Previous recipients

2007

Travel Fund Awards were made to:  Professor Ahmed Al-Jumaily of the Auckland University of Technology to attend the American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME) International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition in Seattle, USA ($1,500);  Dr Eckehard Brockerhoff of ENSIS, Christchurch, to attend the International Union of Forest Research Organisations (IUFRO) on "Natural enemies and other multi-scale influences on forest insects" in Vienna ($1,500);  Dr Peng Cao of the University of Waikato to attend the International Symposium on Advanced Materials Processing (ISAMP-2007) in Bagalkot, India ($1,500).

A Publishing Award was made to Hayley Lawrence of the Allan Wilson Centre, Albany to publish the results of her research on the Chatham Island Täiko ($2,000).

Senior Scientist Research:  No award was made.

2006

Travel Fund Awards were made to Dr Ilse Breitwieser of Landcare Research to participate in a conference in Spain on "Evolution of the Compositae" ($3643) and to Dr Charles Eason of Auckland to contribute to key pest control meetings at Reading, UK ($1800).

A Publishing Award was made to Mary Varnham to publish the collected lectures of the Transit of Venus lecture series which were broadcast on Radio New Zealand ($2,000).

Senior Scientist Research: Dr Daphne Lee, University of Otago, to continue her research on the Lauraceae fossils and fossil insects ($7,122).

2005

Travel Fund Awards were made to Dr Dave Dawson, a New Zealand quantitative ecologist with the Greater London Council, to contribute to two key ornithological meetings in New Zealand ($3,000); Dr David Morgan, Landcare Research Lincoln, to attend the 22nd Vertebrate Pest Conference in Berkeley, California ($1,500); and Professor Nanthi Bolan, Soil Science, Massey University, to present papers at the Frontiers in Environment Science and Engineering in India ($1,500).

A Publishing Award was made to Mary Varnham to publish the collected lectures of the e=mc² series which were broadcast on Radio New Zealand ($2,000).

Senior Scientist Research: Dr Jack Grant-Mackie, to assist his work at the University of Kiel, Germany, in May–June 2006 ($3,450), and to Professor Neil McNaughton, to assist with the maintenance, update and expansion of the reference system for his forthcoming book ($6,550).