The Grant Programme provides a means and financial support for initiatives that need funding and contribute to our vision of an enduring, healthy, thriving profession.

2024 recipients

Six Grant Programme applications received funding from the Foundation in 2024, all contributing to systemic change and providing support for engineering's present and future.

  • Motatau School received funds towards an exciting trip for a team of students, all the way from Kawakawa in Northland to Washington DC. The team competed in the international SeaPerch Challenge at the University of Maryland with the underwater robot developed for the Te Taitokerau Aquabots competition.

  • Fellow Northlander, 2023 Prime Minister's Future Scientist Prize winner, and passionate year 13 student, Sunny Perry, attended the International Young Researchers Conference in Tokyo with support from the Foundation. At the conference, Sunny had the privilege of presenting her research and was inspired by connections she made with academics from Stanford, Columbia and Princeton universities.

  • The development of a custom Te Ao Māori learning module will progress with funding provided to educate engineers on the concepts of Tikanga (protocols and ways of doing) and Kaitiakitanga (stewardship).

  • Public understanding and awareness of the issues around seismic activity in Aotearoa will increase with the construction of a small shake table in Queenstown. The mobile model is designed to be easily transported to cater to a range of audiences like schools, professionals and the general public.

  • Māwhaiwhai, a retention programme for Māori professionals, received funding to continue development, aiming to increase participating organisations' cultural awareness and uplift to embed and retain Māori professionals in a culturally safe and respectful manner.

  • The Wonder Project, Engineering New Zealand's free schools programme, will continue their mission to inspire young Kiwis to get excited about STEM. Their grant will help ensure the science, technology, engineering and maths workforce of tomorrow is bursting with diversity and talent – starting by raising the aspirations of rangatahi today.

2023 recipients

In 2023, the Foundation made funding available for five projects. You can read about them here

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