Scholarships Available

Topatopahia te Rere o te Waka, Hoe Tahi | Addiction Workforce 

Funded by the Ministry of Health and Health Wrokforce New Zealand, Te Rau Matatini and Matua Raki will have scholarships available for 2012 that are part of a workforce development initiative for staff working with whanau who have Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) issues, including methamphetamine use.

Topatopahia te Rere o te Waka, Hoe Wha | Problem Gambling Workforce & Research

Funded by the Ministry of Health, Te Rau Matatini is offering undergraduate and postgraduate scholarships aimed at developing the problem gambling and gambling wprkforce and enhance the research capacity, to enable and inform the Ministry of Health's integrated problem gambling strategy.

Te Rau Puawai

Each year the Te Rau Puawai Workforce Programme provides bursaries for students who are seeking to commence or complete a University qualification in Maori Mental Health at Massey University

Henry Rongomau Bennett Foundation | Leadership Scholarships in Maori Mental Health

The Henry Rongomau Bennett Scholarship Foundation is a tribute to Henry Rongomau Bennett's life and work as the first Maori Psychiatrist in Aotearoa.  These scholarships will be offered to kaimahi who work or aspire to work in leadership roles across the health mental health and addictions sector.

Further information for the above scholarships is attched below.

Exceptional Students Earn John McLeod Scholarships

Ibrahim Soloman & Caroline Blucher

Surrounded by whānau, four exceptional Māori scholars received special recognition from the Associate Minister of Health, Tariana Turia, in Wellington today.

Every year, a select group of applicants to the Ministry of Health’s Hauora Māori scholarship programme are awarded a John McLeod Scholarship. In 2011, from 547 successful Hauora Māori scholars, two students received John McLeod Scholarships and celebrated with whānau in Wellington at a special event hosted by the Associate Minister of Health, Tariana Turia. 

Media Profile, News Release and Hon Tariana Turia's speech are below.

Summer Studentships 2011/12 

GSK Studentship

The Te ORA and Glaxo Smith Kline NZ Limited (“GSK”) studentship programme 2011/12 wishes to invite Maori medical students the opportunity to undertake research or complete a relevant project over the 2011/12 summer break for up to eight weeks.

Studentship are worth $5,000 each for eight weeks.  There are two studentships being offered.
The current available studentships are as follows:

• Application of ACT (asthma control test) in Maori HCP setting
• Uptake of pneumococcal vaccines – barriers
• Roto virus vaccination perceptions – barriers
• Chronic obstructive lung disease – utility of CAT (COPD Identification Tool) in identification of those in need of medical    treatment
• Smoking cessation strategies
• Men’s health and benign prostatic hypertrophy – why won’t they tell a HCP?
• An area of interest that is relevant to Te ORA and GSK (for this option, your project will need to be approved by GSK and Te ORA on application).

For more information see the attached information pack.

Eligibility:
To be eligible for the Te ORA studentship you must be:

• A medical student at a NZ medical school
• A member of Te ORA
• Available over the summer period for up to eight weeks. Note that a senior student will do a shorter period of research to take into account the shorter term break.

ALAC Studentship

The Te ORA and Alcohol Advisory Council (“ALAC”) studentship programme 2011/12 wishes to invite Maori medical students the opportunity to undertake research or complete a relevant project over the 2011/12 summer break for up to eight weeks.

Studentships are worth $5,000 each for eight weeks. There are two studentships being offered. The current available studentships are as follows:

1. Efficacy of alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention for Maori
2. Alcohol screening and brief intervention of Maori in a primary care setting
3. Maori Youth and alcohol management
4. Harmful effects of alcohol on Maori, a case study
5. An area of interest that is relevant to ALAC and Te ORA (for this option, your project will need to be approved by ALAC and Te ORA on application)

To be eligible for the Te ORA studentship you must be:

• A medical student at a NZ medical school
• A member of Te ORA

Applications will be assessed on:

• The feasibility of the project (for category 5) applications
• The fit of the project with Te ORA’s strategic aims and the potential benefit of the project to Te ORA
• Academic background
• The student’s Māori community links and activities.

The deadline for applications has now been extended until 30 September 2011. If you have any questions, please give us a call on 0800 438 672 or email on teora@teora.maori.nz