Hinewai Clark, awardee, at the Auckland award ceremony 2017
Applications are now closed for 2020 - decisions will be communicated to all applicants by the end of July.
We offer three award categories:
Second-chance Education awards, Research awards and Specific Purpose awards. For more information and to apply, select the tabs below.
If you have any questions or difficulties completing the application form, please contact: enquiries@newhorizonsforwomen.org.nz
Please note: You will need to sign up to register on the applications website. Once registered, you will be able to start your application. You can return to complete your application at another time, by signing back in. This video shows how to continue a partially completed application. View The Video
There are two types of Second-Chance Education Awards:
Foundation Certificate/ Diploma Studies Awards ($1,000 $1,400) and Degree Study Awards ($3,000 to $4,000).
Purpose
Second-Chance Education Awards are for women who are engaging in tertiary education for the first time, at EITHER a Foundation Certificate (NZQA level 3-4) or Diploma level (NZQA level 5-6), or Degree level (NZQA level 7).
In all categories, the awards are a one-off grant to help with study and/or living expenses.
Special announcement 2020:
Te Reo o te Hākui Award sponsored by the O'Regan and Johnson whānau is a new award for study in Te Reo Māori.
(Apply under Foundation/Diploma OR Degree level Second Chance Education Awards for Te Reo o te Hākui).
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Purpose
All awards for research aim to support women who are conducting research that benefits women and/or girls in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Research awards offered in 2020:
Society for Research on Women (SROW) Research award, valued at $5000
Wāhine Ora: a co-funded research award from Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, New Zealand's Māori Centre for Research Excellence and New Horizons for Women Trust: Hine Kahukura, valued at $10,000
Margaret L Bailey Science Award, for research expenses of a post-doctoral researcher in the physical and social sciences, valued at $5000
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Research Awards
Margaret L Bailey Science Award
Wāhine Ora: Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga New Horizons for Women
Purpose Specific Purpose Awards are for women to study or develop an initiative with a specific purpose.
Description In 2020, NHWTHK is offering a range of Specific Purpose Awards:
AWIS STEM award - 1 -3 awards totalling $9,000
Career Change Award - one award for $3,000
Jeanette Scott Award - one award for $3,000
Ria McBride Public Service Management Award - one award for $15,000
Refugee Study Awards- one award of $3,000
Sonja Davies Peace Award - one award up to $4,000
Outward Bound Discovery Course Award sponsored by Outward Bound NZ and Alexandra Kilpatrick Bequest - one award of $2,680 value for a woman over 27 years of age
Outward Bound Classic Course Award sponsored by Outward Bound NZ and Alexandra Kilpatrick Bequest one award of $4,349 value for a woman under 27 years of age
The Gwen Ryan Educational Award for Migrant-refugee Women - one award of $3000
The PSA Award for study at a post-graduate level on gender and pay-equity - one award $3000
Please note that the Teupoko'ina Utanga Morgan Memorial Innovation award is not offered this year.
Special announcements 2020:
The Gwen Ryan Educational Award for Migrant-refugee Women is a new award for a migrant or refugee woman who is undertaking education at tertiary level
The Public Service Association Award is a new award for study at a post-graduate level on gender and pay-equity
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