Erskine Grants
Academic staff members in the following Schools/Departments are eligible to apply for Erskine Grants:
- Accountancy and Information Systems
- Biological Sciences (School)
- Chemical and Process Engineering
- Chemistry
- Civil and Natural Resources Engineering
- Linguistics Programme, School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics
- Communication Disorders
- Computer Science and Software Engineering
- Economics and Finance
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Forestry
- Gateway Antarctica
- Geography
- Geological Sciences
- Management
- Mathematics and Statistics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Philosophy Programme, School of Humanities
- Physics and Astronomy
- Psychology
Erskine/Cambridge/Canterbury/Oxford
Forms (Staff only)
Access application/nomination forms on the intranet.
Process:
Complete application form,
Head of School/Department signs,
College Pro-Vice Chancellor signs,
Form sent to the Erskine Programme office for checking and signing by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor.
Once the form reaches the Erskine Programme office the application is processed within 2 working days.
Erskine Grant information for staff (pdf 108KB)
The Erskine Bequest funds some 25 Erskine Grants each year which enable University of Canterbury academic staff members in participating Faculties to take leave out of New Zealand to increase their knowledge in such subjects so as to better enable them to teach those subjects to students.The Bequest has funded these Programmes since 1963.