Frank and Doris Bateson Memorial Graduate Scholarship

The Frank and Doris Bateson Memorial Graduate Scholarship was established in 2013 from a 2007 bequest from the estate of Frank Maine Bateson OBE, who was a driving force in New Zealand astronomy and is regarded as the father of astronomy in New Zealand. He was responsible for setting up New Zealand's only professional astronomical research observatories. The purpose of this scholarship is to support research postgraduate students in Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Canterbury. The scholarship is available to students enrolled full-time or part-time in either a Master of Science (MSc) Part II or a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programme in Astronomy or Astrophysics at the University of Canterbury.