John Marsden had a passion for law, a love of life and a commitment to minority groups within our community and less privileged individuals and communities.John was a product of south west Sydney. He was born and raised at Campbelltown, and on completion of his law degree at the University of Syd...

$5000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

NSW

Closed

The Hawkesbury College Foundation was established in 1982 by the (then) Hawkesbury Agricultural College as a charitable entity designed to support the College.The UWS Hawkesbury Foundation Board remains committed to the support of the Hawkesbury Campus of UWS whilst also supporting the growing re...

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

NSW

Closed

Close: 06/01/2026

Each year the Tjabal Indigenous Higher Education Centre, ANU College of Health & Medicine, ANU College of Science, and ANU College of Engineering & Computer Science may offer the Indigenous Science and Engineering Undergraduate Scholarship.

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

ACT

Closed

This scholarship is provided by the friends of Charles Sturt University, the many service organisations, individuals and corporations throughout our region who give generously via the Charles Sturt University Foundation Trust in support of the University and its students. Their gifts allow Cha...

$5000 approx. total

1 Semester

NSW

Closed

Close: 13/01/2025

The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) is the national professional organisation for the Australian library and information services sector. Together we seek to empower the profession through the development, promotion and delivery of quality library and information services...

$5000 approx. total

1 Semester

NSW

Closed

Close: 10/02/2025

Thomas Scahill was the first member of his family to go to university, and it opened his eyes up to a much bigger world. Originally studying Dentistry in Australia, he subsequently went to the United Kingdom to further his experience. Whilst there, the opportunity arose for him to engage in fu...

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

NSW

Closed

Close: 10/02/2025

The WA Department of Health provides funds to the University of Western Australia through the Health Pathways Grant program to provide scholarships to improve Indigenous student access in postgraduate health courses at the University and support the transition into health related employment.&...

$5000 approx. total

No Duration

WA

Closed

The Aboriginal Transition Grant recognises and encourages students who have completed UniSA’s Aboriginal Pathway Program (APP) to transition to undergraduate studies in UniSA.

$5000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

SA

Closed

This bursary is awarded annually by the Riawunna Centre, which provides a welcoming space for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to meet, study and access academic and pastoral support and assistance.   These are funded through the Federal Government's Indigenous Studen...

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

TAS

Closed

Open: 09/05/2025

Close: 30/06/2025

In honour and respect for the AEC’s Founder Mr Alan Duncan the AEC has established an annual scholarship for Indigenous Australian men in New South Wales who are undertaking tertiary study.

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

NSW

Closed

Close: 30/06/2025

Close: 30/06/2026

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

Lambert McBride was an Aboriginal advocate and lobbyist for Queensland Indigenous rights. Mr McBride believed in the value of education for progress and encouraged Indigenous people to get a good education. To honour his work the Queensland Government established the bursary as part of their cele...

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

QLD

Closed

Close: 13/12/2024

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

The Ngalaya First Nations Law Scholarship was established by Ngalaya Indigenous Corporation, the peak body for First Nations lawyers and law students in NSW/ACT to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students pursuing a law degree in NSW and the ACT. The scholarship is available with su...

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

Closed

Close: 16/08/2024

The Taplin Indigenous Bursary for International Education has been established by Emeritus Professor John Taplin to support the expenses of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students or staff involving engagement with other First-Nations peoples overseas. The bursaries are open to both curr...

$5000 approx. total

1 Semester

2 scholarships offered

SA

Closed

Open: 02/12/2024

Close: 07/03/2025

This scholarship, introduced in 2016, is made possible by generous donations to the Australian Nurses Memorial Centre. The ANMC recognises the contribution of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nurses to the health and well-being of the community. We are pleased to continue support of our Ind...

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

Closed

Open: 01/07/2024

Close: 31/08/2024

Open: 01/07/2025

Close: 31/08/2025

The Australian Dental Health Foundation, supported by the Dental Hygienists Association of Australia (DHAA), is offering up to 3 Study Grants to students of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander background who are undertaking a course of study that will lead to registration as a Dental Hygienist o...

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

Closed

Open: 01/03/2024

Close: 31/05/2024

Open: 01/03/2025

Close: 31/05/2025

This scholarship has been established by donations made to the Dr Bill Jonas Memorial Indigenous Fund. The fund was established with donations form the Wollotuka Institute, friends, family and community members who wished to honour Dr Bill Jonas' significant contribution to Wollotuka and the ...

$5000 approx. total

No Duration

1 scholarship offered

NSW

Closed

Close: 03/03/2025

This scholarship is open to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander full and part-time students of the University of South Australia who are, or will be, entering their final year of an undergraduate or an Honours year.  

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

SA

Closed

Open: 20/01/2025

Close: 14/03/2025

This scholarship was established to support a student undertaking a part time or full time Bachelor of Arts or Arts (Honours) student, who demonstrate similar qualities of Tracey Banivanua. to be a voice for 'their people:' communities and nations across the Pacific, women everywhere figh...

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

VIC

Closed

Open: 14/10/2024

Close: 28/01/2025

John Marsden had a passion for law, a love of life and a commitment to minority groups within our community and less privileged individuals and communities.John was a product of south west Sydney. He was born and raised at Campbelltown, and on completion of his law degree at the University of Syd...

$5000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

NSW

Closed

The Hawkesbury College Foundation was established in 1982 by the (then) Hawkesbury Agricultural College as a charitable entity designed to support the College.The UWS Hawkesbury Foundation Board remains committed to the support of the Hawkesbury Campus of UWS whilst also supporting the growing re...

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

NSW

Closed

Close: 06/01/2026

Each year the Tjabal Indigenous Higher Education Centre, ANU College of Health & Medicine, ANU College of Science, and ANU College of Engineering & Computer Science may offer the Indigenous Science and Engineering Undergraduate Scholarship.

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

ACT

Closed

This scholarship is provided by the friends of Charles Sturt University, the many service organisations, individuals and corporations throughout our region who give generously via the Charles Sturt University Foundation Trust in support of the University and its students. Their gifts allow Cha...

$5000 approx. total

1 Semester

NSW

Closed

Close: 13/01/2025

The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) is the national professional organisation for the Australian library and information services sector. Together we seek to empower the profession through the development, promotion and delivery of quality library and information services...

$5000 approx. total

1 Semester

NSW

Closed

Close: 10/02/2025

Thomas Scahill was the first member of his family to go to university, and it opened his eyes up to a much bigger world. Originally studying Dentistry in Australia, he subsequently went to the United Kingdom to further his experience. Whilst there, the opportunity arose for him to engage in fu...

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

NSW

Closed

Close: 10/02/2025

The WA Department of Health provides funds to the University of Western Australia through the Health Pathways Grant program to provide scholarships to improve Indigenous student access in postgraduate health courses at the University and support the transition into health related employment.&...

$5000 approx. total

No Duration

WA

Closed

The Aboriginal Transition Grant recognises and encourages students who have completed UniSA’s Aboriginal Pathway Program (APP) to transition to undergraduate studies in UniSA.

$5000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

SA

Closed

This bursary is awarded annually by the Riawunna Centre, which provides a welcoming space for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to meet, study and access academic and pastoral support and assistance.   These are funded through the Federal Government's Indigenous Studen...

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

TAS

Closed

Open: 09/05/2025

Close: 30/06/2025

In honour and respect for the AEC’s Founder Mr Alan Duncan the AEC has established an annual scholarship for Indigenous Australian men in New South Wales who are undertaking tertiary study.

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

NSW

Closed

Close: 30/06/2025

Close: 30/06/2026

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

Lambert McBride was an Aboriginal advocate and lobbyist for Queensland Indigenous rights. Mr McBride believed in the value of education for progress and encouraged Indigenous people to get a good education. To honour his work the Queensland Government established the bursary as part of their cele...

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

QLD

Closed

Close: 13/12/2024

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

The Ngalaya First Nations Law Scholarship was established by Ngalaya Indigenous Corporation, the peak body for First Nations lawyers and law students in NSW/ACT to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students pursuing a law degree in NSW and the ACT. The scholarship is available with su...

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

Closed

Close: 16/08/2024

The Taplin Indigenous Bursary for International Education has been established by Emeritus Professor John Taplin to support the expenses of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students or staff involving engagement with other First-Nations peoples overseas. The bursaries are open to both curr...

$5000 approx. total

1 Semester

2 scholarships offered

SA

Closed

Open: 02/12/2024

Close: 07/03/2025

This scholarship, introduced in 2016, is made possible by generous donations to the Australian Nurses Memorial Centre. The ANMC recognises the contribution of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nurses to the health and well-being of the community. We are pleased to continue support of our Ind...

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

Closed

Open: 01/07/2024

Close: 31/08/2024

Open: 01/07/2025

Close: 31/08/2025

The Australian Dental Health Foundation, supported by the Dental Hygienists Association of Australia (DHAA), is offering up to 3 Study Grants to students of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander background who are undertaking a course of study that will lead to registration as a Dental Hygienist o...

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

Closed

Open: 01/03/2024

Close: 31/05/2024

Open: 01/03/2025

Close: 31/05/2025

This scholarship has been established by donations made to the Dr Bill Jonas Memorial Indigenous Fund. The fund was established with donations form the Wollotuka Institute, friends, family and community members who wished to honour Dr Bill Jonas' significant contribution to Wollotuka and the ...

$5000 approx. total

No Duration

1 scholarship offered

NSW

Closed

Close: 03/03/2025

This scholarship is open to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander full and part-time students of the University of South Australia who are, or will be, entering their final year of an undergraduate or an Honours year.  

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

SA

Closed

Open: 20/01/2025

Close: 14/03/2025

This scholarship was established to support a student undertaking a part time or full time Bachelor of Arts or Arts (Honours) student, who demonstrate similar qualities of Tracey Banivanua. to be a voice for 'their people:' communities and nations across the Pacific, women everywhere figh...

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

VIC

Closed

Open: 14/10/2024

Close: 28/01/2025

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