Postgraduate Field Research Awards

also see | Postgraduate Field Research Awards 2009/2010

Each year NZAID offers Post Graduate Field Research Awards to students from New Zealand universities undertaking field research in developing countries.

The awards are only available to New Zealand citizens or permanent residents that are undertaking research as part of the requirements of a New Zealand-based Masters Degree or Doctorate in a field related to international development.

The 2009/10 round of the awards is now open. To find out more about this round and to download an application form click here.

Postgraduate Field Research Awards | Recent Recipients
Name	Topic	University	Degree
Shane Prosser	Yaqona (kava): A study of its impact upon education and development in Fiji	Massey University	Doctor of Philosophy
Heather Dixon	Children in disasters: Children's experiences of natural disasters in Central Java, Indonesia	Massey University	Doctor of Philosophy
Heather Beeston	Recurring fires in Phnom Penh; Disaster relief and prevention through long-term development	University of Auckland	Masters of Arts \| Development Studies
Andrea Egan	Analysing the impact of global, regional and local responses to climage change in Pacific SIDS	Massey University	Masters of Philosophy \| Development Studies
Monica Evans	"Making a man of them": an enthnography of young 'absent' fathers in Valparaiso, Chile	Victoria University
(Sascha) Alexander Feary	Soil regeneration, climate modification, and cadmium remediation	Victoria University
Rebecca Jane Fitchett	Urban agriculture and planning for poverty reduction in Lusaka, Zambia	University of Otago	Masters of Arts \| Planning
Mathilde Hegarty	From women in development to gender and development?	Victoria University	Masters of Arts \| Development Studies
Lucy Marigold Gillies Petheram	Hydropolitics of Nepal: the contestation of the development of freshwater resources	University of Otago	Masters of Arts \| Geography
Natalie Kristin Redstone	In the midst of crisis: Poverty reduction strategy papers and the 'global' food crisis - responding to rising food insecurity in Cambodia	University of Auckland	Masters of Arts \| Development Studies
Olivia Smith	New femininities and childcare choices in Koh Samui, Thailand	University of Otago	Masters of Arts \| Human Geography