30 PhD Scholarships at Victoria University, New Zealand 2009

For the purpose of encouraging postgraduate research, one objective being to build up strong research schools at the University, Victoria offers PhD scholarships to those about to commence their doctoral studies. These scholarships are awarded on academic merit and are open to New Zealand and international students in any discipline.

Scholarship Objectives:
These Scholarships are intended to encourage doctoral study at Victoria University of Wellington.

Scholarship Eligibility:
The Scholarships are open to graduates of any university within or outside of New Zealand who intend to enrol either for PhD. In exceptional cases, applications may be considered from students seeking scholarship support for a PhD degree for which they are already enrolled at VUW. In such cases applicants are required to provide detailed evidence of their exceptional circumstances which must be accompanied by clear support from their supervisor.

Scholarships Value:
$21,000 annually (from March 2009)
Domestic tuition fees
$500 thesis allowance

Scholarship Duration:
Scholarships will normally be tenable for three years. For a student who has already been enrolled for a PhD at VUW for more than three months at the time when the offer of a Scholarship is made to him/her, the maximum length of tenure of the Scholarship will be reduced at the discretion of the Scholarships Committee.

Important Dates:
Sunday 01 November 2009
Tuesday 15 June 2010

Application For Scholarship:
Application form can be downloaded from here.
PDF for scholarship guidlines can be downloaded from here.