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Overview
Scholarship type
Merit based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
$7,500
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
This scholarship recognises the value of student athletes and sport in general to the well-being of the community of Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha University of Canterbury, and aims to support top-performing players while they are studying at the University.
Benefits
Financial assistance at a value of $7,500
Eligibility
- Applicants must intend to start their first year of full-time study in an undergraduate degree programme at the University in Semester 1 of the year following the year of application.
- Applicants must not have been enrolled in a degree programme at any tertiary institute.
Applicants must be:
- Aotearoa New Zealand or Australian citizens; or
- holders of Aotearoa New Zealand residence class visas;
- international students studying at secondary level in Aotearoa New Zealand.
- Applicants must be playing at a high level in a sporting code. Where regional or national competitions are reasonably available for their code, applicants must be representatives at one or both levels.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Any
Locations
New Zealand
Nationality
226 nationalities
Study experience required
High school
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
07 Aug 2026
Applications must be made online at the Scholarships website by 11:59 pm (NZT) on 7 August.