FMC Expedition Scholarships

Two types of scholarships are available:

• Youth Expedition Scholarships – for applicants under the age of 30
• Simon Bell Memorial Scholarship – no age restrictions

VUWTC members are eligible because VUWTC is a member of FMC. Further eligibility criteria and application forms are available online at https://www.fmc.org.nz/scholarship/ Please note you have to provide a written endorsement from the club, so please ask us in advance so we have time to write it!

Applications close 15 September.

Previous VUWTC recipients include:

• 2023: Isla and Louise, for a traverse of the main ranges of the Tararuas.
• 2022: Nicholas Jones and Xanthe Smith, for a journey from Kaikōura to Little Wanganui on the West Coast.
• 2020: Emma Strack, for a five week journey along the Southern Alps from Mount Cook to Homer Hut.