Notices

Research Bursaries for Undergraduates

Long Vacation, 1976-77

The New Zealand Fruitgrowers' Federation offers three bursaries for undergraduate science students to work with the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research during the long vacation.

The purpose of the awards is to assist research programmes during the summer, and to give students who are not otherwise committed an opportunity to experience research work in D.S.I.R.

The bursaries, of $250 each, are for the vacation November 1976 - February 1977. They are not taxable, and are in addition to wages paid by D.S.I.R. at rates according to winners' age and experience. A 12-weeks period of work is expected, with a short break at Christmas.

Selection will be made on the basis of general performance from School Certificate onwards, with main emphasis on university record. Qualifications are an interest in plant research, with botany, biochemistry, zoology, or entomology as major subjects.

A study of phytophagous mite and predator populations in a Supervised Spray Programme, and similar monitoring of orchards containing insecticide-resistant predators.

Interested students should apply in writing, giving details of scholastic record and stating any preference for a project, by September 27 1976 to: