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2026 Māori Health Clinical Research Training Fellowships
Our Māori Health Clinical Research Training Fellowships provide an opportunity for Māori medical, dental and allied health professionals, who have a current clinical role, to undertake a PhD or equivalent qualification in any discipline whose proposed research programme will contribute to improving health and economic outcomes for Māori.
A non-taxable stipend, university fees, and research expenses are available for up to three years full-time or four years part-time. A maximum of $260,000 is available.
Eligibility criteria
You can apply for this fellowship if you are a New Zealand citizen or hold New Zealand residency and are of Māori descent. You will need to be based in New Zealand and undertake the research activity in New Zealand.
You will also need to be a practising medical graduate, dental graduate, psychologist, nurse, allied health professional, or a graduate with research ability, background training and expertise in fields relevant to clinical research. In addition, you will need to have a current clinical role.
You will also need to enrol for an appropriate postgraduate qualification with a research component, e.g. medical and dental graduates progressing to MD or PhD, or nurses and other health professionals progressing to MHSc, DPH, MPH or PhD. You will need to identify a suitable research training environment and develop a research training programme in consultation with your proposed supervisor and head of the relevant academic department(s).
Application process
Firstly, you'll need to register your intention to submit an application for this fellowship and then complete your registration online via HRC Gateway. After registration, you'll need to submit a full application online via HRC Gateway using the templates provided below.
Got a question?
If you have a question about this fellowship, please email info@hrc.govt.nz.
Documents
Guidelines
2026 Career Development Awards - Peer Review Manual
3 Jun, 2025 6:54pm - 503KB
Forms
2026 Career Development Awards - Budget Form
3 Jun, 2025 6:53pm - 34KB
2026 Māori Health Research Career Development Awards - Application Form
3 Jun, 2025 7:24pm - 101KB