GRANT FUNDING AVAILABLE TO BECOME A LIBRARY
​AND INFORMATION PROFESSIONAL

​The work library and information professionals do is diverse. If your strengths include being digitally savvy, understanding Te Ao Māori, and or having good research and people skills then this interesting line of mahi (work) may well suit you.  

​Whether you are already working in a library or information service, or you are entirely new to this area, we want more people working in our libraries and information services who are qualified and who represent the communities we work with all over Aotearoa.

Grants are available for tertiary qualifications in indigenous knowledge management, library and information studies.
ABOUT THE GRANTS

A grant of up to $10,000 pa may be available to help you get your qualification.
 
This includes qualifications relevant to public, school, tertiary, national and special libraries, and whānau, iwi and marae collections of taonga tuku iho.

Applications are available to people who are:
  • Seeking to undertake library and information qualifications including certificates, diplomas, Bachelor’s degrees, postgraduate certificates, postgraduate diplomas and Masters degrees at either Victoria University of Wellington, Open Polytechnic or Te Wānanga o Raukawa. For more information on these tertiary providers go here.
  • You may be new to or already working in the library and information sector, starting your first library and information qualification, or you may be starting a new higher-level library and information qualification.
  • Grants will provide funding for tertiary fees. Consideration will also be given to funding other costs such as childcare, accommodation, travel, technology, research-related costs etc. ​
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APPLICATION DATES 2022
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  • ​​The first funding round closed on March 31, 2022
  • The next funding round will be October 4-22, 2022

While  the 2022  funding rounds, will give priority to applicants who are: under the age of 35, Māori or Pasifika, and starting a new library and information qualification, we encourage all eligible applicants to apply.

An ongoing, annual funding round will be held in October each year for courses starting the following year.

Watch the video below for more information on the grants.
APPLICATION PROCESS

Perpetual Guardian are managing the applications for this funding. Go here to register with Perpetual Guardian.
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  • You will do this on the Perpetual Guardian Funding Hub.
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  • On the hub you need to say no that you are not applying as an organisation but as an individual and type in that you are applying for the LIANZA or SLANZA grants when answering ‘Which grant or scholarship were you interested in?”
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  • Once you have submitted your registration request, Perpetual Guardian facilitate your registration, and ensure that you can then log-in and apply for a grant.  It may take a day or two (max). This account can be used for other grant applications you may have with them.
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  • When you have logged into the funding hub (see below) you will see the button on the left Apply for Funding. Click on that link. This hub will keep a record of all your applications and reports.
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  • You will be taken through to the list of current funding opportunities, where you will find a link to the LIANZA SLANZA funding.
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  • Once in, the application process will ask you questions on your eligibility, your background, qualifications, work history, reasons for applying, budget and costs, your educational goals, referee details and other questions. You will need to tell the assessment committee what makes you a great fit for the grant.
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  • You will need to provide a reference and a record of academic achievement.

WHERE TO GO FOR MORE INFORMATION

If you get stuck in this process, please contact the friendly staff at Perpetual Guardian: philanthropy@pgtrust.co.nz or phone 09 909 5219
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This funding is made available by the Library and Information Association of New Zealand Te Rau Herenga o Aotearoa and School Library Association of New Zealand Aotearoa Te Puna Whare Mātauranga a Kura, through a Department of Internal Affairs New Zealand Libraries Partnership Programme grant (NZLPP).

The purpose of the tertiary grants funding is to:
  • upskill the current workforce with library and information tertiary qualifications
  • attract new people to achieve tertiary qualifications and gain employment in the library and information sector
  • ensure the workforce is qualified and future-ready to demonstrate the value and impact of library and information services.
“We are looking forward to seeing applicants from across Aotearoa New Zealand. These tertiary grants are intended to better support and reflect our diverse communities across the country, so I encourage people, especially managers and community leaders, to champion the opportunity provided by these grants. It is a chance for people already working in our sector to get started with a qualification and to reduce some of the financial barriers. It is also an opportunity to encourage people from our communities who we would love to see join our profession, giving them a stepping-stone into the sector through a qualification.”

Megan Ingle
LIANZA and SLANZA Tertiary Grants Project Advisory Group Chair