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The Gregg Indigenous Scholarship

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Established in 2019, this Scholarship has been generously donated by Michael and Suzanne Gregg. It provides financial support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students students in the Faculty of Science or the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.

The Scholarship is valued at $20,000 and is tenable for one year only.

$20000 approx. total

1 Year

NSW

Closed

Open: 07/03/2025 2025-03-07T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 31/03/2025 2025-03-31T00:00:00+00:00

USSC Undergraduate Indigenous Scholarship

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This scholarship supports Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students who have completed one or more AMST or United States Studies Centre unit of study, including OLET2151, OLET2120 and OLET2107 at the University of Sydney.

$2500 approx. total

1 Year

NSW

Closed

Open: 16/05/2025 2025-05-16T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 07/07/2025 2025-07-07T00:00:00+00:00

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Accommodation Scholarship

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This scholarship was established to assist Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students who are living away from home and community. The scholarship covers the cost of accommodation, so you can concentrate on your studies and make the most of the university experience. The scholarship will cover the full cost of rent and application fee for the minimum duration of the recipient’s course. This does not include cleaning fees, damage or replacement of key/cards.

Value may vary

Duration of the Program

Closed

Open: 27/11/2025 2025-11-27T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 25/01/2026 2026-01-25T00:00:00+00:00

Mary MacKillop Scholarship

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Established by the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart, Queensland, through Australian Catholic University, to commemorate and honour the work of their foundress Mary MacKillop. This scholarship recognises and rewards undergraduate ACU students who can demonstrate support and involvement in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

$4000 approx. total

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

QLD

Closed

Open: 01/08/2025 2025-08-01T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 01/03/2026 2026-03-01T00:00:00+00:00

Nano Nagle Scholarship

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Established by the Presentation Sisters, Queensland Congregation, to commemorate and honour the work of their founder Nano Nagle. The specific goal of these scholarships is to encourage the development of leadership skills of emerging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders through professional preparation during their studies.

$4000 approx. total

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

QLD

Closed

Open: 01/08/2025 2025-08-01T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 01/03/2026 2026-03-01T00:00:00+00:00

St John of God Mental Health Services Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Scholarship

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Established in 2016, based on the foundational principles it is the desire of St John of God Health Care NSW Services to support ACU’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nursing students through a scholarship.

The St John of God Health Care (SJGHC) Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) expresses the desire to work collaboratively and respectfully with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the process of Reconciliation. Central to this is the goal of engaging in a manner that provides a range of services and opportunities to foster career opportunities within the mental health care sector.

The recipients will be offered optional paid work in the first year, consisting of a minimum two shifts per fortnight during the University team or as per hospital requirements at one of the two SJGHC Mental Health facilities. SJGHC will be supportive of the preference/location of the recipient where possible.

$20000 approx. total

3 Years

2 scholarships offered

NSW

Closed

Open: 23/10/2025 2025-10-23T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 01/03/2026 2026-03-01T00:00:00+00:00

Francis Xavier Conaci Scholarship

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Established in 2016 by ACU Vice Chancellor, Professor Greg Craven, this scholarship honours Francis Xavier Conaci, a young Aboriginal scholar who joined the Benedictines and travelled to Rome for his education. This scholarship will assist an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander ACU undertake study at the University's Rome campus.

$4000 approx. total

1 Year

2 scholarships offered

NSW, QLD, WA, VIC, SA, TAS, NT, ACT

Closed

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

Close: 22/03/2026 2026-03-22T00:00:00+00:00

ACU Law - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Equity Scholarship

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Established in 2013, the ACU Law - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Equity Scholarship is intended to assist students from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds.

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

2 scholarships offered

Closed

Open: 30/08/2023 2023-08-30T00:00:00+00:00

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

Gill Family Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Scholarship

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Established in 2014, the Gill Family Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Scholarship is intended to assist students from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds.

$4000 approx. total

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

VIC

Closed

Open: 01/08/2025 2025-08-01T00:00:00+00:00

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

Maev O'Collins Scholarship

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Emeritus Professor Ellen Maev O'Collins established this endowed scholarship in 2015 to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students undertaking health sciences and social work studies - she greatly serviced the people of Papua New Guinea with her studies and work in her career.

$3500 approx. total

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

ACT

Closed

Open: 01/08/2025 2025-08-01T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 01/03/2026 2026-03-01T00:00:00+00:00

The Bendi Lango Bursary

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The APS Bursary of Financial Assistance for People of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Descent (Bendi Lango bursary) was established by the Australian Psychological Society to support postgraduate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander psychology students.

$30000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

NSW, QLD, WA, VIC, SA, TAS, NT, ACT

Closed

Open: 10/12/2024 2024-12-10T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 31/05/2025 2025-05-31T00:00:00+00:00

Open: 10/12/2025 2025-12-10T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 31/05/2026 2026-05-31T00:00:00+00:00

RACS Career Enhancement Scholarship for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Medical Students

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The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Indigenous Health Committee in conjunction with the Foundation for Surgery is offering up to three scholarships to assist final year medical students, who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, to cover the costs of undertaking surgical-related education, training and/or research opportunities in Australia or New Zealand that will result in the acquisition of new knowledge and skills which strengthen their career portfolios.

$2000 approx. total

1 Year

3 scholarships offered

NSW, QLD, WA, VIC, SA, TAS, NT, ACT

Closed

Open: 25/03/2025 2025-03-25T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 05/05/2025 2025-05-05T00:00:00+00:00

RACP Indigenous Health Scholarship Program

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The RACP Indigenous Scholarship Program aims to support those Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand medical graduates and current RACP trainees, who identify as an Aboriginal person, Torres Strait Islander, Māori or Pacific Islander, that are on their chosen career path to becoming a Physician.

The Scholarships provide a funded pathway through Basic, Advanced, Faculty or Chapter training in Australia and/or Aotearoa New Zealand.

Value may vary

Duration of the Program

NSW, QLD, WA, VIC, SA, TAS, NT, ACT

Closed

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

Close: 30/11/2024 2024-11-30T00:00:00+00:00

AMA Indigenous Medical Scholarship

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The AMA recognises the critical importance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander doctors in contributing to better health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Established in 1994, the AMA Indigenous Medical Scholarship contributes to growing the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander doctors by supporting First Nations people who are studying a medical degree at an Australian university.

The value of the scholarship is $10,000 per annum which is paid in a lump sum, awarded the full course of study and subject to review at the end of each year.

$10000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

NSW, QLD, WA, VIC, SA, TAS, NT, ACT

Closed

Open: 01/11/2024 2024-11-01T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 31/01/2025 2025-01-31T00:00:00+00:00

Open: 01/11/2025 2025-11-01T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 31/01/2026 2026-01-31T00:00:00+00:00

The Lord’s Taverners Indigenous Knowledge Honours Scholarship

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The Lord Taverners' Indigenous Knowledge Honours Scholarship is awarded to an outstanding student undertaking the Bachelor of Indigenous Knowledge with Honours at SCU.

$7000 approx. total

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

QLD

Closed

Open: 12/01/2026 2026-01-12T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 15/02/2026 2026-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

The Beasley Family Scholarship in Medicine and Nursing

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The purpose of the Scholarship is to assist and encourage Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander students enrolled in the School of Medicine or the School of Nursing & Midwifery at The University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle.

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

2 scholarships offered

Closed

Open: 12/01/2026 2026-01-12T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 25/02/2026 2026-02-25T00:00:00+00:00

The Fr PJ McGuire Scholarship

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The purpose of the Scholarship is to support students of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent, with a preference for Kimberley students, studying at the Broome, Fremantle, or Sydney Campus of The University of Notre Dame Australia.

$2500 approx. total

1 Year

Closed

Open: 12/01/2026 2026-01-12T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 25/02/2026 2026-02-25T00:00:00+00:00

John Ross Clancy Indigenous Student Book Bursary

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In 2024, USQ will offer one John Ross Clancy Indigenous Student Bursary to support an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander student commencing their studies in a bachelor's degree.

The late John Ross Clancy was an advocate for Australian Indigenous affairs, and generously bequeathed funds to USQ to advance Australian Indigenous higher education. While John Ross Clancy had many achievements, both he and his wife, Lydia, were active in initiating the Black Women's Action group in the 1970s.

$2000 approx. total

1 Semester

1 scholarship offered

QLD

Closed

Open: 09/12/2025 2025-12-09T00:00:00+00:00

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

UWA Indigenous Achievement Scholarship

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The Commonwealth of Australia provides funds under the Indigenous Student Success Program to improve higher education access, encourage Indigenous people to commence an undergraduate degree course at The University of Western Australia and increase higher education participation and success for Indigenous people.

$3000 approx. total

1 Year

Closed

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

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

Indigenous Commonwealth Accommodation Scholarship

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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 participation and success for Indigenous people.

$20000 approx. total

3 Years

50 scholarships offered

Closed

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

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

The Gregg Indigenous Scholarship

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$20000 approx. total

1 Year

NSW

Closed

Open: 07/03/2025

Close: 31/03/2025

USSC Undergraduate Indigenous Scholarship

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$2500 approx. total

1 Year

NSW

Closed

Open: 16/05/2025

Close: 07/07/2025

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Accommodation Scholarship

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Value may vary

Duration of the Program

Closed

Open: 27/11/2025

Close: 25/01/2026

Mary MacKillop Scholarship

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$4000 approx. total

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

QLD

Closed

Open: 01/08/2025

Close: 01/03/2026

Nano Nagle Scholarship

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$4000 approx. total

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

QLD

Closed

Open: 01/08/2025

Close: 01/03/2026

St John of God Mental Health Services Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Scholarship

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$20000 approx. total

3 Years

2 scholarships offered

NSW

Closed

Open: 23/10/2025

Close: 01/03/2026

Francis Xavier Conaci Scholarship

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$4000 approx. total

1 Year

2 scholarships offered

NSW, QLD, WA, VIC, SA, TAS, NT, ACT

Closed

Open: 01/10/2025

Close: 22/03/2026

ACU Law - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Equity Scholarship

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Established in 2013, the ACU Law - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Equity Scholarship is intended to assist students from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds.

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

2 scholarships offered

Closed

Open: 30/08/2023

Close: 01/03/2024

Gill Family Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Scholarship

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Established in 2014, the Gill Family Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Scholarship is intended to assist students from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds.

$4000 approx. total

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

VIC

Closed

Open: 01/08/2025

Close: 01/03/2025

Maev O'Collins Scholarship

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$3500 approx. total

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

ACT

Closed

Open: 01/08/2025

Close: 01/03/2026

The Bendi Lango Bursary

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$30000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

NSW, QLD, WA, VIC, SA, TAS, NT, ACT

Closed

Open: 10/12/2024

Close: 31/05/2025

Open: 10/12/2025

Close: 31/05/2026

RACS Career Enhancement Scholarship for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Medical Students

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$2000 approx. total

1 Year

3 scholarships offered

NSW, QLD, WA, VIC, SA, TAS, NT, ACT

Closed

Open: 25/03/2025

Close: 05/05/2025

RACP Indigenous Health Scholarship Program

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Value may vary

Duration of the Program

NSW, QLD, WA, VIC, SA, TAS, NT, ACT

Closed

Open: 01/10/2024

Close: 30/11/2024

AMA Indigenous Medical Scholarship

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The value of the scholarship is $10,000 per annum which is paid in a lump sum, awarded the full course of study and subject to review at the end of each year.

$10000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

NSW, QLD, WA, VIC, SA, TAS, NT, ACT

Closed

Open: 01/11/2024

Close: 31/01/2025

Open: 01/11/2025

Close: 31/01/2026

The Lord’s Taverners Indigenous Knowledge Honours Scholarship

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The Lord Taverners' Indigenous Knowledge Honours Scholarship is awarded to an outstanding student undertaking the Bachelor of Indigenous Knowledge with Honours at SCU.

$7000 approx. total

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

QLD

Closed

Open: 12/01/2026

Close: 15/02/2026

The Beasley Family Scholarship in Medicine and Nursing

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$5000 approx. total

1 Year

2 scholarships offered

Closed

Open: 12/01/2026

Close: 25/02/2026

The Fr PJ McGuire Scholarship

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$2500 approx. total

1 Year

Closed

Open: 12/01/2026

Close: 25/02/2026

John Ross Clancy Indigenous Student Book Bursary

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In 2024, USQ will offer one John Ross Clancy Indigenous Student Bursary to support an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander student commencing their studies in a bachelor's degree.

$2000 approx. total

1 Semester

1 scholarship offered

QLD

Closed

Open: 09/12/2025

Close: 19/01/2026

UWA Indigenous Achievement Scholarship

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$3000 approx. total

1 Year

Closed

Open: 15/12/2025

Close: 03/03/2026

Indigenous Commonwealth Accommodation Scholarship

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$20000 approx. total

3 Years

50 scholarships offered

Closed

Open: 15/12/2025

Close: 03/03/2025

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