Scholarship details

AFS Diversity Scholarships
The AFS Educational Trust offers two scholarships valued at $2,500 to AFS year programme participants.

Who is eligible?
Students must be attending secondary school at the time of application, have paid a deposit and meet AFS application guidelines. This scholarship is available to ten-month programme participants.

What countries are available?
Bolivia
China
Honduras
Hong Kong
Malaysia
Norway
Peru
Serbia
Thailand
Turkey

How to apply
Be confirmed on a ten month AFS exchange
Complete the scholarship application form
Write an essay about why you are the most deserving candidate for this scholarship

Just email AFS [email protected] or call 0800 600 300.

AFS Excellence Scholarships
The AFS Educational Trust offers up to six scholarships valued at up to $5,000 each.

Who is eligible?
Students must be attending secondary school at the time of application and meet the AFS application guidelines.
Students applying for this scholarship must demonstrate excellence in community service, academics and extra curricular activities.
This scholarship is available ten- or five-month programme participants.
Financial need will also be taken into account for a proportion of these awards.

What countries are available?
This scholarship is available for exchanges to any AFS countries.

How to apply
Be confirmed on a ten- or five-month AFS exchange
Complete the scholarship application form
Write an essay about why you are the most deserving candidate for this scholarship

Just email AFS [email protected] or call 0800 600 300.

AFS Māori/Pasifika Scholarship
AFS New Zealand offers up to two scholarships to Māori/ Pacific Island students interested in living and studying overseas. The scholarship is valued at $7,500.

Who is eligible?
To be eligible for this scholarship students must:
Be full time students and meet the AFS application guidelines
Be of Māori or Pasifika descent and demonstrate their whakapapa
Demonstrate involvement in Māori or Pasifika culture and / or language
Demonstrate a need for financial assistance
Be on a ten- or five-month programme

What countries are available?
This scholarship is available for exchanges to any AFS countries.

How to apply
Be confirmed for a ten, or five month programme
Complete the AFS scholarship application form
Demonstrate your Māori genealogy or your Pacific Island ethnicity by providing a copy of your birth certificate and/or the birth certificate of your parent(s), grandparent(s), or great-grandparent(s)
Write a 200 word statement describing your involvement with Māori/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”

Just email AFS [email protected] or call 0800 600 300.

Friends of AFS
AFS New Zealand offers one scholarship valued at $7,500 to AFS ten-month programme participants who demonstrate a need for financial assistance. These scholarships are funded by individuals who make regular donations to the AFS Educational Trust.

Who is eligible?
To be eligible for this scholarship students must:
Be attending secondary school at the time of application and meet the AFS application guidelines
Demonstrate financial need and be all-round achievers
Write an essay explaining why they deserve to be awarded this scholarship
Be a ten-month programme participant.

What countries are available?
This scholarship is available for all AFS destination countries.

How to apply
Be confirmed on a ten-month AFS exchange
Complete the scholarship application form
Write an essay about why you are the most deserving candidate for this scholarship

Just email AFS [email protected] or call 0800 600 300.

AFS Entrepreneurial Spirit Award
The AFS Educational Trust offers one scholarship valued at $5,000.

Who is eligible?
Students must be attending secondary school at the time of application, meet the AFS application guidelines and be all round high achievers.
Applicants need to write a report describing the extraordinary efforts they have made to fund the exchange themselves.
Be a ten- or five-month programme participant.

What countries are available?
This scholarship is available for exchanges to any AFS countries.

How to apply
Be confirmed on a ten- or five-month AFS exchange
Complete the scholarship application form
Write an essay about why you are the most deserving candidate for this scholarship

Just email AFS [email protected] or call 0800 600 300.

 

Business Sponsor Scholarships

Business Sponsors
AFS is partnered with a variety of business organisations within NZ and Australia that offer scholarships to students and employees of those businesses.

Fletcher Building Employee Educational Fund

About this scholarship
The Fletcher Building Employee Educational Fund is providing scholarships to the children of Fletcher Building employees who are taking up the challenge of living and studying abroad on an AFS exchange. Scholarships of varying amounts are available depending on the length of the AFS programme chosen. Employee Educational Fund scholarships will always only be a contribution towards total costs of any exchange programme requiring the student to fund the remaining costs. The maximum scholarship available from the Employee Educational Fund is 50% of total programme costs.

For more information about the Fletcher Building Employee Educational Fund please visit the Fletcher Building Employee Educational website.

Who is eligible?
Any child of a Fletcher Building employee based in New Zealand who is attending secondary school at the time of application and who has been successfully selected by AFS.

How to apply
Be confirmed on a ten month AFS exchange
Complete the scholarship application form
Write an essay about why you are the most deserving candidate for this scholarship

To find out more just email AFS [email protected] or call 0800 600 300.

Orbit Corporate Travel

Orbit Holidays is a division of Orbit Corporate Travel Wellington and provides corporate clients and their families with great deals and VIP service.

About this scholarship
This scholarship will pay $4,500 towards a ten-month programme.

Who is eligible?
To be eligible for this scholarship students must be attending secondary school at the time of application and meet the AFS application guidelines.

What countries are available?
Orbit Travel have made this scholarship available for all countries listed on the AFS New Zealand website.

How to apply
Be confirmed on a ten month AFS exchange
Complete the scholarship application form
Write an essay about why you are the most deserving candidate for this scholarship

To find out more just email AFS [email protected] or call 0800 600 300.

Sargood Bequest

Sargood Bequest is a charitable trust founded in 1939 by Sir Percy Sargood of the firm Sargood Son & Ewen. Sargood Bequest actively supports community groups and individuals within New Zealand.

About this scholarship
This scholarship will offer up to two students $7,500 towards a ten-month programme in a country listed on this website.

Who is eligible?
Candidates must be attending secondary school at the time of application and meet the AFS application guidelines, demonstrate financial need and be all-round achievers.
Be a ten-month programme participant.

What countries are available?
This scholarship is available for all countries listed on the AFS New Zealand website.

How to apply
Be confirmed on a ten month AFS exchange.
Complete the scholarship application form.
Write an essay about why you are the most deserving candidate for this scholarship.

To find out more just email AFS [email protected] or call 0800 600 300.

Other Scholarship Opportunities

General Non AFS Scholarships:

Competitions:
The Ministry of Education has a page that details all the competitions students can enter. So if you’re a motivated student looking for other possible ways to use your skills to raise funds, click here.

Are you a skilled writer?
Writing competitions
Knights of the Southern Cross Catholic writing competition

Grants

Grants are offered by AFS as a last resort, for those with limited fundraising opportunities. Grants are allocated on the basis of financial need and decisions are made regarding these, after scholarships have been awarded.

If you’d like to apply for a grant, your parents or guardians need to complete an application form which can be requested two months before your departure date by emailing [email protected] or call 0800 600 300.