Matakitenga Contestable Research Round

Each year we will announce a call for proposals aligned to our Pae and Pātai. These calls will be listed below on this Manaaki | Support page.  View or Download the Matakitenga framework.

Post Graduate and Doctoral Research

We have a comprehensive programme of grants and awards and support by way of our Te Kupenga o MAI network generating a spectrum of research that contributes to the achievement of our CoRE outcomes and impacts.

New Horizons Summer Internships

Part of the NPM Māori Futures programme, the summer internships provide an opportunity for Māori tertiary students to work alongside an NPM researcher to gain research experience and to expand their professional development network.

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    21 Jun 2024 - 15 Jul 2024

    CALL FOR INTERNSHIP PROJECT PROPOSALS FROM SUPERVISING NPM RESEARCHERS

    Due 15 July 2024, 5pm

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    The Fulbright-Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Graduate Award is for a promising New Zealand Māori graduate student to undertake post-graduate study or research at a US institution in the field of Indigenous development.

    The award is available for study or research that fits within and contributes to the NPM Research Programme and NPM’s priorities and themes.

    Applications for the 2025 intake (for programmes commencing Fall/August 2025) are now OPEN.

    Apply here

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    The Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Māori (NPM) Futures Programme supports promising Māori senior undergraduate, post graduate and doctoral students as a means to growing an expert and capable Māori researcher workforce for Aotearoa New Zealand.

    2024 Round Opening Soon

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    The Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Māori (NPM) Futures Programme supports promising Māori students as a means to growing an expert and capable Māori researcher workforce for Aotearoa New Zealand.

    2024 Round Opening Soon

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    25 Mar 2024 - 29 Apr 2024

    This is a Request for Proposals for multi-institutional Māori led research that contributes to specific outcomes and the overall NPM mission as expressed through the NPM Matakitenga Research Framework. Application close Monday 29th April 2024 5:00pm.

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    The annual Borrin Foundation-Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) Summer Legal Research Internship Awards enable two Māori tertiary students to research legal issues of relevance to Māori. The internships strongly connect legal research with legal practice. Each intern is supervised by a Māori academic in the NPM network of scholars and a practising Māori lawyer from Te Hunga Roia Māori o Aotearoa (the Māori Law Society).

    2024/2025 Opening and Closing Dates Available Shortly

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    This award is offered in partnership with Fulbright New Zealand and is available for senior NPM researchers employed at a New Zealand partner entity tertiary institution.

    2024 Round Opening Soon

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    This co-funded research award between Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) and New Horizons for Women Trust: Hine Kahukura (NHWT: HK) is for Wāhine Māori researchers. The award aims to support research that benefits Māori women, girls and/or whānau in Aotearoa New Zealand. This award is made annually and is a one-off grant to assist this research and/or living expenses while conducting the research.

    2024 Round Opening Soon

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    NPM Whakaaweawe Impact and Transformation Grant supports Māori researchers employed at a Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) partner entity to achieve impact and transformational research outcomes and knowledge sharing pathways that harness connectedness with research partners and communities; and shares and promotes research uptake and impact.

    2024 Round Opening Soon