New Zealand Scholarships 2019: Information wrt Applications

Dear Colleagues

New Zealand Scholarships 2019: Information wrt Applications

The latest round of New Zealand scholarships for 2019 has just been announced. Kindly find herewith the information in summarised form, as well as the link to the webpage where more information may be obtained.

https://www.mfat.govt.nz/en/aid-and-development/scholarships/who-can-apply-for-a-scholarship-3/africa-scholarships/

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The New Zealand Aid Programme offers scholarships to people from eligible African countries who are motivated to make a difference at home.

Applications open in early 2018 for tertiary study beginning early 2019. Read Application dates for more information.

• Scholarships available

·         Eligibility

·         Priority Sectors 

·         Selection Preferences 

• Contact us

Scholarships available

The following scholarship types are available. Follow the links below for more information about the particular scholarship type.

New Zealand Development Scholarship

Eligible countries: Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

New Zealand Commonwealth Scholarship

Eligible Countries: Botswana, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.

Eligibility

Candidates must meet all the New Zealand Scholarships eligibility criteria. Note: there are differing criteria for different scholarships.

Read the full eligibility criteria

Priority Sectors

We want scholars who are interested in studying subjects that can improve the social and economic development of your country. We’ve chosen priority sectors that can help your country and that New Zealand has expertise in.

If you can show that your study is connected to any of these sectors, you are more likely to be selected.

These are the priority sectors:

Agriculture development

• Agri-business management: agricultural economics, agricultural systems and management, rural development, logistics, supply chain and distribution management, value chain development, agriculture marketing, international agribusiness
• Agriculture production: animal science, veterinary nursing, plant science, horticultural science, soil science  
• Agriculture trade and technology: Phytosanitary, bio-security, biotechnology, agricultural trade
• Post-harvest: food production, food sciences/technology, post-harvest processing, food storage and packaging, food safety

Renewable energy

• Geothermal, solar, hydro-electric and wind energy, energy engineering, renewable energy distribution systems, energy sector management/reform, including energy economics and financials

Read the What You Can Study page to see examples of qualifications for these subjects.

Selection Preferences

We are guided by both the Priority Sectors (above) and Selection Preferences when shortlisting candidates. 

Make sure you understand our Selection Preferences.

Contact Us

We get many enquiries that can be answered by reading the extensive information on our website. For example, see Eligibility, How to Apply or frequently asked questions.

For questions which are not answered by the information on this website, submit an online enquiry here (external link).

Regional Contact:

New Zealand High Commission,

Attention:  Scholarships, 125 Middle Street, Nieuw Muckleneuk 0181,

Pretoria, SA.

Tel: +27 12 435 9000

UNQUOTE

We thank Engr Dr Udochukwu Akuru for the information.

Best wishes

Prof Obinna Onwujekwe

Chairman: Senate Research Grants Committee