Grants Open & Upcoming

Register for an account with the Perpetual Guardian Funding Hub in order to apply now.
Please allow for up to 3 business days for your registration request to be processed. 

Listed below are the Trusts currently open for applications (listed alphabetically). More detailed funding guidelines are available on the application form.
Please note that upon funding rounds closing, non-submitted applications will be automatically declined.
Technical support is available until 5pm on the day that applications close.

Brian Johns Fellowship Trust
Awards for New Zealanders to develop further knowledge and interest in the fields of ear nose and throat medicine and to develop and continue research in these fields within New Zealand or overseas.
Applications are open year round. Please monitor carefully for changes as time-frames for applications may be amended.
Applications are reviewed and supplied to decision makers as and when they are received, and usually not later than within three months of the submission date depending on the availability of advisory parties.

E L and J B Sanderson Charitable Trust
For the benefit of people living in the Canterbury region with cerebral palsy who required twenty-four hour care.
Applications are open 3 June – 27 June 2025.

Janet and John Carter Charitable Trust Fund
Welcomes applications for research and development to promote animal welfare in New Zealand, particularly the thoroughbred horse industry (applications in relation to the thoroughbred horse industry will be prioritised). 
Applications are open 3 June – 27 June 2025.

Kingston Sedgfield Charitable Trust
With a focus on the Otago region, the Kingston Sedgfield Charitable Trust provides assistance for young people (under 30 years), particularly for the education and rehabilitation of young people who are disadvantaged. Consideration will also be given to provide for (unfunded) training/aids for young people with disabilities and training/knowledge building for gifted young people who need help to make progress.
Applications are open 3 June – 27 June 2025.

Napier Secondary Schools Scholarships Fund
Invited Napier Secondary Schools are able to nominate one-two students who are in need of financial support and who have experienced significant disadvantage due to their personal circumstances.  Funding is provided directly to the school for the student’s use during their tenure at secondary school.

The following schools are eligible to apply:

• Napier Boys High School
• Napier Girls High School
• Sacred Heart College
• St Joseph’s Māori Girls’ College
• Tamatea High School
• Taradale High School
• TKKM o Te Ara Hou
• William Colenso College.

Nominations must be completed by an appropriate school staff member, such as Principal or Dean. No applications/nominations from parents/caregivers/students will be accepted.
Applications are open 3rd – 27th June 2025.

New Zealand Companion Animals Trust 
Perpetual Guardian is pleased to be custodian of the New Zealand Companion Animals Trust. The Trust supports projects beneficial to the community, those that provide care and protection to companion animals and projects that directly improve companion animal welfare and urban animal management.  For more information including the types of awards available, and to apply, please visit the New Zealand Companion Animals Trust website.
Closing dates for applications are 1 February and 1 July annually.

Olivia Spencer Bower Foundation Art Award
A 12 month award (for 2026) to support an emerging New Zealand artist (specifically, a painter or sculptor) showing promise. Preference may be given to artists based in Canterbury or with an artistic connection to Canterbury.
Please note this Award grants biennially (once every two years).
Applications are open 5 May – 27 June 2025.
Outcomes are likely to be available in late September 2025.

Rose Hellaby Māori Education Fund
Scholarships are managed by the Māori Education Trust which can be visited here.
Three types of scholarships are available:

1. Scholarships for Year 9 students of Māori descent undertaking secondary education in New Zealand who have demonstrated financial need, academic ability and aptitude. NOW CLOSED.
2. Scholarships for undergraduate students of Māori descent undertaking tertiary studies. Priority may be given to STEM learning pathways. Applications are open 1 Dec 2024 – 31 May 2025.
3. Scholarships for postgraduate students of Māori descent undertaking tertiary studies. Priority may be given to STEM learning pathways. Applications are open 1 Dec 2024 – 31 May 2025.

Rose Hellaby Medical Scholarship and Grants
In the fields of rheumatic disease, physical medicine and manipulative treatment:

• Scholarships for New Zealand registered medical practitioners for research and/or post-graduate training and experience overseas.
• Grants for New Zealand organisations to engage international or New Zealand medical practitioners/specialists to deliver lectures, conduct study courses and/or supervise training and/or research within New Zealand.

Applications are open year round but for the most part are considered by the Board of granting in May. If you wish to be considered in the funding round for the current year, please submit your application by 31st March. Please monitor carefully for changes as time-frames for applications may be amended.

Celebrating 60 year anniversary in 2025:
Spencer Mason Post-Graduate Scholarship in New Zealand Law
Scholarship to support a candidate for a Masters degree or a PhD at the University of Auckland Law School. The degree being pursued must include a thesis on some aspect of New Zealand Law. Applicants must reside in the Auckland Branch Area of the New Zealand Law Society and be graduates in Law of the University of Auckland.
Applications are open year round, with an annual closing date of 31 March. Applications are reviewed in May.
Applications submitted on 1 April or after will be considered in the following year.

Celebrating 60 year anniversary in 2025:
Spencer Mason Travelling Scholarship in Law
Scholarship to support a candidate who wishes to pursue a Masters degree or a PhD at a university outside of New Zealand. Law Graduates living and working within the Auckland Branch Area of the New Zealand Law Society are invited to apply. (Graduates from all New Zealand Universities may apply).
Applications are open year round, with an annual closing date of 31 March. Applications are reviewed in May.
Applications submitted on 1 April or after will be considered in the following year.

Ted and Mollie Carr Medical Travel Fund
Facilitating international travel by medical practitioners for the purposes of research and education:

• The Fund’s priority objective is to enable overseas based surgeons and medical practitioners with specialised skills to visit New Zealand for short periods to impart their skills and techniques to New Zealand medical practitioners.
• The Fund’s secondary objective is to enable specialist New Zealand medical practitioners to travel internationally for short periods to work with other medical practitioners to improve their skills and techniques.

Organisations and individuals meeting one of the above purposes may apply.
Applications are open now and are available to apply for throughout the year.
Applications are reviewed and supplied to decision makers as and when they are received, and usually not later than within three months of the submission date depending on the availability of advisory parties.