Post Graduate Scholarship

‘NGATI WHAKAUE IHO AKE’
HE PANUI

The Ngati Whakaue Education Endowment Board is pleased to offer scholarships totalling $20,000.00 to 
Post Graduate Tertiary Students 

 2024 applications are now CLOSED

• Māori Education
• Tikanga me te reo Māori
• Māori Health
• Māori social and economic development including Maori leader and entrepreneurship

- Will be enrolled in either postgraduate research programmes of study at a recognised Tertiary Institution at either Masters or Doctoral level. 

- Applicants will be engaged in a FULL time capacity in either a Masters Dissertation or Thesis or similar research project, or a Doctoral Thesis research project.  

• Successful applicants will be required to present a summary of their research project to the Board and include recommendations that could be adopted as next steps to take the research outcomes into practical and tangible solutions. 

- Are Ngati Whakaue descendants of an original owner in the Pukeroa Oruawhata block (view list of owners)
- Are Ngati Whakaue descendants of one or more of the 6 Koromatua of Ngati Whakaue (view list)
      Whangai will be considered in terms of the Board's Whakapapa Policy (2015).
- Are members of the other related hapu/iwi of Ngati Whakaue who reside in the Lake Rotorua basin.
- Are currently participating in the governance or management of existing Ngati Whakaue organisations or who plan to do so in the next three to five years.

• (example) Two scholarships of up to $10,000 each; Note: The distribution of funds may differ from that stipulated.  
• Ngati Whakaue Education Endowment reserves the right to determine the scholarship distribution method including the right not to distribute scholarships dependent upon the quality of scholarship applications.
• Payments of these scholarships will be by way of a one off seeding grant followed by a progress payment/s according to a successful project milestone (contracted) reporting process.
• Ngati Whakaue reserves the right to use information collected for research purposes.
  
  
• If you have received or applied for a Tertiary grant this year, you may still apply for a Scholarship.  If you are selected for a Scholarship this will be taken into account, but you are not precluded from applying.
• Successful applicants will not be eligible to receive a tertiary grant, while in receipt of the PostGraduate Scholarship.  
• Successful applicants will not be eligible for this scholarship in successive years.
  
  
• Scholarship recipients are required to complete set milestones.  The Board may at is discretion approve a deferment of a milestone report but reserves the right to recall monies already paid and/or cancel further payments for non-submission.

1.  REGISTRATION:
Application can ONLY be made by completing the ONLINE form. 
You only need to register once, to allow you future access to this and other NWEE online applications when available. 

A 'reference only' form is available here or from the portal homepage to assist with application preparation - you must submit your online form.

• RETURNING STUDENTS:
  
  Click the ‘Returning Student’ link below to login to your existing profile.
  You must re-use your existing login email address as your Username. Use the 'Forgot Password' link if you can't remember your password.
  
  
• NEW STUDENTS:
  
  Click on the ‘New Student’ link below to register and register and create your portal login to access your online form.
  
  You will then receive an email with a login confirmation link, to set your password.
  Where possible, try to avoid using your work or tertiary provider email address.
  Ensure you have had your whakapapa sheet including Marae validation, completed and verified before you begin (click here to print blank sheet).

4.  Document upload section: You are required to upload the following documents to support your application.  You will NOT be able to submit your application without these documents.

• Verified Whakapapa Sheet (if your Whakapapa has not already been confirmed against your login details).
• Enrolment Confirmation
• Fees Receipt
• Previous Results
• Letter from Primary Research Supervisor (letter of support on e.g. research capabilities, progress, timeframes)
• Ethics Approval (if applicable)
• Student ID
• Bank Deposit Slip (pre-printed or bank certified)

• For more details on the above documents to upload, please refer to our 'Reference Guide' for filling in your application.

A copy of the Post Graduate Scholarship questions can be downloaded HERE for your reference.  This is not an application form, your application MUST be completed via the online form.

For more detailed information refer to our 'application how-to' guide available in your online portal.  

• Students who have received a tertiary grant since 2012:    Use the 'Returning/Registered Students' button below, and use your existing email to login or reset your password
  
• Students who have not received a grant previously:   Use the New Students button below, and create a new registration

2024 applications

Closing date:  Friday 12 July 2024, 4.30pm

Online form is now CLOSED

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