Massey University Doctoral Scholarship

When choosing our recipient, we will consider your academic achievements along with the alignment of your research to the strategic priorities of the University, College and research supervisor(s).

Please include the following with your application:

a research outline including the key disciplinary area(s) of research in the proposed project, the aims and significance of the study, and the theoretical and methodological frameworks (max. 1000 words)
A completed Supervisor Support Template. Your primary supervisor must complete this form. You will then need to upload it in your Student Portal when you apply for the Massey University Doctoral Scholarship.

The expectation is that recipients of the Doctoral Scholarship will enrol in their doctoral study no later than 1 March of the year following selection.

The Massey University Doctoral Scholarship is available to full-time and part-time candidates enrolled in the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Doctor of Clinical Psychology (DClinPsych) or Doctor of Social Work (DSW). There are also named scholarships for Māori and Pacific doctoral candidates. This is a scholarship for a stipend plus fees.

We're looking for students with a record of high academic achievement who are undertaking doctoral research of strategic importance.

This is a postgraduate scholarship. You will have an admission offer of place for doctoral study or be enrolled within the first 12 months of a doctoral degree at the time of application closing date.

When choosing our recipient, we will consider your academic achievements along with the alignment of your research to the strategic priorities of the University, College and research supervisor(s).

Eligibility

You should:

• be enrolled or be eligible to to enrol in doctoral study at Massey University
• have a GPA of 7.0 or higher
• be researching a topic of strategic value to the University
• agree to the conditions of the scholarship as outlined in the scholarship regulations