Royal Society Te Apārangi · NZ · nz-te-aparangi

The Sir Hugh Kawharu Masters Scholarship For Innovation In Science

The Sir Hugh Kawharu Masters Scholarship for Innovation in Science, administered by Royal Society Te Apārangi, is a $10,000 scholarship supporting and encouraging masters level study by Māori in the sciences. It is applicable across a broad range of science disciplines including physical, mathematical, computational, earth, environment, marine, social, health, biological, biomedical, human, and behavioural sciences. Recipients must provide a progress report after the first six months of study.

Up to NZ$10,000 Deadline 2026-08-31

Official page ↗

Data last verified 2026-08-14 · sources & verification

Eligibility

Structured dimensions read from the official page. What do these mean? ↗

Applicant type

Individual

Host country

Organization type

University, Research Institute

Minimum qualification

Masters

Employment status

Enrolled Full-Time In A One Or Two Year Masters Degree

Track record

academic excellence, leadership ability, integrity, and potential contribution to Māori social and/or economic development

Target group

Persons Of Māori Descent

Evidence: every dimension above is read from this scheme's official page — official page ↗.

Full eligibility text

Applicants must be enrolled full-time in a one or two year masters degree in a science discipline and be persons of Māori descent able to explain their tribal connections. Suitability is assessed on academic excellence, leadership ability, integrity, and potential contribution to Māori social and/or economic development.

Deadline

2026-08-31

Application form effort

1 form file(s) downloaded; 5 explicit questions; 10 writing prompts; 55 fields/sections; heavy — expect a full proposal pack

Marsden Fund 2026 guidelines (webdev mirror — main site is Cloudflare-gated) (37 pages)

Sample questions

their own point of view. Could the association be perceived as a conflict of interest?
Does the decision (yes/no to relevance) seem appropriate?
capability development?
that budget for Māori involvement, capability development and consultation?
How do I decide whether to include a Vision Mātauranga statement in my proposal?

Application form preview sample questions, page & word limits from the application form Back to browse

Data sources & verification (for research-office review)

Where each item on this page was read from, so every claim can be verified against the original. Several values often come from the same official page — that page is named in the Source column. Anything we could not reach or parse is listed under Not captured / obstacles below.

Curated item	Value in this record	Source
Funding agency	Royal Society Te Apārangi	www.royalsociety.org.nz ↗
Country / funding source	NZ · nz-te-aparangi	same page as above — www.royalsociety.org.nz ↗
Deadline	2026-08-31 — LLM-checked against the archived official page	same page as above — www.royalsociety.org.nz ↗
Funding amount	Up to NZ$10,000	same page as above — www.royalsociety.org.nz ↗
Eligibility	7 structured dimensions — see the eligibility panel above	same page as above — www.royalsociety.org.nz ↗

Pages & application forms captured

Official opportunity page ↗
Application form: Marsden Fund 2026 guidelines (webdev mirror — main site is Cloudflare-gated) — download ↗ (37 pp)

Not captured / obstacles

Data is collected from official funder pages only. Figures are machine-curated (rule + LLM where noted) and should be re-verified on the linked source before use.