05/10/2025
NZ Refugee Health Scholarship is now up and running. Below is a summary of the first cycle of the scholarship programme.
Key features of this scholarship (see attached flyer):
Offers a value of $25,000 per recipient
Up to $5,000 towards course costs
Up to $20,000 towards living costs
Offers flexibility on how the $20,000 can be used.
Mentoring support.
Health qualifications
Graduate and post graduate degrees.
Tenure
Scholarship is for one academic year and should be taken in that year.
Candidates can re-apply in the next round. (There is no guarantee that they will be funded again).
Continued funding for second semester is based on passing of first semester.
Administration
Universities New Zealand will administer the scholarship on the behalf of NLCS. They cover all universities and polytechnics. The link to the UNZ application system is https://universitiesnz.communityforce.com/Login.aspx
Opening application â 15 October 2025
Closing of application â 15 December 2025
Notification of successful and unsuccessful â Jan 2026
Funding allocation before 2026 first semester commences.
We will be holding a 30 min virtual information session on Friday 10 October, from 12-12.30pm. May you share this link to the webinar with your communities for registration c828e2a6-2ffe-4027-837d-54e2a8bd6bf6@78b2bd11-e42b-47ea-b011-2e04c3af5ec1" rel="ugc" target="_blank">https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/c828e2a6-2ffe-4027-837d-54e2a8bd6bf6@78b2bd11-e42b-47ea-b011-2e04c3af5ec1
If you have any questions about the scholarship, please use [email protected] to get in touch.