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Overview
Scholarship type
Merit and need based
Number of scholarships to award
One
Grant
$13,000
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
John McArthur was born in Nelson in 1941. He completed a Bachelor of Arts in Geography at the University of Canterbury in 1961, before gaining his Teacher’s Certificate in 1962. He gained a university blue in yachting and played senior representative basketball for Canterbury B.
John taught at Akaroa District High School before returning to Canterbury to complete a Master of Arts in 1964. In 1966 he began a PhD at the University of Sheffield which he completed before returning to New Zealand in 1970 to take-up a position in the Geography Department at Massey University, Palmerston North where he remained until his retirement in 1997. John died in 2021 and left a bequest to be used to support research at Massey University.
Benefits
Value: $13,000
Eligibility
- Applicants will be enrolled in, or intending to enrol in, a master's degree with a 60, 90, or 120 credit research course. You will be undertaking research in the area of geography.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Any
Locations
New Zealand
Nationality
Any
Study experience required
Bachelor
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
15 Jan 2027
Include the following with your application:
a brief research proposal outlining your intended research topic.
Applications open 1 December 2026 and close 15 January 2027.