Scholarships for the Faculty of Science

Faculty of Science High Achiever Undergraduate Entry Scholarship

A Scholarship for the first year of undergraduate study in the Faculty of Science, up to $5,000 for New Zealand citizens or permanent residents who have applied for a University of Auckland school-leaver/first-year scholarship.

Department of Physics Scholarship

A Scholarship of up to $6,000 to support New Zealand citizens and permanent residents who are enrolling part-time or full-time in a Bachelor of Science in Physics and/or Geophysics.

Chillisoft Scholarship in Cybersecurity

A $5,000 Scholarship for international and domestic, undergraduate or postgraduate, full-time or part-time enrolment in the Faculty of Science in study relating to cyber security.

Frances Barkley Scholarship

A $5,000 Scholarship to support an undergraduate Māori or Pacific student enrolling in a BSc in Biological Sciences, Biomedical Science, Ecology or Marine Science.  

Gillies Scholarship

A $3,000 Scholarship to assist a first year student enrolling in a BSc in the School of Chemical Sciences or Department of Physics.

Jean Heywood Scholarship

A 10,000 Scholarship for a graduate of Epsom Girls’ Grammar School enrolling full-time in an undergraduate degree in either Mathematics or Statistics. Applications for 2026 close on 25 September 2025.

Moore High Achiever Undergraduate Scholarship

A $10,000 Scholarship for a New Zealand Citizen or Permanent who attended a high Equity Index secondary school or kura and is enrolling in the first year of a BSc or BSc conjoint degree in either the School of Chemical Sciences or the Department of Physics.

Sinclair Scholarship

A Scholarship of up to $3,000 to support a first year BSc student in Biology, Computational Biology or Ecology.

Strive Towards Science Award

A $1,000 Award to support students participating in the Science Scholars programme enrolling in the first year of a BSc or associated conjoint degree.

Bragato Undergraduate Award

The award may be granted to any New Zealand student who is undertaking a full time degree course in either viticulture or wine sciences at a recognised academic institution. The Award will be such amount as the Trustees agree up to a maximum of NZ$3,500 toward the cost of manuals, books, course fees, and course materials. The award will be for one year only, but recipients may re-apply in subsequent years. Applicants must have completed at least one year of study at the time of application, be aged under 27 at the time of application, and be a New Zealand resident. Applications close on 31 March each year.

Sullivan Scholarship

The scholarship is open to applications from students of the Roman Catholic faith who will attend Medical School at either the University of Auckland or the University of Otago. Candidates applying for a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Science or whatever course deemed to be the first year of a medical degree, are eligible to apply for the scholarship.

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