Grants, Applications and Deadlines
Types of Grants
Neurological Foundation Scholarships and Fellowships are used to provide salary support for medically qualified or science qualified researchers at different stages of their careers.
Project Grants are the main avenue by which the Neurological Foundation sponsors research. Applicants can be scientifically or medically qualified, and the research can be clinical or biomedical. Applicants are usually salaried by their institutions and a grant will typically cover salaries for technicians, scientists or nurses, plus working expenses. Two rounds each year and the NF funds approximately 15 project grants each year. Projects can be from one to three year’s duration.
Studentship, Fellowship and Grant deadlines
| Project Grant, Small Project Grant | April 1st & September 1st |
| Post Graduate Scholarship, Postdoctoral Fellowship | October 1st |
| Neurological Foundation Chapman Research Fellowship (Clinical) | May 1st & October 1st |
| Summer Studentship | September 1st |
| Repatriation Fellowship | May 1st & October 1st |
| Senior Clinical Resesarch Fellowship | No fixed date - please enquire |
| Travel Grants (NF grant holders only) | March 1st, June 1st, November 1st |
O'Brien Clinical Fellowship May 1st & October 1st
Scholarships & Fellowships
Scholarships and Fellowships are used to provide salary support for medically qualified or science qualified researchers at different stages of their careers
Project Grants
The main avenue by which the Neurological Foundation sponsors research. Applicants can be scientifically or medically qualified, and the research can be clinical or biomedical.
Travel Grants
For Neurological Foundation funded researchers to attend important overseas neurological conferences
Training Opportunities
The Neurological Foundation of New Zealand offers a training and research Fellowship to allow a suitably qualified medical graduate to pursue a career in neuropathology in New Zealand.