Deadline: 6-Apr-22
Community Matters is inviting applications from eligible applicants for its Peace and Disarmament Education Trust: Grants and Scholarships to promote international peace, arms control and disarmament through education.
The Trust provides post-graduate scholarships and grants for projects with charitable purposes that will advance or support its objective.
Funding Information
Depending on individual circumstances:
- up to NZ$14,000 is available for a full year’s work for a Masters research thesis scholarship
- up to NZ$21,000, plus NZ$5000 tuition fees, is available per year for up to three years for a Doctoral thesis scholarship.
What they fund?
- Projects must be for charitable purposes and provide a public benefit.
- There is no limit to the amount an individual or organisation may request in support of a project. Based on the number and quality of requests received, however, the Trust may only be able to provide a contribution towards the project costs.
- Project costs may include salaries directly related to the project’s planning or delivery.
Eligibility Criteria
Scholarships are only available for:
- Masters or Doctoral research and thesis writing
- Masters or Doctoral degree studies undertaken at a New Zealand tertiary institution during the period for which the scholarship is sought, except if a specialist subject is not offered or available in New Zealand tertiary institutions.
What they don’t fund?
The Trust will not fund:
- requests for projects or scholarships that do not relate to or align with the objectives of the Trust
- projects to purchase land, buildings, furniture or fittings
- projects intended to generate profits, unless any profits are to be reinvested in the project and its sustainability
- general running costs or day-to-day administration expenses for organisation, such as salaries (unless they are directly related to the project’s planning or delivery), stationery, maintenance and office equipment, including computers
- retrospective projects or projects that have been completed – project costs incurred before the closing date of the funding round are considered to be retrospective
- projects that are contrary to any policy of the New Zealand government.
For more information, visit https://www.communitymatters.govt.nz/peace-and-disarmament-education-trust-2/
