n recognition of Doug Foster’s contribution to Australian coastal engineering, the National Committee on Coastal & Ocean Engineering created the Doug N. Foster Memorial Fellowship Fund in September 2001.

The Fellowship Fund is to encourage engineering students to pursue career opportunities in coastal and/or ocean engineering. Up to four Awards will be offered to students who are in the final two years of their first engineering degree at the time of the conference (Australian Citizens or permanent residents, and enrolled at an Australian University), to assist attendance to the Australasian Coasts & Ports Conference. The Australasian Coasts & Ports Conference is an amalgamation of the Australasian Coastal and Ocean Engineering Conference and the Australasian Port and Harbour Conference.

Each student winning an Award will receive a certificate which is conferred by the Engineers Australia, free registration and up to $1000 worth of travel and accommodation, to attend the Australasian Coasts & Ports Conference.

Students applying for the award are invited to submit a single A4 page outlining why they should receive the fellowship to develop their interests in Coastal &/or Ocean Engineering. The applications are to be accompanied by a copy of academic record and a reference in support of the application.

Full Application Details including nomination guidelines and a nomination form are available at www.engineersaustralia.org.au

The PIANC Young Authors Award has traditionally been awarded at the Australasian Coasts and Ports Conferences since 1988. This Conference continues this tradition. PIANC Australia and New Zealand is the Australasian Region of PIANC. PIANC is the International Navigation Association. Further information of PIANC can be obtained by visiting www.pianc.org or the ANZ PIANC website.

The Conference will award the Young Author’s award consisting of a commemorative silver medallion and free membership of PIANC Australia and New Zealand for 2 years. The winning author is encouraged to submit an extended version of the paper in the PIANC International De Paepe – Willems Award

Eligibility criteria are as follows:

• Awarded for the best paper by a YP at the conference related to PIANC issues and activities.
• The theme of the paper should be well developed for application.
• The author should be the lead author for the paper and be the sole presenter at the conference.
• Both paper submission and presentation are assessed for the award.
• The author as a YP should be no more than 40 years old at the date of the Conference.
• The author should be a citizen or permanent resident of either Australia or New Zealand.
• The author/s, when submitting their paper, should indicate that they would like to be considered for the award.

Nomination Process

Eligible authors please self-nominate by advising the conference organisers that you would like to be considered for the award.

The Women in Coastal Geoscience and Engineering (WICGE) is an international initiative that encourages, recognises and promotes the achievements of women in coastal geoscience and engineering – https://womenincoastal.org/

Within Australia, the Women in Coastal Geoscience and Engineering Award was established in 2016 and first awarded at the Australasian Coasts and Ports 2017 conference in Cairns. This award aims to highlight the impact that excellent research and/or application by women has on changing the culture of our discipline. This award aims to foster positive commitment to equity within our discipline and encourage women in our field to pursue/ continue a career in the coastal/ocean/port engineering and geoscience disciplines. This award recognises technical excellence, innovation, professional contributions, different perspectives and support to other women in the field.

Eligibility:

• The award is open to any paper presented at the Australasian Coasts and Ports conference where the lead (first) and presenting author is a woman.
• The lead author must indicate they wish to be considered for the award when submitting their full paper.

The award will be made based on the innovation, and scientific excellence of the paper.

Nomination Process:

• Eligible authors please self-nominate using the form provided on the conference website.

Award Selection Criteria:

• The paper must be led and presented by a conference delegate at the conference that is a woman.
• The paper and presentation must make an outstanding contribution to one of the themes of the conference.
• The paper must demonstrate technical excellence, innovative approaches and different perspectives where possible changing the culture of the discipline.
• Only one award will be offered at any given conference.

The nextGen Poster Forum supports the next generation of coastal researchers.

Current and recent postgraduate researchers will present and discuss their research with Conference delegates at the nextGEN Poster Forum, to be held on the opening afternoon of the Conference.

All nextGEN delegates will present a summary poster of their research and be available to meet and discuss their work with other Conference delegates during the Forum. Awards for the best nextGEN poster and Delegates’ Choice nextGEN poster are awarded.

The New Zealand Coastal Society is pleased to announce a student award to attend the Australasian Coasts and Ports 2025 Conference. The award will cover conference registration, attendance at the conference dinner and $1000 towards travel and accommodation. The award winner will be judged on the quality of the accepted paper and alignment with the goals of the New Zealand Coastal Society.

Eligibility

• The paper must be accepted to present at Australasian Coasts and Ports 2025
• The lead author must be enrolled at a recognised Tertiary institution based in New Zealand at the time of submission
• The lead author must be student member of the NZ Coastal Society at the time of submission.

For more information, please email nzcoastalsociety@gmail.com 

Nomination Process

Eligible authors please self-nominate using this form: Award Nomination Form