Other undergraduate funding options
Find out about other funding sources available to support you in your undergraduate study.
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Jacob Beck Jaffurs Medical Scholarships
These Scholarships are open to medical students who wish to pursue elective training or experiences which broaden and enrich their academic classes. The Scholarships are to support specific tangible expenses such as travel costs. For more information and to apply visit Jacob Beck Jaffus Scholarship.
John Drake Memorial Scholarship
The scholarship is awarded by the Auckland University Rugby Football Club Inc. (AURFC), and has a maximum value of $5,000pa for up to three years to a student playing for the University club. For more information and to apply visit John Drake Memorial Scholarship.
Māori Education Trust Tertiary Scholarships
The Māori Education Trust offers a range of scholarships at undergraduate and postgraduate level to encourage Māori into tertiary education. For more information and to apply visit Māori Education Trust Tertiary Scholarships.
Mexican Government Scholarship Programme for International Students
Undergraduate students may apply for one academic term of study at a participating Mexican institution. For more information and to apply visit Mexican Government Scholarship Programme.
NASA International Internship Programme
The New Zealand Space Agency invites high-performing New Zealand tertiary students to apply to participate in the NASA International Internship Programme. To complement this opportunity, the New Zealand Space Agency is offering the New Zealand Space Scholarship. For more information and to apply visit NASA Internships and New Zealand Space Agency Scholarships.
New Zealand Institute of Forestry Foundation Awards
The NZIF has several awards available to tertiary students studying forestry. For more information and to apply visit NZIF Awards.
Northland Regional Council - Tū i te ora Scholarship
Northland Regional Council offers eight scholarships value at $3,000 each for New Zealand citizens or permanent residents who reside in, have family that reside in or have whakapapa to Te Taitokerau, who are enrolled in an undergraduate or higher qualification relating to council's environmental and regulatory functions. Four scholarships are dedicated to Māori (who whakapapa to Te Taitokerau) and one is dedicated to a student undertaking study, research or training related council’s land or water
functions.
For more information or to apply, visit: scholarships.nrc.govt.nz
OneChoice Futures Grant
OneChoice Insurance offers a $5,000 grant to students enrolled in Business, Finance, Medicine, and Healthcare, aged 18 or over, who are New Zealand citizens or permanent residents. For more information and to apply visit OneChoice Futures Grant.
Quota New Zealand Educational Scholarship
Quota New Zealand offers a Scholarship of up to $5,000 to assist a young woman who has proven academic potential, and has demonstrated financial need or other special circumstances, with the study expenses in their first year of full-time tertiary study. For more information and to apply visit Quota Scholarship.
Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture Awards
The Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture has several awards available to tertiary students studying horticulture. For more information and to apply visit RNZIH Awards.
Sasakawa Fellowship Fund for Japanese Language Education
The fund offers scholarships to students who are enrolling full-time for a first undergraduate degree in Japanese language, or Japanese language conjoint degree. For more information go to Sasakawa Undergraduate Scholarships.
STONZ Research Grants
Specialty Trainees of New Zealand (STONZ), a union for junior doctors, has dedicated 5% of union revenue to help support research. They have made this fund available to university students in any field in the form of a scholarship. Up to $5000 can be awarded to support research projects with relevance to the health workforce (health workforce wellbeing/fatigue, health economics, health informatics, safer working hours and sleep management etc) and $1000 grants available for other clinical research projects. Applications and more information available on the STONZ website at https://www.stonz.co.nz/research/.