Scholarship
detail

Victoria
Doctoral Scholarships – Application Information

Value:

$23,500 stipend
annually + t
uition fees. Conditions apply. See ‘Regulations’ for details.

Tenure
of award:

Scholarships will
normally be tenable for three years. For a student who has already been
enrolled for a Doctorate at Victoria for more than three months at the time
when the offer of a Scholarship is made, the maximum length of tenure of the
Scholarship will be reduced at the discretion of the Research Scholarships
Committee.

Closing
dates for applications:

01 March 2016
01 July 2016
Currently, the closing dates are 1 March, 1 July and 1 November.

Number
of awards offered:

35 each round.

History
or background of award

To encourage
postgraduate research Victoria offers scholarships to those about to begin
their doctoral studies. These scholarships are awarded on academic merit and
are open to New Zealand and international students in any discipline. These
scholarships are awarded on academic merit and are open to New Zealand and
international students in any discipline.

Purpose
of award

These Scholarships
are intended to encourage and support doctoral study (PhD) at Victoria
University of Wellington.

Selection
criteria

The Scholarships are
open to graduates of any university within or outside of New Zealand who intend
to enrol full time for a Doctorate (PhD) at Victoria University or who have
commenced their doctoral study at Victoria University.
Please note:It is very important to refer to website for regulations and
further process requirements regarding application for this scholarship.

How
do students apply?

follow links from
below.
ApplicationForm
Regulations
ScholarshipIn detail

Additional
information

Applicants, other
than those who have completed all of their study at Victoria, must include a
certified copy of their academic record from other institutions with this
application. Applicants whose degree has been conferred at any university other
than a New Zealand University will be considered in two categories:
Category 1: applicants from the UK, Ireland, USA, Canada, Germany or Australia
must supply an original or certified copy of their university transcript.
Category 2: applicants from any other country must have their transcript
verified and assessed with a course by course evaluation by the educational evaluators:
Educational Credential Evaluators (ECE).

Decision
makers

The University
Research Scholarships Committee, a sub-committee of the University Research
Council.

How
and when do students learn of the decision?

Offers of Victoria
PhD Scholarships will be made approximately six weeks after each closing date
in March, July and November of the year of application. Because some applicants
may in the event decline the offer of a Scholarship with the result that
further offers have to be made, it is possible that some applicants will not be
finally notified of the success or otherwise of their applications three months
after application. Please provide a clear and correct email address.

What
conditions are attached to acceptance of this award?

Scholarship recipients
must sign a Postgraduate Scholarships Contract agreeing to abide by the
attached regulations. Recipients shall be required to devote themselves
full-time to their programme of research during the tenure of the scholarship
and may not hold a position of emolument without the approval of the University
Scholarships Committee. Approval may be given for scholarship recipients to
undertake paid employment (usually tutoring) for up to a further 400 hours in
addition to their contribution in any one calendar year. All requests to
undertake part-time employment must be supported in writing by the supervisor.
Once the period of tenure of a scholarship has commenced, the University
Scholarships Committee may, at its sole discretion, grant a scholarship recipient
a deferment of their scholarship for a period not exceeding one year. In most
cases such a deferment will coincide with a formal suspension from their
doctoral enrollment.
A scholarship shall be terminated if a scholarship recipient ceases to resume the
aforesaid programme of research within one month of the last day of the period
of the deferment.

Who
else has information about this award?

Information on
applying to do a Doctorate at Victoria University of Wellington and apply for
funding to do so is also available from:
www.victoria.ac.nz/fgr
General information about doctoral study is also available from this website.

For
guidelines, application forms and more information about this award contact:

Position: The Scholarships Office
Organisation: Victoria University of Wellington
Address: PO Box 600 Wellington 6140 New Zealand
Phone: +64 4 463 5557
E-mail: scholarships-office@vuw.ac.nz

Website: http://www.victoria.ac.nz/study/student-finance/scholarships

Position: Application Forms for New Doctoral (PhD) students
Organisation: Victoria University of Wellington
Address: PO Box 600 Wellington 6140