Welcome to the Cognition Education Research Trust (CERT) website.

CERT is governed and managed as a fully independent education research trust. CERT aims to foster and encourage, promote and disseminate quality education research with a view to improving and developing the quality of teaching and learning in New Zealand schools.

CERT currently provides grants to individuals completing postgraduate education programmes and also to groups of researchers, practitioners, and policy makers.  

CERT was established in 2006 by Multi Serve Education Trust (MSET) to benefit schools in New Zealand. CERT has committed nearly $1.5 million of funding to high quality research right across the school sector. CERT is a non-governmental body which contributes to building a stronger research base for New Zealand’s education system.

Refer to the About CERT section for more detailed information about the Trust, its policies and the trustees.

Check out the CERT Network section to find out how to register as a CERT Network member and receive the latest CERT updates.

Applications for the 2007/8 round have now closed. Read about the successful applicants in the Beneficiary domains. Further research grants are yet to be announced.

Visit the Networking for learning section to find out about these new and exciting opportunities.

CERT Trustees are now seeking proposals from members of the Cognition Research network for further research projects to commence in 2009.  You will need to re-register to download the Research grants information pack.  Non-members may register in order to apply click here.