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Scholarship details

Rainbow NZ Trust / AUT Tertiary Scholarship
Value Two scholarships are available annually • The scholarship is valued at a total of $3,000 paid in two equal instalments, $1,500 once the student is enrolled in Semester 1 and the second instalment in Semester 2.
Length One year only.
Close date Thursday, 30 September 2021

About the scholarship

The Rainbow New Zealand Charitable Trust and Auckland University of Technology (AUT) offer scholarships for the first year of tertiary studies at AUT to students who identify as LGBTQIA+, who are seen as good role models by peers and teachers and who have excelled in effort and achievement in their secondary education.

The principal objective of the Rainbow New Zealand Charitable Trust is to actively fundraise and attract bequests and donations in order to maintain a fund available to promote the interests of the LGBTQIA+ community in New Zealand. The Fund is available on application to individuals and institutions for the explicit purpose of supporting the development of activities in the education, health, welfare, cultural and support services for the benefit of the LGBTQIA+ community of New Zealand. www.rainbownzcharitabletrust.org.nz