External Funding

The University of Auckland supports faculty and staff in identifying suitable external funding opportunities, such as government grants, foundations, research organisations and other international sources.

Visit the ResearchHub to find reserach related resources to help you navigate research funding, identify relevant funding opportunities, and develop a strong project funding proposal.

Internal Faculty Funding - Research Development Fund (RDF)

The Research Development Fund is provided by the University, but it is distributed at the Faculty level and aligns with the strategic research objectives of the Business School as outlined in Taraitia waka – Shaping Futures.

The following support is available through the Research Development Fund.

Key points:

• The RDF is an internal university fund with objectives aligned with the principles of Taumata Teitei.
  
• We are inviting applications for funding of 1-year projects with budgets of up to $15,000.
  
• Project accounts will be active from 1 January 2026 and the funds must be utilised by latest, 31 December 2026.
  
• Applications for workload relief and teaching buyout will not be considered.

To foster grant writing mentorship within Disciplinary Areas (DAs) and provide support for new applicants as they develop their applications, DA Leads are kindly requested to assess all applications from their discipline. This will also provide the Faculty Research Committee (FRC) with assurance of the quality of the research and whether the outputs are realistic in the proposed timeframes. We strongly encourage applicants to contact their DA Leads early to indicate their intention to apply for an RDF project and seek advice from them and other colleagues.

Access the open round information, submission dates and forms: RDF Research Project Fund 2026

The University of Auckland Business School (UABS) Visiting Scholars Programme aims to invite and host scholars of strong international standing to share transformative ideas and engage in research collaborations with Business School academic staff, and whenever possible, with important internal and external stakeholders.

In 2025, there will be two competitive funding rounds: 1st March and 1st September:

• The March intake is for visits planned during the year of application;
• The September intake would likely be for visits planned in the first half of the following year.
  

The following documents outline the guidelines for the programme and for the nomination process and approval process, and the final report template.

If the journal you plan to publish in does not have a Read and Publish Agreement with the University, and it is in the top ranked journal list, you can apply for funding to pay the Open Access Fee. You can apply for the Open Access Support Fund using the following application form.

This is an open call - applications can be submitted to the Research Services Team by emailing j.rodriguez@auckland.ac.nz at any time through the year.

Academic staff can apply for funding for a Research Assistant for smaller projects – this funding typically covers applications for a maximum of up to 50 hours or $1,750 for an RA.

This is an open call - applications can be submitted to the Research Services Team at any time through the year.

Funding is available for copy editing services to support final paper preparation for submission to high quality journals. This is available to permanent and fixed-term academic staff that have a contract with the Business School for 12 months or more with at least 0.20 FTE.

The following copy editors/copy editing services have been used by members of the Faculty and have had favourable feedback:

• Elite Editing: Journal & Manuscript Editing & Proofreading for Academics
• Elsevier: Language Editing Services

This is an open call - applications can be submitted to the Research Services Team by emailing j.rodriguez@auckland.ac.nz at any time through the year.