The Ma & Morley Scholarship Program was born to honour the life changing and enduring friendship between the successful Chinese entrepreneur Jack Ma and the respected Novocastrian Ken Morley through a program that aims to inspire, educate and cultivate the next generation of globally aware an...

$50000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

6 scholarships offered

NSW

Closed

Open: 01/07/2024

Close: 30/09/2024

Open: 30/06/2025

Close: 26/09/2025

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: 01/08/2023

Close: 01/03/2024

The Magabala Creative Development Scholarships support professional development activities relating to writing, illustration and storytelling, which may result in a manuscript for potential publication.  Aboriginal and Torres Strait storytellers, writers and illustrators and artists of a...

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

Closed

Close: 31/10/2024

Featured Promoted

This is a mid-career Fcholarship to allow an author to work on a current manuscript. This Fellowship is open to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander storytellers and writers who have previously published at least two books. Magabala welcomes submissions of junior, young adult and adult fiction, ...

$10000 approx. total

1 Year

Closed

Close: 31/10/2024

The objective of this scholarship is to encourage students to continue with tertiary education and to study their own culture and history. 

Value may vary

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

ACT

Closed

The Marcus Oldham Indigenous Scholarships are provided by Alan Blackburn, former lecturer at Marcus Oldham College. Alan is a highly respected member of the College community having lectured in Accounting and Finance for 24 years. The Marcus Oldham Indigenous Scholarships are to provide support f...

$25000 approx. total

1 Year

2 scholarships offered

Closed

Close: 10/03/2025

The Margaret and John Crutch Indigenous Midwifery Scholarship has been established in the memory of Margaret and John Crutch. Students that live on-campus will also be eligible for on-campus accommodation costs up to a maximum of $12,000 per annum. You must apply directly to Monash Residential S...

$18000 approx. total

1 Year

2 scholarships offered

Closed

Open: 07/01/2025

Close: 13/02/2025

Bond University is committed to providing opportunities in tertiary education for Indigenous Australians, including an Indigenous pathway into its Medical Program, which comprises of a Bachelor of Medical Studies and Doctor of Medicine.   50% of your school fees will be covered. 

Value may vary

Duration of the Program

QLD

Closed

Open: 09/01/2025

Close: 23/01/2025

Awards from the Margaret Ida Howie Fund are made to Indigenous Australian women in New South Wales who are undertaking tertiary study.

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

NSW

Closed

Close: 31/05/2025

Close: 31/05/2026

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 ...

$4000 approx. total

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

QLD

Closed

Open: 01/08/2023

Close: 01/03/2024

Mary MacKillop believed in the power of education to transform lives. In her legacy the Sisters of Saint Joseph have continued to empower individuals and communities by providing access to education. Since 1998 tertiary scholarships for the First Nation Peoples of the lands in which we live have ...

$17500 approx. total

4 Years

VIC

Closed

Open: 05/09/2024

Close: 07/01/2025

Lismore City Council has been supporting students who live in the Lismore Local Government area for many years by offering the Mayor of Lismore Scholarships. There are three Scholarships on offer for students studying an undergraduate degree at Southern Cross University's Lismore campus.&...

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

3 scholarships offered

NSW

Closed

Close: 16/02/2025

This Scholarship covers up to 25% of your tuition fees. 

Value may vary

Duration of the Program

2 scholarships offered

QLD

Closed

Open: 01/08/2025

Close: 16/09/2025

The McNair Foundation Indigenous Scholarship was established by the McNair Charitable Foundation in 2019 to support Indigenous students to complete their undergraduate studeis at the University of Newcastle.   This scholarship provides a benefit of $10,000 each year, paid as $5,000 ea...

$30000 approx. total

3 Years

1 scholarship offered

Closed

Close: 05/03/2025

If you are an Indigenous Australian intending to enrol or currently studying in the Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences, you may be eligible for this scholarship. It covers the cost of one year’s accommodation at Monash Residential Services.

$10000 approx. total

1 Year

Closed

Open: 07/01/2025

Close: 13/02/2025

This scholarship provides financial support to a Fist Nations Australian student studying at Charles Darwin University. 

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

NT

Closed

Open: 04/06/2025

Close: 25/07/2025

This scholarship is named after former Chancellor Ms Fay Marles in recognition of her strong commitment to social justice and human rights, and offered to research students from Australian Indigenous descent or students who are experiencing compassionate or compelling circumstances.   &...

$100000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

20 scholarships offered

VIC

Open

Open: 01/05/2025

Close: 31/10/2025

A suite of bursaries for Indigenous Australian students.

$15000 approx. total

1 Year

25 scholarships offered

VIC

Closed

Open: 01/01/2025

Close: 07/03/2025

This scholarship is available to talented students of Australian Indigenous descent. This scholarship offers 100% fee remission and up to $18,000    

$18000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

10 scholarships offered

VIC

Closed

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: 20/01/2025

Close: 16/02/2025

The Ma & Morley Scholarship Program was born to honour the life changing and enduring friendship between the successful Chinese entrepreneur Jack Ma and the respected Novocastrian Ken Morley through a program that aims to inspire, educate and cultivate the next generation of globally aware an...

$50000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

6 scholarships offered

NSW

Closed

Open: 01/07/2024

Close: 30/09/2024

Open: 30/06/2025

Close: 26/09/2025

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: 01/08/2023

Close: 01/03/2024

The Magabala Creative Development Scholarships support professional development activities relating to writing, illustration and storytelling, which may result in a manuscript for potential publication.  Aboriginal and Torres Strait storytellers, writers and illustrators and artists of a...

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

Closed

Close: 31/10/2024

Featured Promoted

This is a mid-career Fcholarship to allow an author to work on a current manuscript. This Fellowship is open to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander storytellers and writers who have previously published at least two books. Magabala welcomes submissions of junior, young adult and adult fiction, ...

$10000 approx. total

1 Year

Closed

Close: 31/10/2024

The objective of this scholarship is to encourage students to continue with tertiary education and to study their own culture and history. 

Value may vary

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

ACT

Closed

The Marcus Oldham Indigenous Scholarships are provided by Alan Blackburn, former lecturer at Marcus Oldham College. Alan is a highly respected member of the College community having lectured in Accounting and Finance for 24 years. The Marcus Oldham Indigenous Scholarships are to provide support f...

$25000 approx. total

1 Year

2 scholarships offered

Closed

Close: 10/03/2025

The Margaret and John Crutch Indigenous Midwifery Scholarship has been established in the memory of Margaret and John Crutch. Students that live on-campus will also be eligible for on-campus accommodation costs up to a maximum of $12,000 per annum. You must apply directly to Monash Residential S...

$18000 approx. total

1 Year

2 scholarships offered

Closed

Open: 07/01/2025

Close: 13/02/2025

Bond University is committed to providing opportunities in tertiary education for Indigenous Australians, including an Indigenous pathway into its Medical Program, which comprises of a Bachelor of Medical Studies and Doctor of Medicine.   50% of your school fees will be covered. 

Value may vary

Duration of the Program

QLD

Closed

Open: 09/01/2025

Close: 23/01/2025

Awards from the Margaret Ida Howie Fund are made to Indigenous Australian women in New South Wales who are undertaking tertiary study.

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

NSW

Closed

Close: 31/05/2025

Close: 31/05/2026

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 ...

$4000 approx. total

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

QLD

Closed

Open: 01/08/2023

Close: 01/03/2024

Mary MacKillop believed in the power of education to transform lives. In her legacy the Sisters of Saint Joseph have continued to empower individuals and communities by providing access to education. Since 1998 tertiary scholarships for the First Nation Peoples of the lands in which we live have ...

$17500 approx. total

4 Years

VIC

Closed

Open: 05/09/2024

Close: 07/01/2025

Lismore City Council has been supporting students who live in the Lismore Local Government area for many years by offering the Mayor of Lismore Scholarships. There are three Scholarships on offer for students studying an undergraduate degree at Southern Cross University's Lismore campus.&...

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

3 scholarships offered

NSW

Closed

Close: 16/02/2025

This Scholarship covers up to 25% of your tuition fees. 

Value may vary

Duration of the Program

2 scholarships offered

QLD

Closed

Open: 01/08/2025

Close: 16/09/2025

The McNair Foundation Indigenous Scholarship was established by the McNair Charitable Foundation in 2019 to support Indigenous students to complete their undergraduate studeis at the University of Newcastle.   This scholarship provides a benefit of $10,000 each year, paid as $5,000 ea...

$30000 approx. total

3 Years

1 scholarship offered

Closed

Close: 05/03/2025

If you are an Indigenous Australian intending to enrol or currently studying in the Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences, you may be eligible for this scholarship. It covers the cost of one year’s accommodation at Monash Residential Services.

$10000 approx. total

1 Year

Closed

Open: 07/01/2025

Close: 13/02/2025

This scholarship provides financial support to a Fist Nations Australian student studying at Charles Darwin University. 

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

NT

Closed

Open: 04/06/2025

Close: 25/07/2025

This scholarship is named after former Chancellor Ms Fay Marles in recognition of her strong commitment to social justice and human rights, and offered to research students from Australian Indigenous descent or students who are experiencing compassionate or compelling circumstances.   &...

$100000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

20 scholarships offered

VIC

Open

Open: 01/05/2025

Close: 31/10/2025

A suite of bursaries for Indigenous Australian students.

$15000 approx. total

1 Year

25 scholarships offered

VIC

Closed

Open: 01/01/2025

Close: 07/03/2025

This scholarship is available to talented students of Australian Indigenous descent. This scholarship offers 100% fee remission and up to $18,000    

$18000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

10 scholarships offered

VIC

Closed

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: 20/01/2025

Close: 16/02/2025

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