Indigenous Pathways Portal

MRS Indigenous Leadership Pathway Scholarship

A scholarship for Indigenous Australian and Torres Strait Islander students who show leadership potential who are intending to or currently live on campus at Monash Residential Services.  

$14000 approx. total

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

Closed

Open: 07/01/2025 2025-01-07T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 13/02/2025 2025-02-13T00:00:00+00:00

Stronger Smarter Institute Teachers of STEM Initiative - Indigenous Scholarship Masters

The Teachers of STEM Initiative™ is an innovative initiative focusing on supporting First Nations female tertiary students to secure a STEM qualification as an element of their degree. Developed by The Stronger Smarter Institute, through funding provided by the National Indigenous Australians Age...

$14000 approx. total

4 Years

10 scholarships offered

Open

HASS Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Scholarship

This Scholarship supports undergraduate Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students at UQ who are experiencing financial hardship. Its valued at $4,500 per year for the minimum duration of the degree.

$13000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

QLD

Not opened yet

Open: 09/03/2026 2026-03-09T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 13/04/2026 2026-04-13T00:00:00+00:00

St Andrew's First Nations Scholarship Application

This scholarship offers up to $12,500 and will be paid as fee relief, $6250 per semester unless you are fully ABSTUDY eligible. In that case, all fees may be covered by ABSTUDY and St Andrew's will offer a smaller scholarship to support with additional costs involving College. 

$12500 approx. total

No Duration

NSW

Closed

Open: 04/08/2025 2025-08-04T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 30/10/2025 2025-10-30T00:00:00+00:00

Indigenous Commonwealth Education Costs Scholarship

The Commonwealth of Australia provides funds under the Indigenous Student Success Program to improve higher education access, encourage Indigenous people to undertake an undergraduate course or an approved postgraduate course at The University of Western Australia and increase higher education pa...

$12000 approx. total

3 Years

50 scholarships offered

WA

Closed

Open: 19/05/2025 2025-05-19T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 06/08/2025 2025-08-06T00:00:00+00:00

Townsville Hospital & Health Service Indigenous Academic Merit Scholarship

The Townsville Hospital and Health Service indigenous academic merit scholarship was inaugurated in 2018 by the Townsville Hospital and Health Service (THHS). The academic merit scholarship is a combined strategy of the University to increase progression and completion rates for Aboriginal and To...

$12000 approx. total

2 Years

3 scholarships offered

QLD

Closed

Open: 31/05/2024 2024-05-31T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 07/08/2024 2024-08-07T00:00:00+00:00

Murdoch University Indigenous Engineering Pathway Scholarship

Murdoch University Indigenous Engineering Pathway Scholarship is for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students seeking access to engineering study or careers via Bachelor of Engineering Technology.

$12000 approx. total

4 Years

5 scholarships offered

WA

Open

Open: 05/10/2025 2025-10-05T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 08/03/2026 2026-03-08T00:00:00+00:00

Lochrie Indigenous Australian Education Scholarship

This scholarship supports Indigenous Australian students in the Master of Teaching or undertaking research in Indigenous Education, with up to $6000 per year over the two-year duration of the course

$12000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

1 scholarship offered

VIC

Closed

Open: 01/10/2024 2024-10-01T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 03/01/2025 2025-01-03T00:00:00+00:00

Collette Tayler Indigenous Education Scholarship

Indigenous Australians taking the Master of Teaching (Early Childhood) and (Early Childhood and Primary) are strongly encouraged to apply for this scholarship. This scholarship is to support students in endeavours that promote excellent teaching of young Indigenous children, educational leadershi...

$12000 approx. total

2 Years

2 scholarships offered

VIC

Open

Gerda Nicolson Award

This scholarship supports female undergraduate Indigenous students in theatre, music theatre or music. This scholarship is awarded triennially.

$12000 approx. total

3 Years

1 scholarship offered

VIC

Closed

Open: 14/02/2025 2025-02-14T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 06/04/2025 2025-04-06T00:00:00+00:00

Digby Wilson Indigenous Scholarship

This scholarship supports an Indigenous undergraduate student in their progress towards completing their course.     This scholarship awards $6,000 per year for full-time for the duration of your degree ($3,000 part-time). 

$12000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

1 scholarship offered

QLD

Closed

Open: 01/10/2024 2024-10-01T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 10/01/2025 2025-01-10T00:00:00+00:00

Minnie Bairstow Aboriginal Scholarship

The Minnie Bairstow Scholarship assists with rent, helping students to achieve their academic goals.    The Minnie Bairstow Trust, established in 1987 by Minnie Bairstow to support Aboriginal university students with accommodation, initially provided student housing and later of...

$12000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

WA

Closed

Open: 19/01/2026 2026-01-19T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 16/02/2026 2026-02-16T00:00:00+00:00

ISSP Commonwealth Education Costs Scholarship

The ISSP Indigenous Commonwealth Education Costs Scholarship is funded by the Commonwealth Government to assist Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students who demonstrate financial hardship with the costs associated with higher education.

$11312 approx. total

4 Years

NSW

Closed

Open: 15/12/2025 2025-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 08/01/2026 2026-01-08T00:00:00+00:00

Indigenous Commonwealth Education Costs Scholarship

This scholarship is intended to assist with education costs.

$11020 approx. total

No Duration

6 scholarships offered

Closed

Open: 03/10/2025 2025-10-03T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 06/02/2026 2026-02-06T00:00:00+00:00

KPMG Indigenous Australian Business Scholarship

The KPMG Indigenous Australian Business Scholarship provides support for Indigenous students studying an undergraduate degree at Griffith Business School affected by different types of educational disadvantage (financial hardship, educational disruption, disability or others) that have impacted t...

$11000 approx. total

3 Years

Open

Open: 28/01/2026 2026-01-28T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 16/03/2026 2026-03-16T00:00:00+00:00

MLS Indigenous - Practical Legal Training (PLT) Grant

This grant is offered to Melbourne Law School Indigenous students who are in the final year of JD and are enrolled to Practical Legal Training (PLT).

$11000 approx. total

1 Semester

1 scholarship offered

VIC

Closed

Open: 01/02/2024 2024-02-01T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 01/03/2024 2024-03-01T00:00:00+00:00

American Australian Association Arts Fund Indigenous Scholarships

The American-Australian Arts Fund (AAAF) provides support of up to US $10,000 to emerging Native American, Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian, Indigenous Australian and Torres Strait Islander artists to study or undertake artistic development in each other’s countries respectively. The American Aust...

$10000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

15 scholarships offered

Overseas

Open

Open: 01/01/2026 2026-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 31/03/2026 2026-03-31T00:00:00+00:00

Birthing on Country Scholarship

The Faculty of Health aims to support two enthusiastic Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Bachelor of Midwifery graduates for an honours program exploring Birthing on Country (BoC) or confidence in providing smoking cessation information for Indigenous women in rural/remote settings or ano...

$10000 approx. total

1 Year

2 scholarships offered

Open

Postgraduate Top-up Scholarships

Lowitja Institute is offering Higher Degree by Research (HDR) Top-Up scholarships to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students who are enrolled in a higher degree by research and have passed their confirmation of candidature. The focus of the research must be related to Aboriginal and Torres...

$10000 approx. total

2 Years

3 scholarships offered

Closed

Open: 27/11/2023 2023-11-27T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 05/02/2024 2024-02-05T00:00:00+00:00

University of Sydney Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Entry Scholarship

This scholarship supports academically gifted Australian Indigenous students to commence tertiary study at the University of Sydney.The scholarship is valued at $10,000 and is tenable for one year only.

$10000 approx. total

1 Year

NSW

Open