Shirtcliffe Fellowship

The Shirtcliffe Fellowship will assist a graduate of a New Zealand university persue doctoral study at a university in New Zealand or other Commonwealth country.

These Fellowships arise from a gift of $40,000 made to the University of New Zealand in 1935 by Sir George Shirtcliffe, of Wellington and are to assist students of outstanding ability and character who are graduates of a university in New Zealand, in the continuation of their doctoral studies in New Zealand or the Commonwealth.

Eligibility:

Applicants must be:

1. candidates for a doctoral scholarship awarded by a New Zealand university; and
2. whose degree is awarded in any faculty or school which, if that degree had been available in 1935, would in the opinion of Universities New Zealand - Te Pōkai Tara be expected to have been awarded following a course of study in one or other of the Faculties of Arts, Science, Law, Commerce or Agriculture. 

Please not that the phrase candidate for a doctoral scholarhip awarded by a New Zealand university is, in the modern context, interpreted as currently undertaking doctoral study in New Zealand or the Commonwealth.

Value and number awarded: 

$5,000 per annum for up to three years.  

One scholarship is awarded each year.

Closing Date: 

1 March

How to Apply: 

1. Check your eligibility
2. Read the regulations
3. Download the application form

Decisions made: 

June