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Overview
Scholarship type
Merit based
Number of scholarships to award
One
Grant
$2,000
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
The scholarship was established in 1925 at Canterbury University College by the trustees of the estate of Lissie Rathbone, who had bequeathed one half of her residuary estate for such charitable, educational, or religious objects as the trustees should select. The trustees established similar scholarships at the other colleges of the University of New Zealand.
The purpose of this scholarship is to support undergraduate students of English or History at the University of Canterbury.
Benefits
Financial assistance at a value of $2,000 per annum for three years.
Eligibility
- Applicants must:
- Be under 19 years of age on the previous 1 December; and
- Applicants must have resided continuously in the territory of Kaunihera Taiao ki Waitaha | Environment Canterbury for at least the 12 months preceding the closing date for applications.
- Applicants must have completed, or be completing, a university entrance qualification and must have studied at secondary level in the year of application (or, in the case of a gap year, in the year immediately prior).
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Multiple disciplines
Locations
New Zealand
Nationality
227 nationalities
Study experience required
High school
Age
Under 19
Application
Application deadline
07 Aug 2026
Applications must be made online at the Scholarships website3 by 11:59 pm (NZT) on 7 August.