Three JW Gottstein fellowships were awarded this year for overseas study. Recipients are a built environment specialist, an architect and a resources policy expert. Source: Timberbiz
Recipients were: Perry Forsyth professor of built environment at the University of Technology Sydney; Gavin Matthew manager processing at the Australian Forest Products Association Canberra: and Kim Barber is a Brisbane architect.
Prof Forsyth is currently visiting Europe, Canada and the US researching timber design, construction and assembly to meet future housing needs.
Mr Barber attended the recent World Conference on Timber Engineering in Vienna and will visit projects and manufacturing facilities in Austria, Switzerland and Tokyo during September.
AFPA’s Gavin Matthew will study genetic modifications research and deployment in plantation forestry in New Zealand and Brazil.
The chairman of the JW Gottstein Trust Brian Farmer said industry support of the Gottstein Trust and its fellows and scholarship holders represented “a sound co-investment in the forest and forest products sector”.
He urged industry to consider the wide benefits the trust offered to companies and organisations throughout Australia.
“Businesses in industry have people – from the workshop floor to academia – who can apply for Gottstein fellowships or scholarships in 2017 for the chance to further their experience, education or training within or outside Australia,” he said.
Project topics are listed on the Gottstein website and applications for each category will be considered by the trustees and promising applicants will be selected for interviews in November this year. Applications close on 21 October.
For more information, contact the Gottstein Secretary at PO Box 330, Hamilton, Central Q 4007 or email [email protected], or visit www.gottsteintrust.org
