Postgraduate Scholarships
Māori Postgraduate Scholarships
These scholarships provide direct support for Māori students pursuing a Master's, Bachelor's with Honours degree, or Postgraduate Diploma that includes heart health research in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Duration: Up to two years full-time (if you are studying part-time, please contact us to discuss)
Support: A stipend of $24,000 per year, tuition fees, and $7,000 for research expenses.
How to Apply: You must be a Pūtahi Manawa member to apply for funding. Applications are submitted through the Funding Opportunities section of the Member Portal by selecting the fund you are applying for.
Postgraduate Scholarships
Pacific Postgraduate Scholarships
These scholarships provide direct support for students of Indigenous Pacific Island descent pursuing a Master's, Bachelor's with Honours degree, or Postgraduate Diploma that includes heart health research in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Duration: Up to two years full-time (if you are studying part-time, please contact us to discuss)
Support: A stipend of $24,000 per year, tuition fees and $7,000 for research expenses.
How to Apply: You must be a Pūtahi Manawa member to apply for funding. Applications are submitted through the Funding Opportunities section of the Member Portal by selecting the fund you are applying for.
Community Engagement
Community Engagement Fund
This fund is designed to support strategic, equitable, and accountable investment in community engagement activities that advance heart health equity for Māori and Pacific Peoples.
Funding is intended for active participation and meaningful engagement and does not apply to attendance only.
Co-Directors' Support Fund
Co-Directors’ Support Funding
Small amounts of funding support for research-related activities not covered by the existing awards may be available to Pūtahi Manawa members.
Travel Grants
Travel Grants
Pūtahi Manawa travel grants are designed to support Pūtahi Manawa researchers, collaborators and community partners to travel for purposes such as building relationships, gaining new research skills, forging research collaborations, and presenting their research.
We welcome joint applications from NZ-based Pūtahi Manawa members and international indigenous affiliate members to host or visit each other to develop international indigenous collaborations aimed at improving heart health outcomes for Indigenous peoples.
To apply for funding you must be registered as a member.
Read more about how to apply for funding, our funding principles and the funding panel at the Applying for funding page.
If you have any questions about our funding opportunities and application process, email us on hhanzcoregrants@auckland.ac.nz.