The Research Office

The Research Office comprises UNILink and the Scholarships Office and is located in the north-east corner of the ITS Building (Knighton Road, Gate 1). The Research Office is concerned with all aspects of research and related policy and administration; in particular, contract research and associated services, and scholarships for students at all levels of study.

UNILink

University research contracts are administered by UNILink to ensure that contract terms, objectives, intellectual property (IP), progress reporting, budget and financial matters are professionally managed to protect the interests of the University and its staff. UNILink is also the official interface between staff and external agencies such as the government, commercial and other organisations which seek to contract the University to supply research services. UNILink also services the Research Committee, Human Research Ethics Committee, and the Animal Ethics Committee.

Scholarships, Awards and Other Prizes

The Scholarships Office is responsible for all administration associated with scholarships and prizes awarded by the University and outside sponsors. These include University of Waikato Scholarships, and New Zealand Vice-Chancellors’ Committee Scholarships. Students interested in applying for scholarships are encouraged to consult the Scholarships website and to subscribe to the monthly electronic scholarships newsletter by e-mailing a request to that effect to scholarships@waikato.ac.nz.

The following is a list of scholarships, awards and prizes that are fully or in part administered by the University of Waikato. Information on these and other scholarships and awards is available from the Scholarships Office.

Scholarships

School Leavers

Bachelor of Engineering Fees Scholarship
Bartlett Scholarship
Brian Smith Memorial Entrance Scholarship
Bryant Residential Scholarship
Douglas Myer Scholarship
Economics and Statistics Entrance
IPENZ Waikato/BOP Branch Scholarship
KR Sustainable Enterprise Ideas Scholarship
Manu Korero Scholarship
Michael Baldwin Memorial Scholarship
Otumoetai Trust Undergraduate Scholarship
Perry Foundation Undergraduate Scholarship
School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences Scholarship
School of Law Entrance Scholarships
Science Admission Fees Scholarship
Sir Edmund Hillary Scholarships
Tau Rua Mano Scholarship
Te Tohu Paetahi Entrance Scholarship
Tearaway Waikato University Scholarships
The Robertson Scholars Program
Vice-Chancellor’s Prize for Excellence
Waikato Rugby Union Scholarship
Waikato Times Scholarship in Communication Studies

Undergraduate

Anne Shannon Scholarship
Bank of New Zealand Undergraduate Scholarship
Bay of Plenty Alumni Adult Learners’ Award
Bernard Fergusson Memorial Scholarship
Bren Low Memorial Scholarship
Bryant Residential Scholarship
Bryant Residential Tutorship
Cayne Dunnett Memorial Scholarship
Environment Waikato Māori Scholarship
Fernhill Charitable Trust Scholarships
First NZ Capital Scholarship in Finance
Fish and Game New Zealand Research Scholarships
Fisher and Paykel Healthcare Scholarship in Physics
Freemasons University Scholarship
Gemini Trust Disability Scholarship
Girdlers’ Scholarship
Hamilton Zoo Studentship
IPENZ/BOP Branch Scholarship
John Houstoun Memorial Scholarship
Kitchener Memorial Scholarship
Lee Foundation Grants
Lili Krause Piano Award
Michael Baldwin Memorial Scholarship
Michael Caiger Scholarship
New Zealand Energy Education Trust Undergraduate Scholarship
Rewi Alley Scholarship in Modern Chinese Studies
Rotary Club of Te Awamutu Centennial Scholarship
Simpson Grierson Law Scholarship
Sir Edmund Hillary Scholarships
Sullivan Scholarship
Tau Rua Mano Scholarship
Te Tohu Paetahi Entrance Scholarship
Te Tohu Paetahi Retention Scholarship
The Association of University Staff Crozier Scholarship
Toll NZ Limited Undergraduate Scholarship
Vice Chancellor’s Adult Learners’ Award
Waikato Rugby Union Scholarship
Waikato Students Union Scholarship for Cultural Contribution
WMS International Exchange Scholarship

Graduate

Alumni Association Masters Scholarship
Bank of New Zealand Graduate Scholarship
Bing’s Scholarship
Brian Smith Memorial 499/599 Scholarship
Bright Futures Enterprise Scholarship
Broad Memorial Fund
Bryant Residential Tutorship
Chamber of Commerce Tauranga Business Scholarship
Commonwealth Scholarships to New Zealand
Commonwealth Scholarships to the UK and Canada
CRF Heinold Scholarship
Department of Political Science Graduate Scholarship
Dick and Mary Earle Scholarship in Technology
FASS Honours Awards
FASS Masters Thesis Awards
First NZ Capital Scholarship in Finance
Fish and Game New Zealand Research Scholarships
Frank Knox Memorial Fellowship
Freemasons University Scholarship
Freyberg Scholarship
German Academic Exchange (DAAD) Scholarship
Golden Plover Award
Gordon Watson Scholarship
Health Research Council Summer Studentship
Hilary Jolly Memorial Scholarship
HRINZ Scholarship
John Allan Scholarship in Education
John Houstoun Memorial Scholarship
Julia Sandford Scholarship
Kerby Bursary for Graduate Music Studies
Lee Foundation Grants
Lili Kraus Piano Award
Michael Baldwin Memorial Scholarship
Nancy Caiger Graduate Scholarship
New Zealand Federation of University Women Fellowship
New Zealand Law Foundation Ethel Benjamin Prize for Women
NZ-US Educational Foundation - Fulbright Programme
Perry Foundation Graduate Scholarship
Postgraduate Fees Scholarship in Community Management
Priority One Management Scholarship
Pukehou Pouto Scholarship
Rewi Alley Scholarship in Modern Chinese Studies
Rhodes Scholarship
Road Safety Trust Research Scholarship
Science and Engineering Masters Fees Award
School of Law Graduate Scholarship
School of Law Kamira Henry (Binga) Haggie Scholarship
Sir Edmund Hillary Scholarships
Stratex Networks Graduate Scholarship
Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao Graduate Excellence Award
Te Tipu Putaiao Māori Fellowship
The Association of University Staff Crozier Scholarship
The Kauri Museum Mervyn Sterling Memorial Scholarship
Trust Waikato Student Community Grant
Technology for Industry Fellowship
University of Waikato Masters Scholarship
Whanganui River Enhancement Trust Scholarship
William Georgetti Scholarship
Winsborough Ltd Scholarship in Organisational Psychology

Postgraduate

Bing’s Scholarship
Bright Futures Enterprise Scholarship
Bright Futures Top Achiever Doctoral Scholarship
Bryant Postgraduate Research Scholarship
Bryant Residential Tutorship
Cambridge Commonwealth Trust Prince of Wales Scholarship
Claude McCarthy Fellowship
Commonwealth Scholarship to New Zealand
Commonwealth Scholarship to the UK and Canada
Dick and Mary Earle Scholarships in Technology
Edward and Isobel Kidson Scholarship
Fernhill Charitable Trust Scholarships
Fish and Game New Zealand Research Scholarships
Frank Knox Memorial Scholarship
Freemasons Postgraduate Scholarship
French Postgraduate Scholarship
Freyberg Scholarship
Gordon Watson Scholarship
Hilary Jolly Memorial Scholarship
HRINZ Scholarship
John Houstoun Memorial Scholarship
Kauri Museum Scholarship
L. B. Wood Travelling Scholarship
Lee Foundation Grants
Michael Baldwin Memorial Scholarship
New Zealand Federation of University Women Fellowship
New Zealand Law Foundation Ethel Benjamin Scholarship
NZ-US Educational Foundation - Fulbright Programme
Patricia Pratt Scholarship in Musical Performance
Postgraduate Fees Scholarship in Community Management
PricewaterhouseCoopers Masters Scholarship
Pukehou Pouto Scholarship
Resource Management Law Association Postgraduate Scholarship
Rewi Alley Scholarships in Modern Chinese
Rhodes Scholarship
Road Safety Trust Research Scholarship
Sasakawa Postgraduate Scholarship
Shirtcliffe Fellowship
Sir Edmund Hillary Scholarships
Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao Postgraduate Excellence Award
Te Tipu Pūtaiao Māori Fellowship
Technology for Industry Fellowship
The Association of University Staff Crozier Scholarship
Todd Foundation Award for Excellence
Todd Foundation Postgraduate Scholarship in Energy Research
Trust Waikato Student Community Grant
University of Waikato Doctoral Scholarship
Whanganui River Enhancement Trust Scholarship
Wilf and Ruth Malcolm Postgraduate Scholarship
William Georgetti Scholarship
Woolf Fisher Scholarship

Prizes

Alan Turing Prize
Alfred Marshall Prize in Management Studies
Almao Kellaway Prize (Law)
ANZ Financial Advisory Services Prize in Risk Management
ANZ Financial Services Prize in Personal Financial Planning
ANZ National Bank Prize in Relationship Marketing
Arthur Sewell Prize in English
Auckland District Law Society Prize for Honours in Law
Auckland University Press (AUP) Prize for Excellence in First Year Graduate English
Beattie Rickman Legal Prize for Employment Law
Beattie Rickman Prizes in Taxation
Bill and Joan Flower Trust Prize in Environmental Economics
Bill and Joan Flower Trust Prize in Global Economics
Blackwood Paul Memorial Prize
Brendon Thompson Prize in Economics
Brooker’s Prize for Civil Procedure
Brooker’s Prize for Legal Method
Brooker’s Prize for Public International Law
Bruce Liley Prize in Physics
CCH Advanced Taxation Prize
CCH New Zealand Ltd Prize in Corporate Entities
CCH New Zealand Ltd Prize in Equity and Succession
CCH Prize for Revenue Law
Crown Law Office Prize for Public Law
David Bates Prize in Evidence
Doris Henry English Speaking Union Award
Dow AgroSciences Third Year Chemistry
Elisabeth Bisley Prize in English
Engineering Materials Group of IPENZ Prize
English Speaking Union Prize
Environment Waikato Prize in Water Science
Evans Bailey & Co Prize in Jurisprudence
Foundation Professor’s Prize in Economics
Frankton–Te Rapa Jaycees Prize in Economics
Fred Marshall Prize for French Literature
Gallagher Group Prize in Advanced Supply Chain Management
Gallagher Group Prize in E-Business Technologies
Gallagher Group Prize in Management Information Systems
Gallagher Group Prize in Operations Management
Gallagher Group Prize in Supply Chain Management
G. J. Schmitt Prize in Management Studies
Gordon Harris Bachelor of Computer Graphic Design Prize
Hilbert Prize in Mathematics
H. S. Gibbs Prize in Earth Sciences
Institute of Chartered Accountants Prize
Institute Prize
James and Wells Intellectual Property Prize
Jared Simpson Memorial Prize in Biological and Earth Sciences
Jeannette Gillespie Memorial Prize
John Allan Award in Education
John Mansfield Thomson Prize in Music History
J. T. Ward Prize in Economics
K. M. Bell Memorial Prize in Geography
Land Info Net Prize in Land Law (Essay)
LEADR Prize in Dispute Resolution
Legal Research Foundation Prize in First Year Law
Lewis Fretz Prize in International Relations
McCraw Prize in Communicating Earth Sciences Research
Margaret Avery Memorial Prize in History
Marshall Prize in French Literature
Millennium Prize in Mathematics
Ministry of Consumer Affairs for Fair Trading and Consumer Law
Minter Ellison Rudd Watts Prize for Contract Law
New Zealand Insurance Law Association Prize
Niklas Werner Memorial Prize
Norah Howell Music Award
NZFUW Emmy Noether Prize in Mathematics
NZ Institute of Chemistry J. E. Allen Memorial Prize
NZPI (Waikato Branch) Outstanding Planning Student Prize
Orica-Chemnet First Year Chemistry Prize
Pipers Patent Attorneys Chemistry Seminar Prize
PricewaterhouseCoopers Prize in Accounting Systems and Technology
PricewaterhouseCoopers Prize in Auditing
PricewaterhouseCoopers Prize in Corporate Finance
PricewaterhouseCoopers Prize in Financial Auditing
Prior Society Prize in Philosophy
Ramanujan Centenary Prize
Rudi Ziedins Prize in Philosophy
Selby Prize in Earth Sciences
Selwyn Prize in History/Mo te Hirangi i Roto i Te Tari Tumu Kōrero
Shannon Young Award
Simpson Grierson Prize for Environmental Law
Swarbrick Dixon Prize in Legal Systems
Ted Zorn WMS Alumni Award in Management Communication
Telecom Business Case Prize
Tompkins Wake Land Law Prize
Tom Shaw Memorial Prize in Biological Sciences
Unisys Recognition of Excellence
University of Waikato Alumni Association Prize in Excellence
Vivienne Cassie Cooper Prize in Algae
Von Neumann Prize in Mathematics
Waikato-Bay of Plenty District Law Society Gold Medal for Honours in Law
Waikato Botanical Society Undergraduate Prize
Waikato Botanical Society Graduate Prize
Waikato Geological and Lapidary Club Prize
WestpacTrust Prize in Marketing and International Management
Winstone Limited Prize in Management Studies