ACADEMIC AWARDS PROGRAMME

 

HIGHSCHOOL AWARDS

• Kate Edger Foundation Highschools’ Creative Competition, sponsored by Timeless Images – up to $1,000 total

UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS

• Retraining Awards, 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
• Jane Bellamy and Elizabeth Godfery Foundation Awards (for University of Auckland students) – $18,000 over 3 years
• Practicum Awards –  $7,500
• Bachelor with Honours Degree Awards – $8,000

POSTGRADUATE AWARDS

• Master’s Degree Awards – $8,000
• Master’s Degree in Science Award, in honour of Dame Charmian O’Connor – $8,000
• Postgraduate Diploma Awards – $8,000
• Practicum Awards – $7,500

DOC/ POSTDOCTORAL AWARDS

• Doctoral Completion Awards, in honour of Dame Dorothy Winstone – $16,000 (over 3 years)
• First-Year Doctoral Awards – $11,000
• Post-Doctoral Research Awards, in honour of Joan Metge – $16,000
• Post-Doctoral Research Awards, in honour of Dame Charmian O’Connor – $16,000
• 2026 Kate Edger Post-Doctoral Research Award – $24,000
• Arts and Humanities Post-Doctoral Research Award – $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 Award, in memory of Carol Schofield – $2,500

BUSINESS

• Women in Business Award – sponsored by Forsyth Barr and Hilary Lewis – $5,000
• Women in Finance Award – sponsored by Forsyth Barr – $2,500

EDUCATION

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

LAW

• Women in Law Award – $7,500

MUSIC & PSYCHOLOGY

• Master of Music Therapy Award, sponsored by MusicHelps – $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 Awards – $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 the Polish community -$2,000