Congratulations to Anushka Castaing, our Sir Frank Holmes Prize winner this year

Oct 31, 2025

Congratualtions to Anushka Castaing, our Sir Frank Holmes Prize winner this year.

Every year Motu Research offers The Sir Frank Holmes Prize - a cash prize of $5,000 for the top economics undergraduate student in Aotearoa New Zealand.

We offer this prize to encourage top quantitative economics students to further their studies in econometrics at graduate level.

Anushka is a third-year student at Victoria University of Wellington, studying a Bachelor of Science with a double major in Economics and Geography. Her studies have focused on econometrics and a quantitative approach to understanding social and environmental issues. 

Next year, she plans to pursue an Honours degree in Economics, applying quantitative methods to real-world policy challenges. This prize will help support her continued studies.