20th - 21st Nov 2025 l Virtual Online
SERVICE USERS IN ACADEMIA SYMPOSIUM 2025
Apply for Scholarships
Scholarships available
If you are from Aotearoa New Zealand, the below scholarships are available:
If you are from Australia, the below scholarships are available:
Te Pou Service User Academic Symposium Grants
Te Pou is offering 40 scholarships of $75 to people with lived/living experience in Aotearoa New Zealand to support attendance at the Service Users in Academia Symposium 2025.
This two-day event brings together people with lived experience working in academia to share knowledge, build connections, and strengthen leadership in mental health and addiction.
The scholarships aim to reduce financial barriers and encourage wider participation in the symposium. Te Pou values the role of lived experience in shaping more inclusive and effective systems, and this symposium is a key space to grow that impact.
Fill out this form link here to apply. Applications have been extended to Nov 14th, 5pm or until all of the scholarships are gone.
Neami and Centre for MH Nursing Scholarships
Neami and the Centre for Mental Health Nursing are sponsoring scholarships of $75 to people with lived experience, carers and First Nations People of Australia to support attendance at the Service Users in Academia Symposium 2025.
The scholarship covers attendance for both days of the symposium.
Fill out this form link here to apply. Applications have been extended to Nov 14th, 5pm or until all of the scholarships are gone.