Master and PhD Scholarship of New Zealand Commonwealth Scholarships, New Zealand

The postgraduate commonwealth scholarship  is provided by New Zealand government. The scholarship will include tuition and enrollment fees and provide an establishment allowance, a basic stipend, approved scholarship-related travel, some course-related costs, and medical and travel insurance. To apply for these scholarships applicants must submit application to their nominating agency.

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Description
The 2013-2014 Commonwealth Scholarship for students from developing countries to study in New New Zealand CommonwealthZealand is now open for applications. The Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan (CSFP) is an international programme under which member governments offer scholarships and fellowships to citizens of other Commonwealth countries. The CSFP was established at the first Commonwealth education conference in 1959 and is reviewed by education ministers at their triennial meetings – the only scholarship scheme in the world to receive such high-level recognition. The CSFP was set up to provide a framework through which any Commonwealth government could offer scholarships or career development opportunities to citizens of other Commonwealth countries.

Scholarships will be awarded in agreed priority study sectors to meet countries’ or regions’ human resources development needs and training priorities, as set by the New Zealand Government and nominating agencies. The priority study sectors are: leadership and governance, economics, public sector governance and reform, environmental studies, education, health, agriculture and fisheries, biosecurity and food safety, infrastructure and utility and human rights and gender

Benefits:

• Travel:  International, and New Zealand domestic, air travel at the start and end of the scholarship for awardees, and reimbursement of awardees’ visa costs. In addition, a reunion travel entitlement may be available to awardees who have left dependants in their home country.
• Tuition Fees and other compulsory institutional course costs.
• Postgraduate research and thesis allowance: An allowance of NZ$1,500, and a return economy airfare to awardees’ home country for overseas fieldwork, if research component is 50% or greater.
• Medical and Travel Insurance
• Establishment allowance: NZ$3,000 paid on arrival in New Zealand to meet text book costs and to assist with other set up costs in New Zealand. At the beginning of each additional study year NZ$1,000 will be paid to cover the full year.
• Living Allowance: The annual rate of NZ$21,580 (NZ$415 per week) is paid fortnightly and is a contribution to living costs for day-to-day expenses, including accommodation (rent or board), food costs,  utility expenses (telephone, electricity  etc.), transport, personal items, and course-related costs (stationery, field trips, workshops etc.).

Eligibility

• have citizenship of a participating developing Commonwealth country; permanent residents of a participating country are not eligible to apply;
• be residing in their country of citizenship, preferably for at least two years prior to application;
• not have citizenship or permanent residence status of New Zealand or Australia, or another  developed country, except where their country does not issue passports and they hold a New Zealand passport (i.e. the Cook Islands, Niue or Tokelau);
• not be married or engaged to be married to a person who holds, or who is eligible to hold, citizenship or permanent residence status of New Zealand, Australia or another developed country, except where their country does not issue passports and they hold a New Zealand passport (i.e. the Cook Islands, Niue or Tokelau);
• be applying to commence a new qualification and not be seeking funding for one already commenced at PhD or Masters level;
• satisfy the admission requirements of the New Zealand  university at which the qualification is to be undertaken, including English language criteria;
• have been working in their country of citizenship, preferably for at least two years prior to application;
• hold a first degree of upper second class Honours (or above); or a second class degree  and a relevant postgraduate qualification, which will normally be a Master’s degree;
• be available to commence their academic studies in New Zealand at the start of the New Zealand academic year in February 2014;
• have already secured  admission to their preferred New Zealand university; evidence of admission (eg. a letter of offer) is required with the application form; a conditional letter of offer from a New Zealand university is sufficient to allow an application to be accepted;
• have a planned programme start date (in the letter of offer) at the start of the New Zealand Academic year in February 2014; offers for a planned start date for Semester 2, 2014 cannot be accepted.

Application Procedure
The fully description of the application procedure can be seen at the website link below.

Submission Deadline
31st July 2013.

Website Link
http://www.ugc.gov.bd/scholarships/NewZeland%20Commonwealth%20Scholarship-%202013%20(Information%20for%20Applicants).pdf