2025 AgResearch Postgraduate Scholarship

Available to full-time Māori postgraduate students studying in the fields of Agriculture or Environmental Sciences.

The 2025 Postgraduate AgResearch Scholarship aims to support tauira who are currently studying in the fields of Agriculture or Environmental Sciences. Recipients of this scholarship will be selected by AgResearch.

 

If you would like to learn more about AgResearch, click here.

EligibilityApplicants must:

  1. be of New Zealand Māori descent;
  2. be enrolled at a New Zealand tertiary institute in 2025;
  3. be attending full-time study for the full year;
  4. be enrolled in a field of study around Agriculture or Environmental Sciences;
  5. submit the application and supporting documentation on time.

Supporting Information You need to provide:

  1. Whakapapa verification. This can be a letter from your iwi confirming your registration.
  2. 2025 Enrolment confirmation. This will need to prove that you're undertaking full-time study for the full year.
  3. NSN and student ID number.
  4. Bank verification of your bank account number. This can be a bank statement or a screenshot of your banking app.
  5. Academic transcript. This does not need to be certified.
  6. Written academic reference. This will need to be current.
  7. Curriculum Vitae.

Chrystal O’Connor, AgResearch Recipient in 2023.

“…The scholarships have helped relieve financial stress allowing me to dedicate my full attention to my mahi. They have helped to fund my living costs and meant that I didn’t need to work in addition to my 40-hour PhD work week…”