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Sir Frank Moore Award for Excellence in PhD Research
The STCRC Education Program Award for Excellence was introduced to assist in the communication of PhD research to industry and to allow for excellence in PhD research to be recognised and rewarded.
This annual award is open to all STCRC PhD students who have completed and been formally advised of the award of their doctorates, within the 12 months prior to the deadline for applications.
The judging panel, which consists of senior academics, industry representatives and STCRC management, meet once a year to decide on the winners. The standard of applicants is always extremely high. The judges base their decision on the executive summary of the PhD thesis; the level of any journal publications the student had published; the evidence of how the research had impacted on, or been taken up by, industry; and by reviewing the examiners’ reports.
In 2008 it was announced that the Award will become known as the Sir Frank Moore Award for Excellence in PhD research, in tribute of the founding Chairman of the STCRC, Sir Frank Moore.
The 2009 Sir Frank Moore Award for Excellence winner Dr Amanda Ayling was announced by
Mr Stephen Gregg, STCRC Chairman at a presentation dinner held at the Bella Luna Garden Restaurant in Southport, Gold Coast on 18th September 2009.
Mr Stephen Gregg presented Dr Amanda Ayling, a former PhD student from Griffith University with a cheque for $5,000, together with a glass trophy and a framed certificate.
Dr Ayling’s thesis was titled “The constraint negotiation process and outcome of substitution towards Major Event Spectatorship”. The study explores major event spectatorship behaviour, identifying the main constraints experienced by attendees and non-attendees to special events.
There were two joint runners up, Dr Kelly Cassidy and Dr Ivy Chow, who each received a cheque for $1,000 and a certificate.
The presentation dinner was also attended by guest speaker Prof Stefan Gossling, Lund University Sweden and Mr Daniel Gschwind, CEO Queensland Tourism Industry Council.