Current projects with scholarship funding

24 March 2026

Discover existing doctoral or master's projects which have scholarship funding available that may align with your own study interests and expertise.

HOW TO APPLY

We sometimes have specific research topics that have designated scholarship funding, and students with the appropriate experience and interest could apply for the position. This is a list of some of those projects that are currently open for applications.

We try to keep this page as up to date as possible, please click on the link to find out more about the project and contact the supervisor of the project to confirm availability and for any further details.

Masters Projects

Doctoral Projects

Masters or Doctoral Projects with Partial Funding

Master's Projects

General relativistic cosmology: Mapping the sky from initial perturbations until today

24 March 2026

Host Faculty: Science

General Subject Area: general relativity, theoretical and observational cosmology

Project Level: MSc
General relativistic cosmology: Mapping the sky from initial perturbations until today

Host Faculty: Science

General Subject Area: general relativity, theoretical and observational cosmology

Project Level: MSc
General relativistic cosmology: Mapping the sky from initial perturbations until today

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Protecting Aotearoa New Zealand from Aerial Insect Invasion

24 March 2026

Host Faculty: Engineering

General Subject Area: Ecological modeling

Project Level: Master's
Protecting Aotearoa New Zealand from Aerial Insect Invasion

Host Faculty: Engineering

General Subject Area: Ecological modeling

Project Level: Master's
Protecting Aotearoa New Zealand from Aerial Insect Invasion

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Doctoral Projects

Science

Factors predicting youth social-emotional development

24 March 2026

Host Faculty: Science

General Subject Area: Developmental Psychology

Project Level: PhD
Factors predicting youth social-emotional development

Host Faculty: Science

General Subject Area: Developmental Psychology

Project Level: PhD
Factors predicting youth social-emotional development

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Evolution of Stellar Populations in Globular Clusters

24 March 2026

Host Faculty: Science

General Subject Area: Astronomy

Project Level: PhD
Evolution of Stellar Populations in Globular Clusters

Host Faculty: Science

General Subject Area: Astronomy

Project Level: PhD
Evolution of Stellar Populations in Globular Clusters

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Feasibility of underground hydrogen storage in New Zealand Aotearoa

24 March 2026

Host Faculty: Science

General Subject Area: Materials Science, Materials Chemistry, Nanomaterials

Project Level: PhD
Feasibility of underground hydrogen storage in New Zealand Aotearoa

Host Faculty: Science

General Subject Area: Materials Science, Materials Chemistry, Nanomaterials

Project Level: PhD
Feasibility of underground hydrogen storage in New Zealand Aotearoa

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Eco-evolutionary Processes in Biological Control

29 April 2025

Host Faculty: Science

General Subject Area: Ecology

Project Level: PhD
Eco-evolutionary Processes in Biological Control

Host Faculty: Science

General Subject Area: Ecology

Project Level: PhD
Eco-evolutionary Processes in Biological Control

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What, and where, are the most powerful cosmic-ray accelerators in our Galaxy?

24 March 2026

Host Faculty: Science

General Subject Area: Astroparticle Physics

Project Level: PhD
What, and where, are the most powerful cosmic-ray accelerators in our Galaxy?

Host Faculty: Science

General Subject Area: Astroparticle Physics

Project Level: PhD
What, and where, are the most powerful cosmic-ray accelerators in our Galaxy?

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Long-lived, high-performance organic batteries for a greener rechargeable world

24 March 2026

Host Faculty: Science

General Subject Area: Chemistry & Materials Science

Project Level: PhD
Long-lived, high-performance organic batteries for a greener rechargeable world

Host Faculty: Science

General Subject Area: Chemistry & Materials Science

Project Level: PhD
Long-lived, high-performance organic batteries for a greener rechargeable world

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Shedding light on the dark components of the Galaxy

24 March 2026

Host Faculty: Science

General Subject Area: Astrophysics

Project Level: PhD
Shedding light on the dark components of the Galaxy

Host Faculty: Science

General Subject Area: Astrophysics

Project Level: PhD
Shedding light on the dark components of the Galaxy

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How do farm types and management practices affect disease transmission among wild birds and poultry?

24 March 2026

Host Faculty: Science

General Subject Area: Ecology

Project Level: PhD
How do farm types and management practices affect disease transmission among wild birds and poultry?

Host Faculty: Science

General Subject Area: Ecology

Project Level: PhD
How do farm types and management practices affect disease transmission among wild birds and poultry?

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Engineering

Exploring Extended Reality (XR) as a Supplement to Traditional Firefighter Training

24 March 2026

Host Faculty: Engineering

General Subject Area: Fire Engineering

Project Level: PhD
Exploring Extended Reality (XR) as a Supplement to Traditional Firefighter Training

Host Faculty: Engineering

General Subject Area: Fire Engineering

Project Level: PhD
Exploring Extended Reality (XR) as a Supplement to Traditional Firefighter Training

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Modelling the interaction between ethnicity and infectious disease dynamics

24 March 2026

Host Faculty: Engineering

General Subject Area: Mathematical modelling

Project Level: PhD
Modelling the interaction between ethnicity and infectious disease dynamics

Host Faculty: Engineering

General Subject Area: Mathematical modelling

Project Level: PhD
Modelling the interaction between ethnicity and infectious disease dynamics

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Investigating Overpressure Events in Combustible Compartments

24 March 2026

Host Faculty: Engineering

General Subject Area: Civil Engineering, Fire Engineering

Project Level: PhD
Investigating Overpressure Events in Combustible Compartments

Host Faculty: Engineering

General Subject Area: Civil Engineering, Fire Engineering

Project Level: PhD
Investigating Overpressure Events in Combustible Compartments

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Modular seismic-retrofit system using advanced and sustainable materials

24 March 2026

Host Faculty: Engineering

General Subject Area: Structural Engineering

Project Level: PhD
Modular seismic-retrofit system using advanced and sustainable materials

Host Faculty: Engineering

General Subject Area: Structural Engineering

Project Level: PhD
Modular seismic-retrofit system using advanced and sustainable materials

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Large Language Models for Next Generation Engineering

24 March 2026

Host Faculty: Engineering

General Subject Area: Mechanical Engineering

Project Level: PhD
Large Language Models for Next Generation Engineering

Host Faculty: Engineering

General Subject Area: Mechanical Engineering

Project Level: PhD
Large Language Models for Next Generation Engineering

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Bayesian Optimal Experimental Design

24 March 2026

Host Faculty: Engineering

General Subject Area: Mathematics and Statistics

Project Level: PhD
Bayesian Optimal Experimental Design

Host Faculty: Engineering

General Subject Area: Mathematics and Statistics

Project Level: PhD
Bayesian Optimal Experimental Design

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Masters or Doctoral Projects with Partial Funding

Unravelling the Holocene and contemporary evolution of Kokorua Inlet estuary (Nelson)

24 March 2026

Host Faculty: Science

General Subject Area: Geomorphology; geology; physical geography

Project Level: Master's
Unravelling the Holocene and contemporary evolution of Kokorua Inlet estuary (Nelson)

Host Faculty: Science

General Subject Area: Geomorphology; geology; physical geography

Project Level: Master's
Unravelling the Holocene and contemporary evolution of Kokorua Inlet estuary (Nelson)

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The tree complexity of reticulate evolution

24 March 2026

Host Faculty: Engineering

General Subject Area: Mathematics

Project Level: MSc
The tree complexity of reticulate evolution

Host Faculty: Engineering

General Subject Area: Mathematics

Project Level: MSc
The tree complexity of reticulate evolution

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Imaging and Detecting Vascular disease

24 March 2026

Host Faculty: Science

General Subject Area: Biochemistry

Project Level: Masters and PhD
Imaging and Detecting Vascular disease

Host Faculty: Science

General Subject Area: Biochemistry

Project Level: Masters and PhD
Imaging and Detecting Vascular disease

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Artery Inflammation

24 March 2026

Host Faculty: Science

General Subject Area: Biochemistry, Immunology, Cell biology

Project Level: Masters and PhD
Artery Inflammation

Host Faculty: Science

General Subject Area: Biochemistry, Immunology, Cell biology

Project Level: Masters and PhD
Artery Inflammation

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