The Trust Board met on the 17th April to consider and approve project, equipment, travel, and conference support grants. Grants-in-aid totalling $263,497 were approved, a decrease compared to the November funding round of last year ($302,000). The round was particularly competitive with a significant increase in the number of applications compared to November (97 vs 79). The percentage of approved to requested funds, however, was similar to other recent funding rounds (23%).

In December 2018 the Trust upgraded the web programming language that supports the application process. This upgrade did result in some problems for applicants up-loading files but these were resolved before the closing date of 1st of March. In the future, however, if you do encounter problems in up-loading your supporting files please contact the Trust office immediately (email below).

Applicants are reminded that there is a one year stand-down period for projects and travel. Further, applications for travel to conferences will only be considered for approval if the date of travel occurs after the relevant Board meeting. This means that there will be no retrospective funding for travel. In practice this will not affect the majority of applicants as there are three travel rounds each year (with closing dates of 1st March, 1st June and 1st October and with respective Board meetings and final decisions in mid to late April, July and November). In some instances applicants may need to apply slightly earlier than previously. These changes, and other changes on eligibility, are covered under the grant categories.

Scholarships and Fellowships funded by the Trust can be found under the Scholarships and Fellowships page. Further information, including stipends payable, is available from the institutional graduate student offices that administer the Trust’s programmes.

The office of the Trust is at 89 Grafton Rd, the phone number is 09 379 5316, the postal address is PO Box 110008 Auckland Hospital 1148, and the email address for all Trust correspondence is zn.tppm@tppm.