How to apply 

How to apply in 2024....

Applications for the 2025 academic year opened on 1st July2024 and will close 31 August 2024

​The Trustees have sole discretion to grant awards and will determine in their discretion the award amount and number of successful applicants, and the terms and conditions applying to each award.  Recent awards have been in the region of $3,000 - $5,000 (per award). 

APPLICATIONS NOW CLOSED

What happens to your application?

The Betty Loughhead Soroptimist Scholarship (BLSS) is supported by all New Zealand clubs.  Our clubs are arranged into two regions  - South and North. Each region nominates three of their members to serve as trustees of the BLSS Trust for a two-year term. 

Each trustee reviews all [eligible] applications 
independently, and then the trustees meet in October/November each year to moderate their individual assessments and agree that year's recipients.