Norman Steele Memorial Scholarship

$8,000 for a Ngāti Whakaue student studying medicine full-time at a New Zealand medical school.

Closes

Applications open 1 September 2026, close midnight 31 January 2027

Who can apply

The funder's detailed criteria page states: “One scholarship will be available to a student who can whakapapa to Ngāti Whakaue, who is studying medicine full-time at a registered Medical School in Aotearoa New Zealand.” Applicants “must have completed one year of full-time study” at Otago Medical School or the University of Auckland Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, and must be “New Zealand citizens or permanent residents”. A completed Ngāti Whakaue Whakapapa form must be submitted with the application.

Whakapapa

Must whakapapa to Ngāti Whakaue and complete a Ngāti Whakaue Whakapapa form. The funder's own funding-round summary table (geysercf.org.nz/2026funding/) instead describes this scholarship as for students who “whakapapa to Te Arawa” — the two funder pages disagree on the iwi restriction. Recorded here using the stricter, detailed criteria-page wording (Ngāti Whakaue) pending clarification from the funder.

Residency

New Zealand citizens or permanent residents

Study level

Undergraduate

Subjects

Medicine

Amount

$8,000 for the 2026–27 year, paid in two instalments (50% in April, the balance on satisfactory reporting)

Funding route

Scholarship

Applicants

Individuals & whānau, Tauira & researchers

Before you apply

Awarded annually and may continue for the duration of the recipient's degree on successful completion of each year, but is withdrawn “if the successful applicant fails to progress after two successive years of study”. The recipient is “encouraged to spend at least one year of their clinical training at Rotorua Hospital”. Applications go through Geyser Community Foundation's online grants portal (account registration required). Late applications are not accepted.

Official source →

Checked 19 September 2026

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