Deadline: 15-Oct-23
Applications are now open for the WhiriaTeMahara New Zealand History Grants, administered by the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
The Whiria Te Mahara New Zealand History Grants, funded by the New Zealand History Research Trust Fund, support historians, researchers and writers working on non-fiction projects that will significantly enhance the understanding of New Zealand’s past.
Funding Information
- Every year the fund gives away 8-12 grants of up to $12,000 each to fund research and writing costs.
What can you use this funding for?
- The funding can be used for any expenses to do with the researching and writing process, such as:
- Travel costs (national or international) to visit archives and libraries;
- Paying yourself a wage to undertake research or writing;
- Equipment costs such as computers;
- Research costs such as photocopying or purchasing copies of photographs;
- A limited amount of oral history as part of the research for the project (if your project is primarily an oral history project, you should apply to the Ngā Kōrero Tuku Iho, New Zealand Oral History Grant).
What they don’t fund?
- Costs relating to the publication or production of the work (for example book editing, design or printing, publicity costs or website production costs)
- work that has already been completed (the research/writing work on your project must be ongoing after the closing date for applications)
- the collection or arrangement of archival material or the preparation of databases
- fiction, art or drama projects
- tertiary students, or staff completing a project as part of their university work (unless you are
- undertaking a private project in your own time)
- staff members of the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
Eligibility Criteria
- Any individual or group can apply. They are particularly keen to receive applications for projects dealing with Māori topics. Traditionally, they have supported projects that produce print publications, such as books. They prefer funding book projects with a wide target readership, rather than academic journal articles.
- They also consider digital formats such as web stories and online exhibitions, provided the funding is only for the historical research and writing component, not design and development costs.
- If your topic is regional, or about your family, you are welcome to apply, but they need to know how the project would enhance understanding of the nation’s history.
For more information, visit Ministry for Culture and Heritage.