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Mana Tūāpapa Future Leader Fellowship - statistics of the 2025 round

  • The Society received a total of 194 eligible applications.
  • 154 (79.4 %) applications passed the referee suitability filter and entered the ballot.
  • 3 applications did not fully meet all of the selection criteria.  These were not recommended for funding by the panel.
  • 20 Fellowships awarded.

 

Applicants’ declared ethnicity

 

Applicants (#)

Fellows (#)

European

115

13

Māori

25

6

Pacific Peoples

3

2

Asian

26

0

MELA

12

0

Other

26

3

Not stated/Unknown

10

0

Total declared ethnicities*

207

24

*Please note that applicants can identify with more than one ethnicity.

Ethnicity is classified as per Ethnicity New Zealand Standard Classification 2005 V2.1.0 with the exception of Pacific Peoples which for the purposes of the Tāwhia te Mana Fellowships includes Indigenous Pacific Peoples and those of Fijian Indian ethnicity as per the Application Guidelines

 

Applicants’ declared gender

Declared Gender

Applicants (#)

Fellows (#)

Female

131

14

Total

193

20

 

Type of organisation

Type

Application (#)

Fellows (#)

Tertiary Education Organisation

160

17

Public Research Organisation

18

1

Private/Non-Profit NZ Organisation

4

1

Other NZ Research Organisation/Business

11

1

Total

194

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