Masters Opportunities

We have additional funding available for Masters Scholarships at all of our partner institutions.

About Masters Scholarships

We have additional funding available for Masters Scholarships at all of our partner institutions. If you are interested in applying, contact the Investigator whose research aligns with your interests.

Value

The Scholarship includes a stipend of $17,000, and will be tenured for one year from the official start date.

The Scholarship will include domestic tuition fees, and excludes student services fees and insurance.

Criteria

Applicants are assessed based on the following:
Excellence of the candidate: academically capable of conducting research with prior experience of academic research to support their application.
Feasibility of the project and alignment of student capability with project goals. Alignment with science/project KPIs. Should the project not align with existing KPIs, this should be clearly justified.

Scoring

50% Academic excellence of the candidate and demonstrated research capability.
30% Alignment of the project with DWC KPIs/goals and Māori/Pacifica engagement as outlined above.
10% Quality of the project.
10% Feasibility of the project and alignment of student capability with project goals.

Restrictions

Applicants for this Scholarship must have applied for the institutional equivalent Masters Scholarship. If you are offered an institutional Masters scholarship, you must accept this.

This Scholarship may not be held in conjunction with another scholarship, unless permitted by the Director.

You must be residing in New Zealand to take up the Scholarship.