The Fund is open for applications now for Waikato, Hawke’s Bay-Tairāwhiti, Wellington and Canterbury and Chatham Islands.
You can apply for the Support Fund online
We are interested in:
There is no maximum amount of funding you can apply for but it must be within the amount allocated for your region for 2020/21:
Waikato |
$295,000 |
Hawke’s Bay-Tairāwhiti |
$181,000 |
Wellington |
$807,000 |
Canterbury and Chatham Islands |
$415,000 |
Projects are expected to begin delivery or continue delivery in 2020. Funding provided through the Fund is to be spent by end of June 2021.
The Support Fund will not fund:
The closing date is 5 November 2020.
No, you can only submit one application as the lead applicant to the Support Fund. Providers can collaborate and apply for funding in a joint process, however providers cannot apply multiple times as the lead provider/group of a project.
Eligible applications will be reviewed against these criteria:
You will find out the outcome of your application in January 2021. You may be contacted to confirm information in your application or to find out more about incomplete information.
Yes, there will be a reporting process so you can share how your project is going. Projects will need to be able to show what the intended changes and outcomes are and how you will know these changes and outcomes have been achieved.
The fund is a short term response to meet immediate education-related needs. It is not a long term source of funding.
The funding for the Auckland region will be reviewed by March 2021 to make sure it used effectively and to find out where there is most need going forward.
Successful application projects will be available on the Ministry’s website.
Yes, you can apply for other funding from the Ministry of Education if you are successful in this one. You can find further information about other funding available from www.education.govt.nz.
General inquiries |
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Auckland region |
Kiva Jackson – 09 638 2819 Vaiolupe Talakai - 09 632 9544 |
Waikato, Hawke’s Bay-Tairāwhiti, Wellington and Canterbury and Chatham Islands regions |
Emma Phillips - 04 463 8000 |
For 2020 application forms and information are available in English.
More detailed information about the reason for the fund and applying for the fund is available in Pacific languages.
Fäeag Rotuma
Gagana Samoa
Gagana Tokelau
Te Taetae ni Kiribati
Lea Faka Tonga
Solomon Islands Pijin
te 'gana Tuvalu
te reo Māori Kuki 'Āirani
Vagahau Niue
na vosa Vakaviti