A one- off scholarship that allows Māori students currently enrolled at a University to undertake a short-term project of research. The scholarship is aimed at supporting the student’s academic journey, providing Māori students with new research skills, while exposing them to the workings of a Kaupapa Māori research centre. 

A one-off scholarship that is designed to enable a post-graduate Māori student to undertake the preliminaries required to enter a course of PhD study. The scholarship is aimed at supporting a student’s academic journey, providing Māori students with expert support from Māori academics and researchers to write a PhD research proposal and complete registration requirements for PhD study at the University of the student’s choice.  

The Whakauae Research Internships are intended to provide a Māori or Indigenous student with experience of working in a Māori research organisation. The student will be supported to gain new skills in either Kaupapa Māori health research (eg: Health Services, Health Policy, Public Health) or Indigenous design.  

The Whakauae Research master’s scholarship  is designed to support a Māori or Indigenous student to gain their master’s in a health, health services or related field that aligns to a research project. The student will have an opportunity to work alongside the project team, be involved in the life cycle of a research project and develop an understanding of a research project alongside the research team. 

Whakauae was established in 2005 by Ngāti Hauiti, an iwi located in central Rangitīkei. The aim of establishing Whakauae was twofold: to develop the research capacity of Ngāti Hauiti and to undertake high quality Māori-centred health research to inform, and contribute to, improved outcomes for Māori.   

To further progress Whakauae’s aims of developing Māori health research capacity, Whakauae will offer post-graduate research scholarships to support Māori students interested in pursuing a career in health research; where health is understood in its broadest sense. 

The scholarships are available to Masters candidates in their thesis year and to PhD candidates, through an application and assessment process. Applicants for the scholarships should be enrolled in a Masters (by thesis) or PhD programme, which will contribute to improving the health and wellbeing of Māori whānau, hapū and iwi.  

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The Whakauae PhD funding scheme provides Māori students enrolled in a PhD at a New Zealand University with up to 4-years employment and funding for university fees. The student will be supported by Whakauae Research in an academic capacity (supervision) and will also be able to be mentored to be involved in active research/projects being undertaken by Whakauae.  

Post PhD, the student will be supported to procure contestable funding for further research projects at Whakauae. 

To build capacity and capability we expect students to be involved in other work beyond their PhD. This might include involvement in other aspects of the research or activities that build team cohesion and research skills. 

Opportunities exist for co-funding a PhD student with another research organisation.