Le Va mental health and addiction scholarships
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Le Va is committed to growing the Pacific mental health and addictions workforce.
Le Va mental health and addiction scholarships are intended to:
- increase the number of Pacific people working in mental health and addictions
- enhance the knowledge and skills of the current Pacific workforce.
The scholarships cover fees and student coaching.
Applications are now open for 2012 scholarships! Please carefully read the information on this page before you apply online.
On this page:
- Target qualifications
- Eligibility criteria
- Value and tenure of a Le Va mental health and addiction scholarship
- Past recipients
- Other Pacific funding
- Further information
Target qualifications
Priority will be given to those who have successfully enrolled in the advanced levels of their studies, that is, course level 2+.
Eligibility criteria
To be eligible for a Le Va mental health and addiction scholarship, all applicants must:
- be a New Zealand resident or permanent resident at the time of the application
- be enrolled in a health-related course/qualification at an accredited tertiary provider in New Zealand
- clearly demonstrate robust academic capability (not have failed a paper in a previous year of study)
- clearly demonstrate socio-economic need
- submit a correctly completed application form by the due date.
Value and tenure of a Le Va mental health and addiction scholarship
The maximum value of a Le Va mental health and addiction scholarship is 100 per cent of the applicant’s course fees unless the applicant applies for less. Where an applicant applies for other sources of funding (other than Studylink), the Le Va mental health and addiction scholarship must be the primary source of funding.
Payment of the award will be in two semester fee instalments. Payment for the second semester fees will be contingent of an applicant providing proof they passed all their papers in semester one.
Le Va mental health and addiction scholarships are:
- for one calendar year only
- non-deferrable
- only for the year of study to which the application applies
- only for the qualification/courses of study as set out in the fees invoice submitted with the application form.
Scholarships that are not claimed and accepted by applicants within two weeks of notification will be forfeited.
Payment of course fees will only be made directly to a tertiary provider as per the fees invoice submitted.
All applicants must participate in the Le Va mental health and addiction scholarship academic coaching and/or professional development programme.
All coaches approved by Le Va will be paid based on the submission of quarterly reports. It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure the reports are submitted by the due dates.
Past recipients
Check out our past scholarship recipients for 2011, 2010 and 2009.
Other Pacific funding
Did you know? Le Va also administers the Ministry of Health Pacific Health Workforce Awards. These awards provide funding for Pacific people studying across all areas of health.
Also, check out our links to other Pacific scholarships, prizes and awards.
Further information
For further information please email futuresthatwork "at" leva.co.nz.
Page last updated: 12 September 2011