Scion offers its Suffrage Centennial Scholarship annually to promote science as an attractive career option for women.

The scholarship is open to senior female students resident in Rotorua attending secondary school in the Bay of Plenty region.

Applicants must intend undertaking an undergraduate course in pure or applied sciences, which would benefit the forestry or biomaterials industries. Proposed study could include biology, chemistry, physics, engineering, mathematics and horticulture.

The successful candidate receives a contribution of $2,000 towards tuition fees. In addition she will have an offer of summer vacation work for the duration of her undergraduate studies.

Created in 1993 as part of New Zealand’s centennial suffrage celebrations, the scholarship has helped 12 young local girls to date achieve their science ambitions.

For further information, please contact:
Jacky James
GM – Marketing and Communications
Phone: +64 7 343 5705
Mobile: +64 21 579 457