2008 New Zealand Mental Health Media Grants

Judi Clements"These Grants, like the Fellowship Program before them, connect the voices of people with experience of mental illness - through the Grant recipients - with the wider world.

"Once the connections are made, there is every hope that the levels of stigma and discrimination will continue to diminish as their voices are heard."

Judi Clements
Chief Executive
Mental Health Foundation

Thank you for your interest in the 2008 New Zealand Mental Health Media Grants.

Applications have now closed.

We are pleased to confirm we received eleven category one applications and 47 category two applications.

The selection panels are in the process of assessing this year's proposals and the 2008 recipients will be announced in early August.

In the meantime, if you are a journalist or creative artist with an interest in mental health then you might like to mark the media grants in your diary for 2009.

Applications open: 2 March 2009
Applications close: 29 May 2009

There is a total grant pool of $50,000 across two categories (journalism and creative) with grants of up to $12,000 for each project.

The New Zealand Mental Health Media Grants are administered by the Mental Health Foundation.

More about the 2007 recipients

Read about the opening of Jo Randerson's art exhibition

Thank you for your interest in the New Zealand Mental Health Media Grants - come back and visit us soon!