Māori and Pasifika Scholarships

Tihi Kahuraki Scholarship

This scholarship was established in 2019 to support Māori students who are entering their first year of undergraduate study at Lincoln University and who show strong leadership and engagement in their whānau, hapū, marae or community.

Value: Up to $19,000 per year to cover on-campus accommodation costs (up to $12,000) and tuition fees (up to $7,000)

Tenure: Three years

Applications close 15 August and 31 March

Pasifika Excellence Scholarship

This scholarship supports Pasifika students entering their first year of undergraduate study who show strong leadership and engagement in their community.

Value: Up to $19,000 per year to contribute towards on-campus accommodation costs and tuition fees

Tenure: Three years

Applications close 15 August and 31 March

Vice-Chancellor's Scholarship for Excellence

This scholarship was established in 1998 to assist students of high academic calibre to undertake tertiary study at Lincoln University. 

Value: $10,000 per year to contribute towards on-campus accommodation costs and tuition fees

Tenure: Three years

Applications close 15 August

Ahuwhenua Scholarship

This scholarship was established in 2018 to support school leaver Māori students who are entering an undergraduate or subdegree study in the Agricultural, mahikā kai or organics field at Lincoln University.

Value: $5,000

Tenure: One year

Applications close 15 August and 31 March

Aoraki Connect Scholarship

This scholarship was established in 2018 to support Māori and Pasifika students who are following a pathway into undergraduate or sub-degree study at Lincoln University from other educational providers. Applicants
must have completed a Level 4 qualification.

Value: $5,000

Tenure: One year

Applications close 15 August and 31 March

Fanua Scholarship

This scholarship was established in 2018 to support Pasifika students who are entering into undergraduate or sub-degree study at Lincoln University.

Value: $5,000

Tenure: One year

Applications close 15 August and 31 March

Māori and Pasifika Accommodation Scholarship

This scholarship was established in 2017 to support students who are entering undergraduate or sub-degree study at Lincoln University and who show strong leadership potential in their communities.

Value: $5,000 ($2,500 per semester) to be paid directly into the recipient's Lincoln University Halls accommodation account.

Tenure: One year

Applications close 15 August and 31 March

Mātauraka Māori Scholarship

This scholarship was established in 2018 to support Māori students who are entering undergraduate or sub-degree study at Lincoln University and who have demonstrated excellence in subjects focused on Te Ao Māori.

Value: $5,000

Tenure: One year

Applications close 15 August and 31 March

Putaiao Scholarship

This scholarship was established in 2018 to support Māori students who are entering undergraduate study at Lincoln University and who intend to pursue a degree in a Science related field.

Value: $5,000

Tenure: One year

Applications close 15 August and 31 March

Tāpoi Scholarship

This scholarship was established in 2018 to support Māori students who are entering undergraduate study at Lincoln University and who intend to pursue a degree in the Tourism field.

Value: $5,000

Tenure: One year

Applications close 15 August and 31 March

Future Leaders Scholarship

Leaders of the future will be called upon to solve increasingly complex challenges. A career as a leader requires recognising the changing expectations of business in society, the need to lead in the face of ambiguity, the interconnectedness of different types of relationships.

The Lincoln University Future Leader Scholarship programme will prepare you to be ready to step into future leadership roles and face these challenges.

Value: $6000 maximum towards tuition fees

Tenure: One year (with the opportunity to reapply)

Applications close 15 August

Sports Scholarship

Lincoln University established the Sports Scholarship programme in 1999. It was the first of its kind in New Zealand and has produced some of the country’s most well- known athletes.This comprehensive sporting programme combines academic study with the extension and development of your sporting ability.

Value: $6000 maximum towards tuition fees

Tenure: One year (with the opportunity to reapply)

We offer sports scholarships in: 

• Basketball 
• Cricket 
• Hockey 
• Netball 
• Rowing 
• Rugby 
• Elite level athletes in other sports (eg. athletics, cycling, sailing). 

Applications close 15 August

Sir Turi Carroll Centennial Scholarship

One scholarship is available to encourage a Māori student of good academic calibre, who has also demonstrated leadership potential, to continue their tertiary study at Lincoln University.

Value: Tuition fees

Tenure: One year

Applications close 15 August and 31 March

Lincoln University Aoraki Doctoral Scholarship for Māori 

Established in 2020, the scholarships demonstrate our commitment to Kaupapa and Rakahau Māori, and to supporting Māori students embarking on a doctoral programme.

Value: Tuition fees plus $28,000 stipend 

Tenure: a maximum of three years from the commencement date of the scholarship

Applications close 1 October