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

Close: 03/01/2025

Established by the Lippmann family in her memory, the Lorna Lippmann Memorial Scholarship celebrates and recognises the contribution Lorna made to the Indigenous Australian community and Monash University, particularly as Co-Director of the Monash Indigenous Research Centre.

$6000 approx. total

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

Open

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 awar...

$50000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

6 scholarships offered

NSW

Closed

Open: 01/07/2025

Close: 31/07/2025

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: 01/08/2025

Close: 01/03/2026

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

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

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

Open

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

Open: 05/01/2026

Close: 08/02/2026

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

Open

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: 01/08/2025

Close: 01/03/2026

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 ...

$17500 approx. total

4 Years

VIC

Open

Open: 08/09/2025

Close: 13/04/2026

This scholarship encourages and support Australian Indigenous students to study the Master of Finance and Investment Management, equipping them with advanced finance and investment skills to contribute positively to their communities.

$20000 approx. total

1 Semester

QLD

Open

Open: 13/10/2025

Close: 15/06/2026

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

Open: 14/01/2026

Close: 15/02/2026

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

Value may vary

Duration of the Program

2 scholarships offered

QLD

Open

Open: 09/02/2026

Close: 11/05/2026

This Scholarship is maintained by the income from a gift of $50,000 by the McColl Family.

$4500 approx. total

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

QLD

Closed

Open: 09/09/2025

Close: 27/02/2026

This Scholarship will support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders completing coursework degrees relating to law and the legal industry.

$3000 approx. total

1 Year

QLD

Closed

Open: 09/09/2025

Close: 27/02/2026

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

Open: 13/01/2026

Close: 08/02/2026

This Scholarship support Indigenous students studying the Doctor of Medicine at UQ.

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

QLD

Closed

Open: 09/09/2025

Close: 27/02/2026

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

Close: 03/01/2025

Established by the Lippmann family in her memory, the Lorna Lippmann Memorial Scholarship celebrates and recognises the contribution Lorna made to the Indigenous Australian community and Monash University, particularly as Co-Director of the Monash Indigenous Research Centre.

$6000 approx. total

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

Open

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 awar...

$50000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

6 scholarships offered

NSW

Closed

Open: 01/07/2025

Close: 31/07/2025

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: 01/08/2025

Close: 01/03/2026

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

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

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

Open

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

Open: 05/01/2026

Close: 08/02/2026

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

Open

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: 01/08/2025

Close: 01/03/2026

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 ...

$17500 approx. total

4 Years

VIC

Open

Open: 08/09/2025

Close: 13/04/2026

This scholarship encourages and support Australian Indigenous students to study the Master of Finance and Investment Management, equipping them with advanced finance and investment skills to contribute positively to their communities.

$20000 approx. total

1 Semester

QLD

Open

Open: 13/10/2025

Close: 15/06/2026

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

Open: 14/01/2026

Close: 15/02/2026

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

Value may vary

Duration of the Program

2 scholarships offered

QLD

Open

Open: 09/02/2026

Close: 11/05/2026

This Scholarship is maintained by the income from a gift of $50,000 by the McColl Family.

$4500 approx. total

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

QLD

Closed

Open: 09/09/2025

Close: 27/02/2026

This Scholarship will support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders completing coursework degrees relating to law and the legal industry.

$3000 approx. total

1 Year

QLD

Closed

Open: 09/09/2025

Close: 27/02/2026

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

Open: 13/01/2026

Close: 08/02/2026

This Scholarship support Indigenous students studying the Doctor of Medicine at UQ.

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

QLD

Closed

Open: 09/09/2025

Close: 27/02/2026

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