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

WA

Closed

Open: 12/01/2026

Close: 25/02/2026

The purpose of the Scholarship is to provide support for Aboriginal students to access and attain tertiary qualifications in health and human services or related disciplines, increase Aboriginal student awareness of the health sector employment opportunities and networks, to increase access to health services by Aboriginal communities, families and individuals through a skilled Aboriginal health workforce.
It is offered within the following Schools:
School of Health Sciences;
School of Medicine;
School of Nursing and Midwifery; or
School of Physiotherapy.
The Scholarship provides financial support to recipients which may be used to assist with general living and educational expenses.

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

7 scholarships offered

WA

Open

A scholarship provided by the Australian Government to assist Indigenous students with the costs of studying at university.

Scholarship benefits:

$6000 per annum (48 credit points of study) until the minimum points for your degree are completed.

$5000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

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

Closed

Open: 07/01/2025

Close: 13/02/2025

If you are an Indigenous Australian and intending to enrol in a single unit of study at Monash for an undergraduate degree, you may be eligible for this scholarship. You will receive funding for single units up to $5000.

$5000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

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

Open

SAGE Publishing empowers researchers, educators and institutions to shape the future. As a global academic publisher of books, journals, and a growing suite of library products and services, SAGE’s mission is to build bridges to knowledge. To this end SAGE Publications Asia-Pacific are providing funding for a Higher Degree by Research (HDR) grant to Australian Indigenous HDR students at James Cook University.

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

QLD

Closed

Open: 01/03/2024

Close: 15/05/2024

Established in 2003 by Carolyn Dixon, a psychiatric mental-health nurse, in memory of her mother Thelma Myers. The purpose of the scholarship is to encourage and facilitate Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander nurses and midwives to continue their studies at a postgraduate level. The donor hopes the scholarship will be seen as a part of a reconciliation process, through the further education of the individual student and their care to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community. 

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

QLD

Closed

Open: 01/10/2024

Close: 10/01/2025

The Department for Health and Wellbeing offers an Aboriginal Health Scholarship Program in partnership with Australian Rotary Health. The program aims to increase the number of professionally qualified Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people working in the South Australian health sector.

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

SA

Open

The Amy Levai Aboriginal teaching scholarship – secondary supports Aboriginal senior secondary school students in South Australian government schools interested in a teaching career in public education.

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

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

Open

To pay tribute to the life and work of Aunty Ida, the Department of Health and Human Services administers an annual Scholarship in her name. The Ida West Aboriginal Health Scholarship provides financial assistance to Aboriginal students completing a formal qualification at university or vocational education (such as TAFE) in a health and or human services related field.

$5000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

TAS

Closed

Open: 01/01/2026

Close: 08/02/2026

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 addressed the financial barriers faced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and supported them to access and achieve their academic goals.

$5000 approx. total

4 Years

VIC

Closed

Open: 10/06/2026

Close: 08/07/2026

This scholarship offers up to $5000 per year for up to 4 years. You must be an active participant in the Pathways to Dreaming program throughout high school, including attending opportunities provided by the program. 

$5000 approx. total

4 Years

NSW

Closed

Open: 22/12/2025

Close: 02/02/2026

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 Sydney, commenced practice in Campbelltown. That practice, now known as Marsdens Law Group, is the biggest and most successful in south west Sydney.

John was active in all areas of the community both locally within the State and nationally. His involvement ranged through the arts world, sporting world and human rights. As President of the Council for Civil Liberties he developed his commitment to the less privileged and those suffering discrimination and intolerance. In particular, he had a passion for the plight of our indigenous community and gay and lesbian men and women.

A gay man himself, John was proud of who he was. Yet, he recognised the discrimination that was rife throughout the community, particularly against gay and lesbian people and our indigenous brothers. On his death in 2006, a fund was established in John's name to assist in the education of young gay and lesbian people and young indigenous people.

$5000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

NSW

Open

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 Charles Sturt University to offer more than 200 Foundation scholarships each year to students across the campuses of CSU.

$5000 approx. total

1 Semester

NSW

Closed

Open: 06/01/2026

Close: 20/01/2026

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 to the nation, through leadership, advocacy and mutual professional support. This scholarship supports Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and South Sea Islander School of Information Studies students to gain ALIA Accredited Library and Information Science qualifications.

$5000 approx. total

1 Semester

NSW

Closed

Open: 28/01/2026

Close: 04/02/2026

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 further study, and he subsequently became a Fellow of the Royal College of Dental Surgeons. On return to Australia he was invited to become involved with the Clinical school, and commenced lecturing around Australia, America and the South Pacific Islands. Tom was passionate about education as well as the opportunities it afforded, to such an extent he was able to convince his wife Elizabeth to enrol in a Bachelor Degree. He was an avid reader, and a great talker (‘but tell me a dentist who isn’t!’ his wife Elizabeth notes) as well as a firm believer that if you are going to do something, then you’d better do it well.

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

NSW

Closed

Open: 05/01/2026

Close: 04/02/2026

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

Open

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

Open

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 Student Success Program (ISSP).

$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

Open: 28/01/2026

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

Open

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

WA

Closed

Open: 12/01/2026

Close: 25/02/2026

The purpose of the Scholarship is to provide support for Aboriginal students to access and attain tertiary qualifications in health and human services or related disciplines, increase Aboriginal student awareness of the health sector employment opportunities and networks, to increase access to health services by Aboriginal communities, families and individuals through a skilled Aboriginal health workforce.
It is offered within the following Schools:
School of Health Sciences;
School of Medicine;
School of Nursing and Midwifery; or
School of Physiotherapy.
The Scholarship provides financial support to recipients which may be used to assist with general living and educational expenses.

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

7 scholarships offered

WA

Open

A scholarship provided by the Australian Government to assist Indigenous students with the costs of studying at university.

Scholarship benefits:

$6000 per annum (48 credit points of study) until the minimum points for your degree are completed.

$5000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

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

Closed

Open: 07/01/2025

Close: 13/02/2025

If you are an Indigenous Australian and intending to enrol in a single unit of study at Monash for an undergraduate degree, you may be eligible for this scholarship. You will receive funding for single units up to $5000.

$5000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

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

Open

SAGE Publishing empowers researchers, educators and institutions to shape the future. As a global academic publisher of books, journals, and a growing suite of library products and services, SAGE’s mission is to build bridges to knowledge. To this end SAGE Publications Asia-Pacific are providing funding for a Higher Degree by Research (HDR) grant to Australian Indigenous HDR students at James Cook University.

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

QLD

Closed

Open: 01/03/2024

Close: 15/05/2024

Established in 2003 by Carolyn Dixon, a psychiatric mental-health nurse, in memory of her mother Thelma Myers. The purpose of the scholarship is to encourage and facilitate Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander nurses and midwives to continue their studies at a postgraduate level. The donor hopes the scholarship will be seen as a part of a reconciliation process, through the further education of the individual student and their care to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community. 

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

QLD

Closed

Open: 01/10/2024

Close: 10/01/2025

The Department for Health and Wellbeing offers an Aboriginal Health Scholarship Program in partnership with Australian Rotary Health. The program aims to increase the number of professionally qualified Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people working in the South Australian health sector.

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

SA

Open

The Amy Levai Aboriginal teaching scholarship – secondary supports Aboriginal senior secondary school students in South Australian government schools interested in a teaching career in public education.

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

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

Open

To pay tribute to the life and work of Aunty Ida, the Department of Health and Human Services administers an annual Scholarship in her name. The Ida West Aboriginal Health Scholarship provides financial assistance to Aboriginal students completing a formal qualification at university or vocational education (such as TAFE) in a health and or human services related field.

$5000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

TAS

Closed

Open: 01/01/2026

Close: 08/02/2026

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 addressed the financial barriers faced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and supported them to access and achieve their academic goals.

$5000 approx. total

4 Years

VIC

Closed

Open: 10/06/2026

Close: 08/07/2026

This scholarship offers up to $5000 per year for up to 4 years. You must be an active participant in the Pathways to Dreaming program throughout high school, including attending opportunities provided by the program. 

$5000 approx. total

4 Years

NSW

Closed

Open: 22/12/2025

Close: 02/02/2026

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 Sydney, commenced practice in Campbelltown. That practice, now known as Marsdens Law Group, is the biggest and most successful in south west Sydney.

John was active in all areas of the community both locally within the State and nationally. His involvement ranged through the arts world, sporting world and human rights. As President of the Council for Civil Liberties he developed his commitment to the less privileged and those suffering discrimination and intolerance. In particular, he had a passion for the plight of our indigenous community and gay and lesbian men and women.

A gay man himself, John was proud of who he was. Yet, he recognised the discrimination that was rife throughout the community, particularly against gay and lesbian people and our indigenous brothers. On his death in 2006, a fund was established in John's name to assist in the education of young gay and lesbian people and young indigenous people.

$5000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

NSW

Open

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 Charles Sturt University to offer more than 200 Foundation scholarships each year to students across the campuses of CSU.

$5000 approx. total

1 Semester

NSW

Closed

Open: 06/01/2026

Close: 20/01/2026

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 to the nation, through leadership, advocacy and mutual professional support. This scholarship supports Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and South Sea Islander School of Information Studies students to gain ALIA Accredited Library and Information Science qualifications.

$5000 approx. total

1 Semester

NSW

Closed

Open: 28/01/2026

Close: 04/02/2026

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 further study, and he subsequently became a Fellow of the Royal College of Dental Surgeons. On return to Australia he was invited to become involved with the Clinical school, and commenced lecturing around Australia, America and the South Pacific Islands. Tom was passionate about education as well as the opportunities it afforded, to such an extent he was able to convince his wife Elizabeth to enrol in a Bachelor Degree. He was an avid reader, and a great talker (‘but tell me a dentist who isn’t!’ his wife Elizabeth notes) as well as a firm believer that if you are going to do something, then you’d better do it well.

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

NSW

Closed

Open: 05/01/2026

Close: 04/02/2026

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

Open

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

Open

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 Student Success Program (ISSP).

$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

Open: 28/01/2026

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

Open

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