Senior secondary and tertiary students passionate about the environment have until the end of September to apply for the 2010 BayerBoost environmental scholarships.The scheme, which is funded by Bayer New Zealand and administered by the Royal Society of N
Senior secondary and tertiary students passionate about the environment have until the end of September to apply for the 2010 BayerBoost environmental scholarships.
The scheme, which is funded by Bayer New Zealand and administered by the Royal Society of New Zealand, provides financial assistance to students undertaking environmental research projects during their summer break.
As well as money scholarship recipients receive guidance from a host organisation to carry out their environmental study. Forty thousand dollars will be allocated this year.
Bayer New Zealand corporate communications manager William Malpass said the scholarships aim to support young students’ future careers through giving them the opportunity to participate in summer work programmes.
“BayerBoost enables students to do this through working with accredited organisations involved in environmental research or restoration, he said.
“Previous scholarship winners have participated in research that has proved invaluable to helping restore or protect our environment.”
Mr Malpass said Bayer believes environmental issue must be continuously addressed especially as it becomes an increasingly important global issue.
Over the five years the scheme has been running, scholarship winners have been involved in a variety of projects, from preservation of waterways and studying causes of whale strandings to stopping the spread of didymo and helping save endangered native wildlife.
To be eligible for a BayerBoost scholarship, students must be under the age of 24, enrolled in a New Zealand senior secondary school or undergraduate tertiary programme, and studying environmental sciences or related areas.
Six scholarships ranging between $3000 and $6000 were awarded in 2009. The deadline for students to get their 2010 BayerBoost applications in is Thursday, September 30.
For more information about BayerBoost got to www.bayerboost.co.nz
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