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Please allow for up to 3 business days for your registration request to be processed. 

Listed below are the Trusts currently open for applications from individuals (listed alphabetically). More detailed funding guidelines are available on the application form.
Please note that upon funding rounds closing, non-submitted applications will be automatically declined.
Technical support is available until 5pm on the day that applications close.

Alexander & Gladys Shepherd Scholarships Trust
Applications are welcomed from persons in the Taranaki Province who wish to become farmers or work in the rural sector on the land and are under the age of 21 years at the commencement of their studies. Scholarships are for the purpose of obtaining further education or training which would be useful to them in farming pursuits or the attainment of a university degree in agriculture. This round is for students up to the age of 21 already undertaking degrees or courses (i.e. are part way through their studies already).

Students undertaking rural financial courses will be considered, providing they are also undertaking agriculture or horticultural studies.
The Alexander and Gladys Shepherd Scholarships are not open to students studying veterinary science.

Applications are open from 12 Jan – 20 Feb 2026.
Register (or log in) to apply here.

Allan and Grace Kay Overseas Scholarship
Scholarships to support the pursuit of a post graduate research course overseas in Agriculture or Veterinary Sciences.
Applicants must be New Zealand born residents.
Applications are open now and are available to apply for throughout the year. Please monitor carefully for changes as time-frames for applications may be amended. Applications are reviewed and supplied to decision makers as and when they are received, and usually not later than within three months of the submission date.

Brian Johns Fellowship Trust
Awards for New Zealanders to develop further knowledge and interest in the fields of ear nose and throat medicine and to develop and continue research in these fields within New Zealand or overseas.
Applications are open year round. Please monitor carefully for changes as time-frames for applications may be amended.
Applications are reviewed and supplied to decision makers as and when they are received, and usually not later than within three months of the submission date depending on the availability of advisory parties.

Leonard Condell Farming Scholarship Trust (Farming Research Fund)
Scholarships for Massey University students who want to or are undertaking research in the field of agriculture at postgraduate or PhD level. For more information and to apply, visit the Massey University Website.
Applications are scheduled to open from 1 Dec 25 – 1 Mar 2026.

Rose Hellaby Māori Education Fund Scholarships

Three types of scholarships are available and managed by the Māori Education Trust:

1. Rose Hellaby Scholarship. For Year 9 students of Māori descent undertaking secondary education with demonstrated financial need, academic ability and aptitude, who require assistance to purchase school uniforms or textbooks. The closing date for applications is 31 March 2026.
2. Rose Hellaby Bursaries Scholarship. For Undergraduate Māori students undertaking full time study for a full year, for the purpose of a profession which includes scientific, mathematical or technical skills. The closing date for applications is 31 May 2026.
3. Rose Hellaby Postgraduate Scholarship. For Masters or PhD Māori students undertaking full time study for a full year in the fields of engineering, mathematics, science, technology or medicine. The closing date for applications is 31 May 2026.

To find out more please visit the Maori Education Trust website

Rose Hellaby Medical Scholarship and Grants
In the fields of rheumatic disease, physical medicine and manipulative treatment:

• Scholarships for New Zealand registered medical practitioners for research and/or post-graduate training and experience overseas.
• Grants for New Zealand organisations to engage international or New Zealand medical practitioners/specialists to deliver lectures, conduct study courses and/or supervise training and/or research within New Zealand.

Applications are open year round but for the most part are considered by the Board of granting in May. If you wish to be considered in the funding round for the current year, please submit your application by 31st March. Please monitor carefully for changes as time-frames for applications may be amended.

Ted and Mollie Carr Medical Travel Fund
Facilitating international travel by medical practitioners for the purposes of research and education:

• The Fund’s priority objective is to enable overseas based surgeons and medical practitioners with specialised skills to visit New Zealand for short periods to impart their skills and techniques to New Zealand medical practitioners.
• The Fund’s secondary objective is to enable specialist New Zealand medical practitioners to travel internationally for short periods to work with other medical practitioners to improve their skills and techniques. Awards for this secondary purpose are infrequent and will only be considered if the proposal demonstrates a broad impact (i.e. not just for the medical practitioner travelling).

Organisations and individuals meeting one of the above purposes may apply.
Applications are open now and are available to apply for throughout the year.
Applications are reviewed and supplied to decision makers as and when they are received, and usually not later than within three months of the submission date depending on the availability of advisory parties.

William Chick Scholarship Trust
Scholarship(s) to enable post-graduate study in architecture in New Zealand or overseas. To be eligible, applicants must be graduates of the Auckland University School of Architecture or other tertiary institutions in the area North of an East West line beginning at Huntly providing a course of study for a professional qualification in the practice of Architecture.
Applications are open 14 October 2025 – 30 January 2026. Register (or log in) to apply here.