| Who applies?
Learners, Universities
| Fund focus:
Capability funding, Research, Learning focus, Scholarships
|
| Status:
Limited to certain providers
| Agreed through?
Funding Agreement (off Plan)
|
The purpose of the summer scholarships initiative is to support research scholarships in the university sector over the 2009/10 summer trimester.
The initiative will provide domestic university students the opportunity to access a $5,000 scholarship to support research over the 2009/10 summer trimester.
A total of 1,600 of these scholarships are being offered nationwide.
Universities have advised the TEC, through the New Zealand Vice-Chancellors’ Committee (NZVCC) of the number of these scholarships each will support.
All eight universities are participating.
Number of scholarships supported by each university
| University | Number of scholarships |
| University of Auckland | 400 |
| Auckland University of Technology | 50 |
| University of Waikato | 100 |
| Massey University | 50 |
| Victoria University of Wellington | 350 |
| University of Canterbury | 200 |
| Lincoln University | 50 |
| University of Otago | 400 |
Any university that receives this funding must abide by a number of rules and conditions.