Faculty of Biomedical Sciences Māori Postgraduate Scholarship

One year's support for a Māori postgraduate student in the School of Biomedical Sciences, established 2015 to grow the number of Māori biomedical researchers.

Closes

Closing date 15 February

Who can apply

Māori students (meeting the University's Māori ancestry verification requirements) enrolling full-time in a BSc(Hons), BBiomedSc(Hons), PGDipSci, or the first year of an MSc within the Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, with a primary supervisor from one of its departments (Anatomy, Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Physiology) or teaching programmes (Genetics, Neuroscience). One scholarship a year.

Whakapapa

Māori descent is required

Residency

Enrolling full-time in a 400-level postgraduate programme in the School of Biomedical Sciences

Study level

Honours, Postgraduate, Masters

Subjects

Anatomy, Biochemistry, Microbiology and immunology, Pharmacology and toxicology, Physiology

Amount

NZ$7,500 tuition fee rebate in the first instance

Funding route

Scholarship

Applicants

Tauira & researchers

Before you apply

Otago restructured the School of Biomedical Sciences into the Faculty of Biomedical Sciences and moved this scholarship to a new URL (the old otago387601.html database link 404s). Rediscovered via a general web search rather than the university's own scholarship search tool, which did not surface it under the old name.

Official source →

Checked 17 September 2026

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