NZAID

New Zealand Regional Development Scholarships

Value of scholarship

The New Zealand Regional Development Scholarships scheme (NZRDS) funds tuition and enrolment fees, scholarship-related travel, an establishment allowance and a basic stipend.


Click on the link to find out the current allowance rates in each study country.

Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Vanuatu


New Zealand Regional Development Scholarships
Full Awards

Tuition fees: academic tuition fees (and other compulsory fees) for the approved study programme.
Provision for supplementary tutorial assistance, where needed.

Establishment allowance: paid on arrival in the study country to assist with immediate costs, such as accommodation (e.g. accommodation bond, first semester on-campus accommodation costs), purchase of suitable clothing, and textbooks.

Stipend: Paid fortnightly to cover routine expenditure on day-to-day costs, including: accommodation, food, living expenses, transtationery, field trips, and workshops).

Travel:

  • International airfare at the start and end of the scholarship between an international airport in the home country and an international airport in the study country.
  • An annual return economy class airfare to their home country for continuing unaccompanied students.
  • A return economy class airfare to their home country for postgraduate research students undertaking home country fieldwork or for students undertaking a compulsory work attachment or practical training.
  • Provision for compassionate travel.

Dependants' funding: To assist a student in supporting dependant family members while they are in the study country, an ‘accompanied’ stipend rate may be paid to the student. Eligibility criteria must be met before any NZAID funding for dependants is approved. The student's immediate family members must be listed on the original NZRDS application form and the student must have at least 12 months of their scholarship remaining to receive the higher rate of stipend. No assistance is available from NZAID to assist with family members’ airfares.

NZAID funding may not cover all living costs. NZRDS students and their families must carefully consider the costs of supporting a family in the study country. Students may need to supplement the stipend with their own funds to cover items on top of basic day-to-day living expenses.