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Scheme Overview
Te Tipu Pūtaiao (TTP) Fellowships

This scheme offers both Te Tipu Pūtaiao Fellowships? and Bridge to Employment Funding.

The scheme provides:

  • financial support for masterate and doctorate students to continue developing their science and Māori research capability
  • financial support for post-doctorate researchers to continue developing their science and Māori research capability in New Zealand
  • Bridge to Employment funding to assist graduates with a minimum of a masterate degree to obtain permanent employment in New Zealand.

What this scheme aims to do

The purpose of the Te Tipu Pūtaiao Fellowships is to unlock the innovation potential of Māori knowledge, resources and people for the benefit of New Zealand.

Bridge to Employment Funding aims to bridge the gap between a Masters or Doctoral degree and employment in the New Zealand science, engineering and technology sector. In addition, this fund aims to encourage the integration of Māori research capability in these sectors.

Who can apply for this funding?

Te Tipu Pūtaiao Fellowships: students completing a masterate, doctorate or postdoctoral work in a science, engineering or technology discipline. Proposals focused on a public good health outcome are not eligible.

Up to four awards in total may be in another complementary discipline, for example, social sciences, humanities, management.

Bridge to Employment funding: the organisation must be temporarily unable to financially support the fulltime employment of a fellow. The fellow (employee) must:

  • have completed a masterate by thesis or a PhD
  • have Māori research capability relevant to one of the four Vision Mātauranga themes
  • be employed in a permanent position with a recognised research provider based in New Zealand.

Research themes

All research proposals must demonstrate relevance and contribute to one of the four following Vision Mātauranga Research themes:
  • Indigenous Innovation: contributing to economic growth through distinctive research and development
  • Taiao: achieving environmental sustainability through iwi and hapū relationships with land, water or sea
  • Oranga: improving Māori social well–being through addressing distinct challenges
  • Mātauranga: exploring the interface between indigenous knowledge and research, science or technology.

Current funding available

For information on whether funding is available in this scheme, visit the funding overview page.

For more information

If you have questions about the Te Tipu Pūtaiao fellowship scheme, contact investments@frst.govt.nz.

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