ACCC Academic Excellence Awards

Background

We, as a community organisation with a long history contributing to our members and with a connection to the Auckland Chinese population, understand the importance of our young members continuing this work of our organisation.

The ACCC Academic Excellence Awards (‘awards’) are established to recognise and reward secondary school students, who are ACCC members and have achieved a high standard in their chosen field of studies. The awards will also give some weight to achievements and activities outside the classroom, such as sport and community interests.

These awards replace the scholarships that were set up in 2018 for members pursuing undergraduate and postgraduate university studies.

The Awards
The following awards are available to secondary students completing studies in the following years:

1. Year 11: Up to Ten awards at $200 each with ACCC award certificate
2. Year 12: Up to Ten awards at $500 each with ACCC award certificate
3. Year 13: Up to Five awards at $1500 each with ACCC award certificate

Eligibility and Selection

1. Applicants must have been members of the ACCC for at least two years (enduring, family or individual membership).
2. Applicants must provide evidence of both academic achievement and community involvement/service/membership. Academic achievements can be Excellence Endorsement for NCEA or NCEA equivalent provided by a school or equivalent Cambridge or Baccalaureate courses of study. Community involvement can be within the Chinese or wider community. Evidence should include copies of academic transcripts, NZQA results, letters recommendation and other outputs. It is helpful and meaningful, especially for Year 13 applicants, to provide full details in the Achievement sections rather than a bare list.

Application
Application for these awards shall be made on the ACCC Academic Excellence Award application form and must be submitted before 31 March of the following year of study by the applicant. All applications with supporting papers should be emailed to the ACCC scholarships sub-committee, Vernon Choy, vj.choy@gmail.com.  

Selection
A selection subcommittee of the ACCC Executive Committee will assess all applications based only on the applications provided but applicants may be asked for further information or clarification. Decisions made by this panel on the successful applicants will be final.

Applicants will be advised of the outcome of their applications before 1 May and be invited to attend the ACCC Anniversary dinner usually held in June to receive their Awards.