Minister’s Planning Awards

The Innovative Regional Planning Solution Award invites students to come up with an innovate idea or approach to specifically address a contemporary planning challenge faced in a regional, rural or remote setting outside South East Queensland (SEQ).

University students are invited to devise (individually) a solution to address a regionally based planning problem or challenge of their choosing. Their submissions will outline the planning issue and their proposed solution.

Up to three submissions will then be shortlisted and invited to give a 10-minute presentation to summarise the problem and proposed solution to a judging panel of Planning Group executive officers, including the State Planner, who will decide the winner, as well as one highly commended submission.

The Awards are open to all students from eligible universities if they meet the criteria. Entry is via self-nomination.

With a focus on SEQ, the Innovative South East Queensland Planning Solution Award invites students to come up with an innovate idea or approach to specifically address a contemporary planning challenge faced in SEQ.

University students are invited to devise (individually) a solution to address a SEQ-based planning problem or challenge of their choosing. Their submissions will outline the planning issue and their proposed solution.

Up to three submissions would then be shortlisted and invited to give a 10-minute presentation to summarise the problem and proposed solution to a judging panel of Planning Group executive officers, including the State Planner, who will decide the winner, as well as one highly commended submissions.

The Awards are open to all students from eligible universities if they meet the criteria. Entry is via self-nomination.

The Young Trailblazer in Planning Award will be presented to one university undergraduate (second, third or fourth year) recognised as being a student who has demonstrated exceptional promise, vision and creativity in the field of planning.

Eligible universities are invited to nominate a student through a written submission of up to 750 words. Up to three nominations may be shortlisted for consideration by a judging panel of Planning Group executive officers, who will decide the winner and one highly commended recipient.

This award is intended to acknowledge a young professional not only for their professional achievements but also their potential to shape the future of planning, while recognising their contribution to the profession and encouraging greater engagement with planning in Queensland.

Entry is via eligible university nomination only.