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New scholarship scheme accelerates UC students into PhDs

Dozens of the University of Canterbury’s best and brightest students have been awarded Aho Hīnātore | Accelerator scholarships in a new scheme worth more than $1.5 million in its first year.

UC Engineering student Claire Dong has been awarded an Aho Hīnātore | Accelerator Scholarship to pursue her PhD research, titled ‘Seismic protection of museum artefacts’.

“This new initiative arose in response to Covid-19, and the response from students and staff has been overwhelmingly positive,” UC Dean of Postgraduate Research Professor Megan McAuliffe says.

“The Aho Hīnātore | Accelerator scholarship enables UC students to push the boundaries of knowledge in their chosen field, supervised by world-leading experts here at UC.”

Each scholarship consists of a $6,000 grant towards a small 12-week project. If this project is successfully completed, students are guaranteed a full UC Aho Hīnātore | Accelerator PhD Scholarship valued at $28,000 per year, plus tuition fees for 360 points of PhD studies.

The 46 funded scholarships were chosen based on the quality of the student, the supervisory team, and the alignment of their research to UC’s Institutional and Research Strategy.

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