Grants Open & Upcoming

Register for an account with the Perpetual Guardian Funding Hub in order to apply now.
Please allow for up to 3 business days for your registration request to be processed. 

Listed below are the Trusts currently open for applications (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.

A D Hally Estate
The A D Hally Estate welcomes funding applications for charitable purposes that benefit the people of South Canterbury.
Applications are open from 25 March 2025 – 17 April 2025.
Please note there is now only one funding round per annum for this Trust. 

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.Scholarship for former students of Christchurch 

Dietetics Association of New Zealand Scholarships
Three awards are available:

1. Activity and Nutrition Aotearoa (ANA) Scholarships
   Supporting postgraduate study in indigenous public health. The awards focus on mahi that will enhance Māori, Pacific, and other high priority communities in Aotearoa. Applicants must be NZ registered dietitians and members of Dietitians NZ and/or Te Kahui Manukura o Kai Ora.
2. Neige Todhunter Postgraduate Scholarship
   Supporting postgraduate study in nutrition and dietetics. The awards focus on mahi that will enhance Māori, Pacific, and other high priority communities in Aotearoa. Applicants must be members of Dietitians NZ.
3. NZDA Travel and Conference Scholarships (Education Trust Award)
   Supporting professional development or advancement in an area related to dietetics, including research. That may be via work or study, attendance at conferences, or related activities in New Zealand or overseas. Applicants must be members of Dietitians NZ with a minimum of three years work experience as a dietitian (excludes student members).

Applications are open 3rd March 2025 – 30 April 2025 (revised).

Kathleen Spragg Agricultural Research Trust Awards
Research and development awards, the outcome of which provide a demonstrable benefit to the pastoral industry of New Zealand. Funding is for purposes relating to travel for research and development in soils, plants and animals and related areas to the pastoral industry. Applications are accepted from organisations, as well as individuals (scientists, technicians, advisors, consultants and/or students holding relevant tertiary qualifications).
Applications are open from 3 February 2025 – 28 March 2025.
Depending on the value of grants awarded in this funding round there may or may not be further funding rounds in 2025.

New Zealand Companion Animals Trust 
Perpetual Guardian is pleased to be custodian of the New Zealand Companion Animals Trust. The Trust supports projects beneficial to the community, those that provide care and protection to companion animals and projects that directly improve companion animal welfare and urban animal management.  For more information including the types of awards available, and to apply, please visit the New Zealand Companion Animals Trust website.
Closing dates for applications are 1 February and 1 July annually.

Onuku Maori Lands Trust
For those studying full time or part time at a tertiary institute or university who are an owner or direct descendant of a current owner of the Onuku Maori Lands Trust or a beneficiary of a whanau trust.
Applications are open 1 February 2025 – 4 April 2025.
If you received an education grant from this Trust in 2024, you have the option to duplicate most of your 2024 application form. Check your Perpetual Guardian Funding Hub dashboard for instructions.

Otama Marere Trust
For those studying full time at a tertiary institute or university who are an owner or direct descendant of a current owner of the Otama Marere Trust or a beneficiary of a whanau trust.
Applications are open 1 February 2025 – 4 April 2025.
If you received an education grant from this Trust in 2024, you have the option to duplicate most of your 2024 application form. Check your Perpetual Guardian Funding Hub dashboard for instructions.

Robert C Bruce Charitable Trust
For afforestation projects of public land. Two types of grants are available:
– Project grants (for organisations) for afforestation projects on public land
– Research grants (for individuals) for research directly related to forests and afforestation.
Applications are open 24 February 2025 – 2 May 2025 or earlier if sufficient applications well aligned to the funding objectives are received. For this reason, please submit your application as soon as possible.

Rose Hellaby Māori Education Fund
Scholarships are managed by the Māori Education Trust which can be visited here.
Three types of scholarships are available:

1. Scholarships for Year 9 students of Māori descent undertaking secondary education in New Zealand who have demonstrated financial need, academic ability and aptitude. Applications are open 1 Dec 2024 – 31 Mar 2025.
2. Scholarships for undergraduate students of Māori descent undertaking tertiary studies. Priority may be given to STEM learning pathways. Applications are open 1 Dec 2024 – 31 May 2025.
3. Scholarships for postgraduate students of Māori descent undertaking tertiary studies. Priority may be given to STEM learning pathways. Applications are open 1 Dec 2024 – 31 May 2025.

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.

Celebrating 60 year anniversary in 2025:
Spencer Mason Post-Graduate Scholarship in New Zealand Law
Scholarship to support a candidate for a Masters degree or a PhD at the University of Auckland Law School. The degree being pursued must include a thesis on some aspect of New Zealand Law. Applicants must reside in the Auckland Branch Area of the New Zealand Law Society and be graduates in Law of the University of Auckland.
Applications are open year round, with an annual closing date of 31 March. Applications are reviewed in May.

Celebrating 60 year anniversary in 2025:
Spencer Mason Travelling Scholarship in Law
Scholarship to support a candidate who wishes to pursue a Masters degree or a PhD at a university outside of New Zealand. Law Graduates living and working within the Auckland Branch Area of the New Zealand Law Society are invited to apply. (Graduates from all New Zealand Universities may apply).
Applications are open year round, with an annual closing date of 31 March. Applications are reviewed in May.

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.

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.

Whakapaupakihi 6 & 7 Trust
For those studying full time or part time at a tertiary institute or university who are an owner or direct descendant of a current owner of the Whakapaupakihi 6 & 7 Trust or a beneficiary of a whanau trust.
Applications are open 1 February 2025 – 4 April 2025.
If you received an education grant from this Trust in 2024, you have the option to duplicate most of your 2024 application form. Check your Perpetual Guardian Funding Hub dashboard for instructions.