We are critically aware of the importance of sharing research outcomes with appropriate communities and audiences, user groups and stakeholders – our Māori communities especially – so positive change can be achieved. We also support student development and excellence and emerging researchers in the field of Indigenous research and build capacity and capability through our programmes, activities and with scholarships, awards and specific training initiatives.
All grants and awards have formal application processes and assessment criteria - check each grant or award's criteria and apply online.
Current Opportunities
Fulbright-NPM Graduate Award
Fulbright-NPM Scholar Award
Borrin-NPM Legal Research Internship Award
Fulbright New Zealand calls for applications to a range of awards for New Zealand academics, artists, teachers and professionals to undertake academic and cultural exchanges to the United States of America. A Fulbright exchange provides life-changing opportunities to gain international experience and advance your career, to explore America, to share your culture and to make friends and colleagues from around the world.
Applications for this round close 1st April 2013. These awards, valued at up to NZ$5,000 are for New Zealand academics, artists or professionals to visit the United States of America for 12 to 90 days in order to present their work on a theme of indigenous development to American audiences. A small number of awards are granted each year.
Through the new Gravida-Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga PhD Scholarship Fund, support is available for an outstanding postgraduate student engaged in research into an early start to life and fostering te pā harakeke (fostering healthy and prosperous Māori families). This research should be concerned with understanding what keeps a family well and prospering, and the barriers to families flourishing.
Requests for Proposal are now closed for 2014 NPM seeks to invest in research projects focussing on its research priority ‘Optimising Māori Economic Performance’ that aligns to its research direction. The total maximum budget available per project is $150,000 (fully costed, exclusive of GST, over 12 months). Funding is available for a 1 December 2014 commencement date.
For researchers and emerging researchers to publish and/or disseminate their research findings. To disseminate research through books, book launches, writing in the Māori language and other creations including photography, web publications that contribute to Indigenous research development.
To support researchers and developing researchers wishing to disseminate their research work at national and international conferences leading to the potential publication of their research findings.
This contestable research stream will support excellent, novel and innovative research that is relevant to our research direction. Applications must be from a PRE and community partnership.
These have been already allocated until 2015. To support the advancement of Māori and indigenous research excellence
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) is investing to extend the potential, value, outputs and outcomes of pre-existing NPM projects. This investment will enable researchers to address questions and aspects of their research project/s that have emerged during the course of conducting the initial project supported by NPM. The process comprises a proposal to award process only, whereby NPM will assist the researchers/teams to develop excellent plans to ensure greater output and outcomes of their research.
The Fulbright-Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Scholar Award is for a New Zealand academic, artist or professional to lecture and/or conduct research at a US institution in the field of indigenous development. One award valued at up to US$37,500 is granted each year, towards three to five months of lecturing and/or research.
2014 APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED
