Natural Hazards Commission Toka Tū Ake / NZSEE Ivan Skinner Award
The Natural Hazards Commission Toka Tū Ake / NZSEE Ivan Skinner Award is open to practitioners and researchers contributing to reducing the impacts of earthquakes on New Zealand communities, and individuals from disciplines beyond engineering who are making significant contributions to earthquake impact reduction in New Zealand.
The Natural Hazards Commission Toka Tū Ake / NZSEE Ivan Skinner Award includes a prize of $15,000.
For more information and application details, please click here.
Applications for 2025 are closed.
NZSEE / QuakeCoRE Emerging Women Leaders in Earthquake Engineering Award
The NZSEE / QuakeCoRE Emerging Women Leaders in Earthquake Engineering Award recognises and celebrates younger women from engineering practice and/or academia who demonstrate emerging leadership in the field of earthquake engineering.
This award aims to foster greater participation of women in leadership roles within the discipline. Recipients are awarded a $15,000 prize to support their career development and goals in earthquake engineering.
For more information and for details on how to apply please click here.
Applications for 2025 are closed.
Otto Glogau Award
This annual award recognises the author(s) of the best paper published in the NZSEE Bulletin during the three years leading up to 31 December of the year preceding the award (31 December 2024). Eligibility is open to all authors, members or non-members of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, whose papers were published in the Bulletin within the specified timeframe.
Nominations for papers meeting the eligibility can include self-nomination. The awards committee will also consider other papers published during the stated period.
The award comprises $2,000, which may be used to purchase books or support other activities that advance earthquake engineering initiatives.
For more information and details on how to nominate an eligible Bulletin paper, click here.
Applications for 2025 are closed.
NZSEE Research Scholarship
The New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering awards an annual Research Scholarship to support students undertaking research projects in earthquake engineering at New Zealand universities and research institutes.
The scholarship objective is to promote research in earthquake engineering and encourage students of high ability to pursue advanced studies in earthquake engineering.
The 2025 NZSEE Scholarship will have a value of $10,000.
For more information and for details on how to apply please click here.
Applications for 2025 are closed.
John Hollings Seismic Resilience in Practice Award
The John Hollings Seismic Resilience in Practice Award recognises case study projects from practice that have the objective of providing enhanced seismic resilience in an earthquake. Submitted projects may be new builds or seismic retrofits and can be a building, structure, or infrastructure.
For more information and details on how to apply please click here.
Applications for 2025 are closed.
Note
No award may be given for any particular category in any year at the discretion of NZSEE and the Awards Committee. The decisions of the judges are final and no correspondence will be entered into.
