Vocational Short Term Training Scholarships

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We fund skills training and work experience

• Undertake a training course with a New Zealand-certified training provider; or
• Undertake a work placement; or
• Participate in an online or in-country training course

• must align with the human resource development needs of your country, and
• align with the following New Zealand priority themes and sectors:

• Climate Change and the Environment
• Disaster Risk Management
• Food Security and Agriculture
• Renewable Energy

• Governance
• Law and Justice

• Economic Resilience / Private Sector
• Information Communications Technology
• Tourism
• Fisheries

To apply you must meet all eligibility criteria

• Be a citizen of one of the following countries or territories: Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna.
• Have lived in their country of citizenship for the last two years or more.
  • Exception for diplomatic corps and their family: A member of the diplomatic corps or a dependant of a member of the diplomatic corps, living outside their own country, can apply for a Scholarship.
• Not be a citizen or permanent resident of any of the following countries: New Zealand, Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Chile, any European Union country, Iceland, Israel, Japan, Kuwait, Norway, Oman, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom or the United States of America.
  • Exceptions: People from the following countries and territories are eligible to apply:
    • Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau, even though they are New Zealand citizens.
    • French Pacific Territories, even though they are French citizens.
    • New Zealand-Samoan and Timor-Leste-Portuguese dual citizens.
• Be at least 18 years old at the time they start the scholarship.
• Not be currently serving in the military.
• Not had a Manaaki Scholarship terminated in the past 5 years.
• Have at least one year of full-time or two years of part-time work experience (paid, unpaid or voluntary) that relates to their career and/or proposed training programme.

• They have received endorsement from my employer (if applicable) to attend this training programme.
• They expect to meet the academic entry requirements (including English language requirements) for my planned training programme.

Scholarship application and selection process

Supporting documents for your application

• a certified copy of the personal pages of your passport (or an alternative form of photo identification if you do not hold a passport).
• a current curriculum vitae (in English).
• a current job description stating your position title and outlining your responsibilities and duties, if you are employed (in English).
• Certified copies of your academic transcripts and completion certificates (in English) for all qualifications you have completed or are completing (where applicable), including the grade assessment schedule used at each institution.
• Where available, certified copies of your International English proficiency test results, such as International English Language Testing System (IELTS) or Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), from within the last 18 months; or
• Evidence of completion of all primary education and at least three years of secondary education at schools with English as the language of instruction; or
• Evidence of completion of five years of secondary education at schools with English as the language of instruction.

Financial support for scholars (on both individual and cohort scholarships):

• full tuition fees
• training-related costs
• a weekly allowance (stipend) to cover basic living costs
• travel and related costs, as necessary