Sponsorships and Awards

The Aoraki region is firmly committed to supporting sponsorships and awards to enable members to participate in a range of professional activities.

Sponsorship and Award Criteria

All applicants must hold current Aoraki membership of LIANZA or TRW.

Consideration will be given to the following additional criteria:

1. Length of membership in these associations.
2. Level of involvement/contribution in the above associations.
3. Professional benefit to be gained from attendance:
   1. For an individual
   2. For the parent institution
4. Evidence of enthusiasm, commitment, passion.
5. Difficulty of attendance without sponsorship.
6. Knowledge/skills available are not readily gained in some other more appropriate training environment.
7. The level of support for the initiative from any other source.
8. The level of previous sponsorship provided to the applicant by the LIANZA Aoraki Region.

Instructions for Applicants

The applications must be in writing. Applicants should provide:

1. The reason for applying.
2. An outline of what learning and insights are expected to be gained, and what results are expected.
3. An outline of how any learning, insights, and results could be shared/presented to colleagues.
4. Details of any other grants applied for, for the initiative.
5. Details of previous sponsorship provided to the applicant by the Aoraki Region.

The successful applicants must provide a written report for publication in the Aoraki Librarians newsletter.