Fortune Manning administers the Yvonne A M Smith Charitable Trust.
2011 Scholarship Winner
The Trustees of the Yvonne A M Smith Charitable Trust are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2011 scholarship is Divya Dhar.
Bill Duncan of Fortune Manning, Divya Dhar and Yvonne Smith, 2011
The Scholarship
The Yvonne Smith scholarship fund was set up in 1999 to encourage and promote women as future leaders of New Zealand business and society. The value of the scholarship may be as high as $50,000, which compares with the Fulbright and Rhodes scholarships. It is open to women of all ages giving preference to the subject areas of political studies, economics, business and law. The scholarship can also be held in conjunction with other awards.
Criteria
The scholarship is awarded to the candidate who best exemplifies potential leadership in their field as well as demonstrating the potential to make a significant contribution to New Zealand.
Yvonne Smith says, of her reasons for establishing the scholarship:
"I admire the way New Zealand women can hold their own with other leaders on the world stage. I want to foster the education of the next generation of leaders – education is the precursor to encouraging respect and understanding of others to achieve outcomes superior to what we've known before".
Application
Click to download the application form and scholarship regulations. Applications will be called for in September and are to be received by 15 December when a number will be short listed for interview before the end of the following January.
Read about previous Yvonne Smith Scholars here.
