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Overview
Scholarship type
Need based
Number of scholarships to award
One
Grant
Up to $7,000
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
The purpose of this scholarship is to provide financial assistance to science students in Christchurch both at state secondary school and tertiary institution levels.
Benefits
Financial assistance with the costs associated with university study, up to a value of $7,000, which will be credited directly to the recipient’s tuition fees account at the time of enrolment.
Eligibility
- Applicants must be full time students undertaking an undergraduate degree programme in any physical science subject, such as chemistry, physics, biology, engineering, biotechnology, biochemistry, mathematics, and applied sciences, who have successfully completed at least one year of tertiary study at Lincoln University, University of Canterbury, or Ara Institute of Canterbury.
- Applicants must have had not less than four years' secondary schooling in a state (excluding state-integrated) secondary school within the boundaries of the Christchurch City Territorial Local Authority.
- Applicants must be under the age of 25 years when applying for the scholarship.
- Previous recipients, including a recipient of the secondary school Hugh McDougall Rankin Educational Scholarship, are eligible to apply.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Any
Locations
New Zealand
Nationality
226 nationalities
Study experience required
High school
Age
Under 25
Application
Application deadline
31 Mar 2026
Application forms for University of Canterbury applicants are available from the University of Canterbury website,
Completed applications from University of Canterbury students should be lodged with Scholarships Office by 1st March each year.
Closing Date: 11:59 pm (NZT) 31 March (Applications open approximately 8 weeks before this date)