Queensland Government Planning Awards

The 2024 Queensland Government Planning Awards are now open!

We are committed to shaping Queensland’s future — and that means investing in tomorrow’s planners by giving them an opportunity to put their skills, knowledge, and ideas to practice in real-life scenarios.

The Queensland Government Planning Awards give planning students the opportunity to submit applications to demonstrate innovative and practical approaches to real-world planning challenges — particularly related to engagement and consultation in planning.

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If you’re studying a planning-related degree at a Queensland university, you could be eligible to apply for one of three awards below:

  • University students are invited to submit a planning issue and proposed solution, individually or in teams of up to three, for a wicked planning problem, that relates to a real-world planning problem. Shortlisted nominees will be invited to give a 10-minute presentation to a judging panel, “shark-tank” style. Presentations will be held on 11 October 2024.

    Eligibility: Undergraduate, post-graduate and masters planning students

    Prize: Four-week paid internship

  • Submit a 750-word rationale addressing the student’s outstanding planning talent

    Eligibility: Female undergraduate, post-graduate and masters planning students

    Prize: Four-week paid internship

    *Universities can nominate a maximum of 3 students for this award.

  • Submit a 750-word rationale addressing the student’s outstanding planning talent

    Eligibility: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander undergraduate, post-graduate and masters planning students

    Prize: Four-week paid internship

    *Universities can nominate a maximum of 3 students for this award

Nominations for the 2024 Queensland Government Planning Awards are now open.

All undergraduate, post-graduate and masters planning students are eligible to apply.

International students attending an eligible university, with an appropriate visa that entitles them to work in Australia, they can apply for the Queensland Government’s Planning Awards.

To apply, please complete an online nomination form and submit your documentation.

Before you complete the nomination form, please ensure you, and if applicable, the nominee(s), have read, understood and agree to the Queensland Government Planning Awards guidelines ( 169.2 KB), including the assessment criteria, and the Queensland Government’s Planning Awards privacy and security statement ( 126.4 KB).

Please ensure all nominees confirm in writing that their entry is their original, unpublished work, except for any third-party material which is appropriately used, acknowledged and referenced in accordance with standard academic practice and copyright law via a signed copy of the submission acknowledgement form ( 125.4 KB).

For university representative or lecturer nominations: Note you must attach a copy of each nominee's written confirmation and agreement of their nomination to this form.

Submissions must be received by 5pm Friday 27 September 2024.

Winners will be announced at the Planning Institute of Australia (PIA) Queensland Awards for Planning Excellence on 8 November 2024.

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For more information, please email learn-planning@dsdilgp.qld.gov.au.

Last updated: 30 Aug 2024