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🎓 New Zealand-Based Student DevNet 2026 Conference Grants — Applications Open!
Are you a postgraduate student at a New Zealand tertiary institution with an accepted paper at DevNet 2026? You may be eligible for a Conference Grant to help support your participation in the conference.
A limited number of grants are available, with funding ranging from conference registration to registration plus a contribution towards travel and accommodation, depending on travel requirements and available funding.
Applicants must:
- Be enrolled at a New Zealand tertiary institution; and
Be an author or co-author of an accepted paper at DevNet 2026 and present the paper at the conference.
📅 Application deadline: 11:59 PM, 23 September 2026
👉 Click here to access the application form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfLGDFSMKMY-OwsYs32b8ncfpcL1UWMidmRWp3XqfDOkrCU6g/viewform?usp=p...
Read more detailed information about the conference themes, registration fees, and key dates on our conference webpage: devnet.org.nz/devnet-2026-conference-2/
📢Registration for DevNet 2026 is now live!
Please click this link vuw.eventsair.com/devnet/devnet26) to register for the conference.
If you are registering as a group, or a resident from a Pacific Island Country, please email devnet2026@vuw.ac.nz to receive a specific registration link.
Early-bird registration closes in early October, so register as soon as possible to join Aotearoa New Zealand’s largest regular conference on international development!
Read more detailed information about the conference themes, registration fees, and key dates on our conference webpage: devnet.org.nz/devnet-2026-conference-2/
The DevNet 2026 Conference call for abstracts has been EXTENDED until 18th September!
Don't miss the opportunity to connect with fellow scholars and practitioners in development studies and to contribute to critical discussions about this year’s theme “Rebalancing Worlds – Remaking Practice”. If you are an academic or student in development studies, a development practitioner, or policymaker working at an academic or research institution, NGO, development consultancy, or government agency, submit your abstract today!
Submit your abstract by 18th September using our call for abstracts form forms.office.com/r/XywMD1B1jS
and read more detailed information about the conference themes, registration fees, and key dates in our conference webpage: www.wgtn.ac.nz/.../events/devnet-2026-conference
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There are only THREE DAYS left to submit your paper presentation abstracts for the DevNet 2026 Conference.
This year’s theme is “Rebalancing Worlds – Remaking Practice”. If you are an academic or student in development studies, a development practitioner, or policymaker working at an academic or research institution, NGO, development consultancy, or government agency, don’t miss the chance to contribute to critical discussions around this theme.
Submit your abstract by 31st August using our call for abstracts form forms.office.com/r/XywMD1B1jS
and read more detailed information about the conference themes, registration fees, and key dates in our conference webpage: www.wgtn.ac.nz/.../events/devnet-2026-conference
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The deadline to submit your paper presentation abstracts for the DevNet 2026 Conference “Rebalancing Worlds – Remaking Practice” is on 31st August, just ONE WEEK away!
If you are an academic or student in development studies, a development practitioner, or policymaker working at an academic or research institution, NGO, development consultancy, or government agency, submit your abstract today! Don't miss the opportunity to contribute to critical discussions and connect with fellow scholars and practitioners in development studies.
Submit your abstract using our call for abstracts form forms.office.com/r/XywMD1B1jS
and read more detailed information about the conference themes, registration fees, and key dates in our conference webpage: www.wgtn.ac.nz/.../events/devnet-2026-conference
Please share this opportunity with your networks.
We look forward to receiving your submissions and welcoming everyone to Wellington in December!
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