AFS Pasifika Scholarship

About this scholarship

AFS New Zealand is offering a scholarship for a Pacific Island student to take up the challenge to live and study overseas. The Scholarship is valued at $7,500 for a year or semester programme.

Who is eligible?

To be eligible for this scholarship students must:

• be a full time student and meet the AFS application guidelines
• be of Pacific descent and demonstrate that they, their parent(s), grandparent(s), or great-grandparent(s) were born in, and have blood ties to, a Pacific Island nation
• demonstrate involvement in Pacific Island culture and / or language
• demonstrate a need for financial assistance

What countries are available?

This scholarship is available for exchanges to any AFS countries.

How to apply

• be selected for an exchange and complete the AFS scholarship application form (141KB MS Word) as part of the AFS application
• demonstrate Pacific genealogy by providing a copy of your birth certificate and / or the birth certificate of their parent(s), grandparent(s), or great-grandparent(s) who were born in the Pacific
• write a 200 word statement describing your involvement with Pacific Island culture and / or language
• demonstrate a need for financial assistance and complete a 200 word statement on "Why I need an AFS Scholarship"

For more information please contact the Scholarship Coordinator at AFS on 0800 600 300.

To learn about AFS Pasifika, visit pasifika.afs.org.nz