7 Boorloo (Perth) commercial law firms (Allens, Clayton Utz, Clifford Chance, Herbert Smith Freehills, MinterEllison, Steinepreis Paganin and Thomas Geer) have launched the Bilya Boorn Scholarship. It aims to increase the representation and participation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander p...

$20000 approx. total

2 Years

WA

Open

Open: 12/01/2026

Close: 15/03/2026

The KPMG Indigenous Australian Business Scholarship provides support for Indigenous students studying an undergraduate degree at Griffith Business School affected by different types of educational disadvantage (financial hardship, educational disruption, disability or others) that have impacted t...

$11000 approx. total

3 Years

Open

Open: 28/01/2026

Close: 16/03/2026

This Scholarship provides financial assistance to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students who are experiencing educational disadvantage to undertake further studies at an honours or postgraduate (by coursework) level at Griffith University. 

$4000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

QLD

Open

Open: 20/01/2026

Close: 16/03/2026

The purpose of the scholarship is to provide assistance to students of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background to study economics with us at a postgraduate level. It will cover 100% of the tuition fees.

Value may vary

Duration of the Program

QLD

Open

Open: 19/01/2026

Close: 16/03/2026

The vision of this Scholarship is to encourage Indigenous Australian students to connect their experiences and university studies with First Nations stories and culture.  You will receive a study stipend of $5000 per semester for up to three years.

$30000 approx. total

3 Years

QLD

Open

Open: 15/12/2025

Close: 18/03/2026

This is a scholarship for current Indigenous Australian students studying in Civil Engineering. 

$10000 approx. total

1 Year

QLD

Open

Open: 15/12/2025

Close: 18/03/2026

This scholarship promotes Indigenous Australian studies by supporting the education of Indigenous Australian people in study relating to the life and works of Oodgeroo Noonuccal. Postgraduate scholarship of $10,000 to be offered annuallyUndergraduate scholarship of $7500 to offered annua...

$10000 approx. total

No Duration

2 scholarships offered

QLD

Open

Open: 19/01/2026

Close: 22/03/2026

This Scholarship was established in 2018 by Sue Boyce to honour and assist Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal women attaining an education at QUT and to honour the family legacy of the late Alfred E. Morey.

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

QLD

Open

Open: 16/01/2026

Close: 22/03/2026

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 stu...

$4000 approx. total

1 Year

2 scholarships offered

Open

Open: 01/10/2025

Close: 22/03/2026

The purpose of this Scholarship is to encourage, support and enable Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students enrolled in a postgraduate program through the School of Economics to purchase technology and travel back to Country during their studies at the University of Queensland.

$6000 approx. total

2 Years

QLD

Open

Open: 12/01/2026

Close: 23/03/2026

The purpose of this Scholarship is to provide assistance to students of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background who have a keen interest in economics and a demonstrated need for financial support.

Value may vary

Duration of the Program

QLD

Open

Open: 05/01/2026

Close: 23/03/2026

The Australian Academy of Law offers the Australian Academy of Law First Nations Scholarship tenable in the applicable year for a First Nations final year law student studying for the LLB or JD or combined Law degree at any Australian law school, or the Diploma in Law through the NSW Law Extensio...

$6000 approx. total

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

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

Open

Open: 22/01/2026

Close: 27/03/2026

The Veterans’ Fund Indigenous Scholarships support Native American, Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian, Indigenous Australian and Torres Strait Islander post 9/11 military veterans, to undertake a minimum of one-year full-time study in each other’s countries respectively. These scholarships will pr...

$40000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

Overseas

Open

Open: 01/01/2026

Close: 31/03/2026

The Graduate Education Indigenous Scholarships support Native American, Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian, Indigenous Australian and Torres Strait Islander individuals, to undertake full-time Graduate level study (Masters, Ph.D. or Postdoctoral Research) in each other’s countries respectively. The...

$40000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

2 scholarships offered

Overseas

Open

Open: 01/01/2026

Close: 31/03/2026

The American-Australian Arts Fund (AAAF) provides support of up to US $10,000 to emerging Native American, Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian, Indigenous Australian and Torres Strait Islander artists to study or undertake artistic development in each other’s countries respectively. The American Aust...

$10000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

15 scholarships offered

Overseas

Open

Open: 01/01/2026

Close: 31/03/2026

The Joan Cribb OAM Science Scholarship was established in 2022 to support students within the Faculty of Science facing financial hardship.

$4500 approx. total

1 Year

QLD

Open

Open: 01/01/2026

Close: 31/03/2026

The Sir Roland Wilson (SRW) Foundation Pat Turner scholarship (Coursework) provides high performing Indigenous Australian Public Service (APS) employees a 1-2-year full pay scholarship at ANU to undertake a postgraduate coursework program.

Value may vary

2 Years

3 scholarships offered

ACT

Open

Open: 15/10/2025

Close: 31/03/2026

This scholarship is designed to help Indigenous women excel in business at QUT.  You'll receive $5,000 over one year, paid in two-semester payments. 

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

QLD

Open

Open: 02/02/2026

Close: 05/04/2026

This Scholarship supports undergraduate Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students at UQ who are experiencing financial hardship. Its valued at $4,500 per year for the minimum duration of the degree.

$13000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

QLD

Not opened yet

Open: 09/03/2026

Close: 13/04/2026

This scholarship is for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students who are in an undergraduate degree at the Queensland College of Art and have experienced financial hardship and/or educational disadvantage.

$2000 approx. total

1 Year

QLD

Open

Open: 28/01/2026

Close: 13/04/2026

7 Boorloo (Perth) commercial law firms (Allens, Clayton Utz, Clifford Chance, Herbert Smith Freehills, MinterEllison, Steinepreis Paganin and Thomas Geer) have launched the Bilya Boorn Scholarship. It aims to increase the representation and participation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander p...

$20000 approx. total

2 Years

WA

Open

Open: 12/01/2026

Close: 15/03/2026

The KPMG Indigenous Australian Business Scholarship provides support for Indigenous students studying an undergraduate degree at Griffith Business School affected by different types of educational disadvantage (financial hardship, educational disruption, disability or others) that have impacted t...

$11000 approx. total

3 Years

Open

Open: 28/01/2026

Close: 16/03/2026

This Scholarship provides financial assistance to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students who are experiencing educational disadvantage to undertake further studies at an honours or postgraduate (by coursework) level at Griffith University. 

$4000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

QLD

Open

Open: 20/01/2026

Close: 16/03/2026

The purpose of the scholarship is to provide assistance to students of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background to study economics with us at a postgraduate level. It will cover 100% of the tuition fees.

Value may vary

Duration of the Program

QLD

Open

Open: 19/01/2026

Close: 16/03/2026

The vision of this Scholarship is to encourage Indigenous Australian students to connect their experiences and university studies with First Nations stories and culture.  You will receive a study stipend of $5000 per semester for up to three years.

$30000 approx. total

3 Years

QLD

Open

Open: 15/12/2025

Close: 18/03/2026

This is a scholarship for current Indigenous Australian students studying in Civil Engineering. 

$10000 approx. total

1 Year

QLD

Open

Open: 15/12/2025

Close: 18/03/2026

This scholarship promotes Indigenous Australian studies by supporting the education of Indigenous Australian people in study relating to the life and works of Oodgeroo Noonuccal. Postgraduate scholarship of $10,000 to be offered annuallyUndergraduate scholarship of $7500 to offered annua...

$10000 approx. total

No Duration

2 scholarships offered

QLD

Open

Open: 19/01/2026

Close: 22/03/2026

This Scholarship was established in 2018 by Sue Boyce to honour and assist Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal women attaining an education at QUT and to honour the family legacy of the late Alfred E. Morey.

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

QLD

Open

Open: 16/01/2026

Close: 22/03/2026

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 stu...

$4000 approx. total

1 Year

2 scholarships offered

Open

Open: 01/10/2025

Close: 22/03/2026

The purpose of this Scholarship is to encourage, support and enable Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students enrolled in a postgraduate program through the School of Economics to purchase technology and travel back to Country during their studies at the University of Queensland.

$6000 approx. total

2 Years

QLD

Open

Open: 12/01/2026

Close: 23/03/2026

The purpose of this Scholarship is to provide assistance to students of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background who have a keen interest in economics and a demonstrated need for financial support.

Value may vary

Duration of the Program

QLD

Open

Open: 05/01/2026

Close: 23/03/2026

The Australian Academy of Law offers the Australian Academy of Law First Nations Scholarship tenable in the applicable year for a First Nations final year law student studying for the LLB or JD or combined Law degree at any Australian law school, or the Diploma in Law through the NSW Law Extensio...

$6000 approx. total

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

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

Open

Open: 22/01/2026

Close: 27/03/2026

The Veterans’ Fund Indigenous Scholarships support Native American, Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian, Indigenous Australian and Torres Strait Islander post 9/11 military veterans, to undertake a minimum of one-year full-time study in each other’s countries respectively. These scholarships will pr...

$40000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

Overseas

Open

Open: 01/01/2026

Close: 31/03/2026

The Graduate Education Indigenous Scholarships support Native American, Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian, Indigenous Australian and Torres Strait Islander individuals, to undertake full-time Graduate level study (Masters, Ph.D. or Postdoctoral Research) in each other’s countries respectively. The...

$40000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

2 scholarships offered

Overseas

Open

Open: 01/01/2026

Close: 31/03/2026

The American-Australian Arts Fund (AAAF) provides support of up to US $10,000 to emerging Native American, Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian, Indigenous Australian and Torres Strait Islander artists to study or undertake artistic development in each other’s countries respectively. The American Aust...

$10000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

15 scholarships offered

Overseas

Open

Open: 01/01/2026

Close: 31/03/2026

The Joan Cribb OAM Science Scholarship was established in 2022 to support students within the Faculty of Science facing financial hardship.

$4500 approx. total

1 Year

QLD

Open

Open: 01/01/2026

Close: 31/03/2026

The Sir Roland Wilson (SRW) Foundation Pat Turner scholarship (Coursework) provides high performing Indigenous Australian Public Service (APS) employees a 1-2-year full pay scholarship at ANU to undertake a postgraduate coursework program.

Value may vary

2 Years

3 scholarships offered

ACT

Open

Open: 15/10/2025

Close: 31/03/2026

This scholarship is designed to help Indigenous women excel in business at QUT.  You'll receive $5,000 over one year, paid in two-semester payments. 

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

QLD

Open

Open: 02/02/2026

Close: 05/04/2026

This Scholarship supports undergraduate Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students at UQ who are experiencing financial hardship. Its valued at $4,500 per year for the minimum duration of the degree.

$13000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

QLD

Not opened yet

Open: 09/03/2026

Close: 13/04/2026

This scholarship is for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students who are in an undergraduate degree at the Queensland College of Art and have experienced financial hardship and/or educational disadvantage.

$2000 approx. total

1 Year

QLD

Open

Open: 28/01/2026

Close: 13/04/2026

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