Application form – students

Funding Details

We offer competitive funding opportunities for students at various levels of study. Below are the available funding options:

Summer Student Internship: $14,000 which covers a 12 week period over the NZ university summer break.

Master’s Student: $42,000 stipend to cover the one-year research component of a Master’s degree. Further funding of $11,000 for fees, and up to $10,000 for consumables/project costs, is also available.

PhD: $171,000 three-year stipend payable in quarters. The first is payable on confirmation of start date, then payable after completion of first year and second year, and then final payment on acceptance of final report.

Applications can only be submitted via a BPA R&D partner or a university. To be eligible for funding, projects must:

• Add value to, or create value from, a biological by-product or secondary stream
• Involve a business partner who can make a cash and/or in-kind contribution to the project
• Involve a BPA R&D partner (AgResearch, Scion, Plant & Food Research and Callaghan Innovation) or a New Zealand university
• Have clearly identified economic, environmental and/or social benefits

Before you submit, please ensure that:

• All parties have signed the application
• All the required fields have been completed
• There is a clear project plan, with defined time frames for deliverables and clear criteria for any go/no-go decisions
• All parties are clear about the IP arrangements, and understand the BPA’s guiding principles with regard to IP

Please follow the instructions and be sure to save before you move to the next step. You will need to upload your project application.

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