Subject: Various Courses
Level: The Foundation offers financial assistance to provide training opportunities for students in New Zealand and the South Pacific region.
How to Apply: The mode of applying is by post.
Provider: Barbara Wood Memorial Foundation
For Which Country: New Zealand and South Pacific Region
For Whom: The Scholarships are available to tertiary students who were born in the South Pacific region.
Description: The Foundation was established to commemorate the life and work of the late Barbara Wood MBE, the Dominion President of the NZ Federation of Country Women’s Institutes 1970-1974, the South Pacific Area Vice-President of the Associated Country Women of the World (ACWW) from 1975 – 1977 and the Deputy World President of the same organization between 1977-1979. Mrs Wood died tragically in the Mt Erebus air disaster. The Foundation offers financial assistance to provide training opportunities for students in New Zealand and the South Pacific region.
Number of Award: Not Known
Duration of Award: Scholarships are offered for a year.
What Does it Cover: Scholarships up to $1,000 a year are granted depending on the need and cost of the course being undertaken and are granted at the discretion of the Trustees of the Barbara Wood Memorial Foundation. Recipients that are successful in any one year can apply again in any subsequent year.
Selection Criteria: Not Known
Notification: Applications will be processed in February /March and successful applicants notified by 08 March 2014.
Deadline: 31st January 2014.