The Fulbright-Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Graduate Award is for a promising New Zealand Māori graduate student to undertake post-graduate study or research at a US institution in the field of Indigenous development.

The award is available for study or research that fits within and contributes to the NPM Research Programme and NPM’s priorities and themes.

Fulbright New Zealand Graduate Awards can be used towards a Masters or PhD programme, or grantees can participate as a Visiting Student Researcher (VSR). A VSR allows grantees to spend between 6-12 months studying or researching a topic or proposed project in the US, usually as part of a degree programme within New Zealand. This can be an attractive option for those pursuing a graduate degree at a New Zealand institution, when research in the US would supplement or aid their programme. A VSR does not require full graduate school admission into a US institution, and instead requires a letter of invitation from a host institution.

This award is offered in partnership with Fulbright New Zealand and is available for senior NPM researchers employed at a New Zealand partner entity tertiary institution. Applicants must (i) show professional distinction, leadership skills, and strong ambassadorial qualities, and (ii) plan to undertake full-time lecturing or research activity at a US institution for a period of three to five months that aligns with Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga’s research programme. They must meet the citizenship requirements for this award. This award serves to deepen international research relationships and engagement, and strengthens the global community of Indigenous researchers, theorists, advocates, creatives and practitioners.

The annual Borrin Foundation-Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) Summer Legal Research Internship Awards enable two Māori tertiary students to research legal issues of relevance to Māori. The internships strongly connect legal research with legal practice. Each intern is supervised by a Māori academic in the NPM network of scholars and a practising Māori lawyer from Te Hunga Roia Māori o Aotearoa (the Māori Law Society).

This co-funded research award between Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) and New Horizons for Women Trust: Hine Kahukura (NHWT: HK) is for Wāhine Māori researchers. The award aims to support research that benefits Māori women, girls and/or whānau in Aotearoa New Zealand. This award is made annually and is a one-off grant to assist this research and/or living expenses while conducting the research.

Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) is New Zealand's Māori Centre of Research Excellence (CoRE) funded by New Zealand’s Tertiary Education Commission and hosted by The University of Auckland. Our mission is to grow and enhance excellent Māori researchers and Māori-led research that together build the foundations for flourishing Māori futures. Our research is focused on bringing positive change and transformation to Māori, the nation, and the global Indigenous community. The Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) Matakitenga research fund supports impactful research that contributes to our vision of building the foundations for flourishing Māori Futures. This is a Request for Proposals for multi-institutional Māori led research that contributes to specific outcomes and our overall mission as expressed through the NPM Matakitenga Research Framework

The lead applicant must be a Māori researcher employed at a NPM Partner Entity and be willing to participate in 2-3 NPM organized Rangahau Wānanga designed to synthesize our overall Matakitenga research programme. The team must be multi-institutional and include researchers based at any NPM Partner Entity. We especially encourage applications from new and emerging researchers.

The goal of our renowned NPM Māori Summer Internship Programme is to inspire students to enter higher degree research programmes and continue into research careers. This is an annual 10-week full-time programme, where we select and match at least 10 Māori tertiary students with leading Māori researchers in locations across the country. Participation in virtual workshops allow interns to connect and share experiences, learn from each other and from the senior Māori researchers who present on topics such as Indigenous research methods and ethics, Indigenous theories of knowledge, and career opportunities. Each intern produces an oral and written report, and the best receives a sought-after award.

NPM has an active PhD scholarship award programme. PhD scholarship research is tied to the outcomes of our Pae and Pātai and support is provided by our Pae, Pātai and Rautaki leaders to ensure scholars are valued, well supported, and provided with excellent scholarly advice, professional development opportunities and guidance. We will provide scholarship support to 10 PhD scholars expecting completion in 2024. We will also offer a small number of doctoral finishing scholarships to those who do not receive support from elsewhere. NPM facilitates opportunities for Māori and Pacific post-graduates to come together and actively encourages them to participate in professional excellence and Te Kupenga o MAI activities.

Post-Doctoral Fellows are included in our research programmes and mentored as part of a team of researchers who provide professional development training specific to the Fellow’s career and expertise aspirations. NPM facilitates opportunities for Fellows to come together and actively encourages them to participate in professional excellence activities and Te Kupenga o MAI activities.