Source: Tertiary Education Commission
Last updated 2 October 2025
Last updated 2 October 2025
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This page has information about eligibility for the Transitional Support for Strategically Important Provision (SIP) Fund.
This page has information about eligibility for the Transitional Support for Strategically Important Provision (SIP) Fund.
Funding eligibility is based on specific criteria being met
To be eligible for SIP funding, institutes of technology and polytechnics (ITPs) must be:
at risk of non-viability, as determined by the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC), and
delivering strategically important provision.
Strategically important provision
Provision is deemed ‘strategically important’ if:
it leads to a qualification or credential at Levels 3–7 (non-degree) on the New Zealand Qualifications and Credentials Framework; and
it is related to a priority industry, as determined by the TEC; and
the TEC determines that sufficient equivalent provision is not offered by another ITP in that region;
or:
the provision is a foundation education (Levels 1–2) programme, Youth Guarantee provision, or a Trades Academy programme.
ITPs will receive funding based on the proportion of their provision that is strategically important.
