This scholarship is open for applications

Scholarship details

MA Scholarship in English
Study levels Masters
Value $22,000 stipend plus $10,374 towards fees
Close date Wednesday, 31 December 2025
Domestic/international Both domestic and international

About the scholarship

This scholarship is funded by the Royal Society of New Zealand as part of Professor Nikki Hessell's Marsden project on settler treaty-making and English poetry. Its purpose is to fund Masters theses that will complement the main project. This scholarship is for a MA student to work on a thesis in English Literature, focused on at least one of the following sub-fields: British eighteenth-century and/or Romantic poetry, Settler colonialism and Indigenous sovereignty.

Entry requirements

Applicants must have a completed Honours qualification or equivalent.