31 July 2014
Summer Research Scholarships open for student applications
What do the recovery strategies of elite netballers and the co-digestion of sewage sludge have in common?
They’re two of 60 topics confirmed in the University of Waikato’s next round of Summer Research Scholarships. During the
10-week programme, students take part in full-time research from November 2014 until February 2015 and receive a $5000
scholarship. Now that topics have been confirmed, students can apply to be part of the research projects, with
applications closing on 31 August 2014.
The programme is open to students enrolled at a New Zealand or Australian university, and gives promising final year
undergraduate, honours year and first-year masters degree students the chance to experience the challenges and rewards
of research, working alongside senior University of Waikato academics.
The Summer Research Programme began in 2006 at the University of Waikato. Scholarships are funded by the University,
co-funded with University partners or totally externally funded.
The programme begins with a breakfast launch in November. Supervisors provide interim reports on their students and
projects half-way through the programme. There is a closing function in February and final reports are available
mid-March.
Among the topics being researched this summer are:
• The effects of a novel recovery strategy on performance of elite netballers. Senior Sport and Leisure Studies
Lecturer Dr Matt Driller will work with the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic to study aspects of recovery in Magic players.
• Examining Hamilton City Council’s reversal of policy on water fluoridation.
• Traumatic brain injury in New Zealand: looking at how many people in the Midland Region are admitted to hospital
following a head injury as well as determining the main causes of this type of injury.
• Nutrient excretion rates of invasive fish
• Celebrating soils from around the world – their diversity, beauty and resilience
• Enhancing the Māori language online macroniser tool to allow it to accept names (both people and places) and
provide a facility to hard code certain decisions on macron placement.
For more information, visit http://www.waikato.ac.nz/research/scholarships/SRSStudentOnlineForm.shtml
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