Expedition Scholarship Criteria
The Expedtions scholarship is one $1,000 grant to contribute towards a club-sanctioned, multi-day expedition (5 or more night’s duration) led by a person under 30 years within mainland New Zealand or its offshore islands.
GENERAL CRITERIA:
- Applicants must be under the age of 30 on the day of the specified closing date.
- The applicant must have been a financial member of a tramping, mountaineering or similar club affiliated with FMC for at least one year prior to submitting the application.
- The grant is to be used within one year of its receipt and the club/recipient is to confirm to FMC that the course was undertaken. In addition, they must be prepared to participate in any FMC publicity of the scholarship. If these two points are not adhered with, the grant must be repaid to FMC, in full, immediately upon request.
- The application must be supported by a written endorsement from the supporting club’s executive (e.g. General Committee, Chief Guide or President) and the endorsement should provide evidence of commitment to the club by the applicant (e.g. previous evidence of participation and leadership) and how attending the course or partaking in the expedition will be of benefit to both the applicant and the club (e.g. nurturing future leadership and equipping them with suitable skills). Clubs are especially encouraged to support those participants where financial hardship or other extreme factors may otherwise contribute towards their non-participation in such activities.
- Previous winners of a given category of scholarship will not be eligible to reapply for the same scholarship on subsequent occasions
- Both scholarships can be held with other external awards.
Expedition Scholarship Criteria
- The multi-day expedition must be a minimum of five nights duration, be within the conservation estate of mainland New Zealand or its offshore islands, and it must be a club-sanctioned trip. The participants can comprise members of any age group. However, the leader (applicant) of the expedition must meet the age criteria in point 1 of the General Criteria.
- The maximum amount of the grant will be $1,000 and can be used to contribute towards travel costs of the participants to and from their destination, or to purchase food, accommodation (hut fees, campsite fees, plus back-packer type accommodation prior to or post trip), or the hire of mountain radios, PLBs, or transceivers. The grant is not to be used for the purchase of individual gear.
- A club may receive this scholarship in conjunction with a skills or training grant. However, a single recipient may not hold both types of scholarship in any one year
- The recipient must also be prepared to participate in any FMC publicity of the scholarship, including articles for the FMC Bulletin or other outdoors related publications (e.g. NZ Wilderness), and by being prepared to give talks on the journey to other local clubs where practicable. If these two points are not adhered with, the grant must be repaid to FMC, in full, immediately upon request.
You can download a pdf file of these criteria from here
page updated 11/11/2011