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Conference Scholarships

The TDS Conference Scholarship is an initiative presented by the Timber Design Society (TDS) and is open to early career professionals. Successful recipient(s) will receive financial assistance to go towards attendance at the WoodWorks 2025 Conference in Rotorua.

 

The WoodWorks conference aims to help facilitate the increase in capability and use of wood in commercial and multi-residential buildings throughout New Zealand. WoodWorks 2025 brings together architects, project managers, designers, fit-out specialists, quantity surveyors, BIM specialists and engineers. WoodWorks 2025 is to be held in Rotorua on November 4th and 5th 2025. More information regarding the conference can be found on the conference website https://woodworks.events/event/woodworks-2025-national/ .

The scholarship aims to provide an opportunity for early career professionals:

  1. To grow their own skills and experience outside of business as usual.

  2. To Learn from leaders in timber engineering and use this learning for the benefit of the Timber Design Society and ultimately the NZ timber industry.

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Scholarship Value and Benefits

The winner of the scholarship will receive financial support of up to the value of $2,500 (NZD) to attend the WoodWorks 2025 Conference in Rotorua, to cover travel, accommodation and registration costs.

 

We encourage applicants to discuss their application with employers and the benefits to their company. We encourage employers to consider further assistance to the applicant, possibly in the form of additional study leave and/or cover for any financial travel and accommodation shortfall or similar.

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The winner of the scholarship is required to submit a short article suitable for publication to the Timber Design Society journal, highlighting impressions and learning from the conference and technical tours. This publication shall be written specifically for the TDS journal and not published anywhere else. 

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Eligibility

All NZ-based early career professionals (up to 10 years experience) interested in timber engineering are eligible to apply for the WoodWorks Scholarship.

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Application

The following documents are required for the application:

  1. CV: Maximum two pages (please include your number of years of work experience)

  2. Statement of purpose and motivation: In less than a page, describe why you think you would be the best candidate to receive the scholarship and the potential impact the scholarship will have on your career and our vision to foster the use of timber in design.

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Applicants must send their applications via email to

timber.design@engineeringnz.org. The deadline for submission is 23nd September 2025. The intention is to notify the applicants about the outcome within 14 days from the deadline.

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