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All Awards & Scholarships

February 11, 2025

ACADEMIC AWARDS PROGRAMME

 

UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS

  • Retraining Award, in memory of Tressa Thomas – $2,000
  • Retraining Award, in memory of Michelle Harris – $2,000
  • Retraining Award, sponsored by Forge Creative – $2,000
  • New Start Awards, in memory of Rae Hammer (for graduates of the UoA New Start Programme) – $18,000 over 3 years
  • Foundation Awards (for graduates of an approved tertiary institute Foundation course) – $2,000
  • Practicum Award –  $7,500
  • Bachelor with Honours Degree – $8,000

POSTGRADUATE AWARDS

  • Master’s Degree – $8,000
  • Postgraduate Diploma – $8,000
  • Practicum Awards – $7,500

DOC/ POSTDOCTORAL AWARDS

  • Doctoral Completion Award, in honour of Dame Dorothy Winstone – $16,000
  • First-Year Doctoral Award – $11,000
  • Post Doctoral Research award, in honour of Joan Metge – $16,000

SPONSORED and DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC AWARDS

ARTS

  • Women in Performing Arts, in memory of MacAndrew family – $5,000
  • NZ Contemporary Arts award, sponsored by NZ Contemporary Arts Trust – $5,000
  • Women in Fine Arts, in memory of Carol Schofield – $2,500

BUSINESS

  • Women in Business – sponsored by Hilary Lewis – $2,500

EDUCATION

    • Women in Education (Post-Graduate Diploma), in honour of Jill Smith – $8,000

ENGINEERING

  • Women in Engineering Award, in memory of Peter Marinovich  – $2,000
  • Women in Engineering Award, sponsored by Watercare & Ghella Abergeldie – $5,000

HEALTH

  • Women in Midwifery (Maori or Pasifika), sponsored by KEF Trustees – $2,500
  • Midwifery/Nursing Clinical Placement Award, in Memory of Ngaire Miller – $2,000
  • Women in Medicine Award – $7,500

LAW

  • Women in Law Award – $7,500

MUSIC & PSYCHOLOGY

  • Master of Music Therapy Award sponsored by Gattung Foundation – $8,000
  • Women in Music Award, in memory of Vinka Marinovich  – $8,000

SCIENCE

  • Women in Science Award, in memory of Sylvia Tredwell – $2,000

EMPLOYEE & INSTITUTION SPECIFIC

  • AUT Fashion Design Award – $2,500
  • Westferry Property Services Rick Sowman Educational Award – between $300-$10,000
  • Bed Bath & Beyond Employee Award – $5,000
  • Bed Bath & Beyond MIT Award – $5,000
  • Bed Bath & Beyond Manurewa High School Award – $5,000
  • Te Whare Whakapiki Wairua Mana Wahine Alcohol and Other Drugs Court Judges’ Award, sponsored by Gattung Foundation – $3,000

SPECIAL AWARD

  •  Resilience Award, in memory of Elizabeth Crannigan – $1,000
  • Polish children of Pahiatua scholarship, sponsored by Polish community -$2,000