External Scholarships & Funding

Purpose: To support aspiring law students who have demonstrated academic ability and leadership, but are facing significant financial need or have life circumstances that present barriers to studying at university. For current Year 13 secondary school students - see website for specific eligiblity criteria.

Purpose: To support students from the Eastern Bay of Plenty studying agriculture (Rod McPherson Memorial Rural Scholarship) or in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics fields (The Dick Anstis STEM Scholarship).

Purpose: To provide financial assistance to a student who is experiencing severe financial pressure or personal circumstances which might otherwise prevent further tertiary study. Applicants must be studying at secondary level in NZ in the year of application and have resided in either Christchurch, Waimakariri or Selwyn reions for at least 12 months immediately preceding the closing date for applications. 

Purpose: Open to undergraduate and postgraduate students with outstanding academic performance who would like to study at the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. Students are committed to a minimum stay of 4 months with in-person classes. Classes start August 2025.

Purpose: To support driven, curious students who are excited by a challenge and want to have a positive impact on their communities, whether local, national or global. Applicants from all backgrounds and disciplines are encouraged to apply, in particular those from backgrounds that are traditionally underrepresented in their industry.  Various scholarships available - women, non-binary, first nations, and general.

Purpose: To encourage the best people into the healthcare, business and finance industries. Applicants must be undergraduate full-time students studying for a certificate, diploma, degree or traineeship in any of the following areas: Business; Finance; Health. 

Purpose: To encourage education, leadership and advancement in the potato industry. 

Purpose: The Tūwharetoa Settlement Trust recognises that Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics will play an important part in the future success of Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Aotearoa. The three scholarships are open to university students (that are registered Tūwharetoa Settlement Trust members) who in their third year and above studying in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. 

Purpose: To assist students who have a special interest in the fruit and/or vegetable industry and are studying towards an undergraduate degree. The scholarship allows successful applicants to attend the 2025 Horticulture Conference.

Purpose: Two scholarships for tertiary students who whakapapa Māori and are studying in their second or subsequent year of an accounting qualification.

Purpose: To encourage and support Christian students studying for a career in media. Study can be in media, communication, journalism, film, radio and audio engineering.

Purpose: To encourage young people into the kiwifruit industry. Applicants must be currently completing their first year of study towards a career in the horticulture industry - this could include degrees in science, management, marketing, nutrition or business.

Purpose: To support students who show a desire to working in genetics or machine/analytical learning, or any other area of interest to LIC (with special emphasis on mathematics, statistics, machine learning, or science). 

Purpose: To support women who are returning to education or continuing their educational journey, especially those whose path to learning has not been straightforward. 

Purpose: To support students in/or from Taranaki pursuing studies in dramatic theatre, veterinary science, teaching, journalism, photography, or media related fields. 

Purpose: To support students studying full-time at a New Zealand university, who are ideally majoring in economics, finance, mathematics, law and or accounting. Scholarships are also available specifically for women, Māori or Pacific applicants.

Purpose: To support undergraduate or postgraduate students studying in the science fields. 

Purpose: To support students who have a passion for property or construction and are committed to a career in the industry. The scholarships provide financial assistance, mentoring and networking opportunities. Suitable study areas include Engineering, Property Law, Urban Planning, Building Science, among others.

Purpose: To assist women (over 25 years of age) who are in at least their second year of study towards a qualification that they are using to either enter or re-enter the workforce, or change occupations. 

Purpose: To support Māori students undertaking tertiary study. Applicants must be able to provide verified whakapapa to confirm their connection to the specific Trust or Incorporation and once registered, students can access all online grants they are eligible to apply for.

Purpose: To support students who identify as female, to study full-time in their second, or subsequent year of study (including Honours and Masters students) in a degree majoring in STEM disciplines (including computer science, cyber security, technology, mathematics, computer engineering, and data science).

Purpose: To support future innovators and individuals interested in the electricty industry who are studying in the fields of computer science, mathematics, data analytics, electronic or electrical engineering, sustainability or the sciences such as cognitive science, business intelligence and artificial intelligence. Applicants must be residing in South Canterbury or completed secondary school in the South Canterbury region. 

Purpose: To assist young women from refugee backgrounds who aspire to complete a university degree, but who may be denied the opportunity because of their financial circumstances. 

Purpose: To support young Māori students with an affiliation to Tauranga Moana iwi (Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Pūkenga), who are undertaking study in a discipline that will benefit the wellbeing of Te Awanui Tauranga Harbour.

Purpose: To support male students who attended state primary and or secondary schools in Nelson for three years and are intending to enrol in their first year of study at the University of Canterbury.

Purpose: To support previous final year students of Avonside Girls High School, Papanui High School or Ashburton College undertake study in the Arts - primarily modern languages other than English.

Purpose: To support students who previously resided within the boundaries of the districts of Carterton and Wairarapa South and who completed high school not longer than 3 years previously, to undertake tertiary study.

Purpose: To support students from the Eastern Bay of Plenty studying in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics fields. (administered by the Eastern Bay Community Foundation).

Purpose: To support research into creating affordable, resilient,  sustainable and quality buildings for Aotearoa New Zealand. Funding for masters and doctoral research available.

Purpose: Open to undergraduate and postgraduate students with outstanding academic performance who would like to study at the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. Students are committed to a minimum stay of 4 months with in-person classes. Classes start August 2025.

Purpose: GWNZ offers national and branch (local) scholarships for women at various levels of study and/ or research.

Purpose: To encourage education, leadership and advancement in the potato industry. 

Purpose: The Tūwharetoa Settlement Trust recognises that Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics will play an important part in the future success of Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Aotearoa. The three scholarships are open to university students (that are registered Tūwharetoa Settlement Trust members) who in their third year and above studying in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. 

Purpose: Graduate Women Canterbury supports Cantabrian women in tertiary education through vvarious scholarships and funding.

Purpose: To assist students who have a special interest in the fruit and/or vegetable industry and are studying towards a postgraduate degree.

Purpose: Two scholarships available for Postgraduate students enrolled at any university worldwide: (1) For research about or involving the use of multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) / multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) and (2) For research about or involving the use of conjoint analysis, choice modeling or a discrete choice experiment (DCE). 

Purpose: To encourage and promote women as future leaders of New Zealand business and society. Open to women applicants who wish to undertake full-time Masters or Doctoral studies with preference being given to the subject areas of political studies, economics, business or law. 

Purpose: Birds New Zealand is committed to the study of birds and their habitat use within New Zealand through encouraging members and organising projects and schemes. Funding and scholarships available for full-time postgraduate students conducting research in ornithology.

Purpose: To support students who show a desire to working in genetics or machine/analytical learning, or any other area of interest to LIC (with special emphasis on mathematics, statistics, machine learning, or science). Includes the Brian Aspin Scholarship, the Patrick Shannon Scholarship and the Livestock Improvement Doctoral Studentship Programme.

Purpose: Funding to support post-graduate students at the University of Canterbury and Lincoln University undertake conservation or environmental related projects in Canterbury. The grants are intended to help with, for example, the purchase of equipment, costs of laboratory tests or travel to carry out field work.

Purpose: To assist with postgraduate research to improve knowledge in the field of coastal restoration. 

Purpose: To support students who are undertaking arthritis-related research.

Purpose: To support students in/or from Taranaki pursuing studies in a variety of fields but including nursing, teaching, journalism, photography, or media related fields. 

Purpose: To support undergraduate and postgraduate students studying in the Science fields.

Purpose: To encourage gender equality in education by supporting women and girls pursuing education and careers in aerospace engineering and space sciences; STEM research areas and business leadership and entrepreneurship.

Purpose: To support postgraduate study/research on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) or ME/CFS and long COVID.

Purpose: To support young women studying in nuclear related fields relevant to the IAEA’s work to advance the safe, secure and peaceful uses of nuclear science and technology such as nuclear engineering, nuclear physics and chemistry, nuclear medicine, isotopic techniques, radiation biology, nuclear safety, nuclear security, non-proliferation and nuclear law.

Purpose: To provide an opportunity for a woman to develop her potential by undertaking further education, study, research or training in areas which are of value in the community of New Zealand.

Purpose: For postgraduate students undertaking research in the areas of Marine Science related to OSOF core goals of protection, education and stewardship: Fisheries, Pollution, Marine Protected Areas, or Climate Change.

Purpose: To support students who identify as female, to study full-time in their second, or subsequent year of study (including Honours and Masters students) in a degree majoring in STEM disciplines (including computer science, cyber security, technology, mathematics, computer engineering, and data science).

Purpose: To attract the best and brightest students in the world to pursue their PhD studies in one of Hong Kong's eight universities. Applicants should demonstrate outstanding qualities of academic performance, research ability / potential, communication and interpersonal skills, and leadership abilities.

Purpose: To support South Canterbury residents or students who have attended a South Canterbury secondary school to pursue a Master's in an energy-related field aligned with the electricity distribution sector including study in computer science; mathematics; data analytics; electronic or electrical engineering; sustainability.

Purpose: To support students undertaking research in basic or clinical neuroscience.

Purpose: To support academically excellent postgraduate students undertaking research related to sexual health in New Zealand.