 2025, at either undergraduate or postgraduate level.
Applicants must be from the Horizons region, however they may be studying elsewhere in New Zealand. The selection panel will also take into consideration any connections applicants have to iwi/hapū in the region.
Anyone interested in applying for the Don Linklater Memorial Bursary can get an application form from https://www.horizons.govt.nz/about-our-region-and-council/grants-and-sponsorship/don-linklater-memorial
Applications for the bursary close on Sunday 30 March 2025.
The bursary recipients 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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