This scholarship was established to provide support and encouragement to students studying in STEM courses at JCU. 

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

4 scholarships offered

QLD

Closed

Open: 01/10/2024

Close: 10/01/2025

Strive Occupational Rehabilitation aims to support pathways and the academic development and achievement of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the field of Occupational Therapy. To this end, they are establishing this undergraduate scholarship at JCU 

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

QLD

Closed

Open: 24/03/2025

Close: 16/05/2025

This Scholarship supports the academic achievement of Indigenous students at JCU. 

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

4 scholarships offered

QLD

Closed

Open: 01/10/2024

Close: 10/01/2025

This scholarship is an expansion of Colgate's Bright Smiles Bright Futures school based program. 

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

NSW

Closed

Open: 06/01/2026

Close: 20/01/2026

Established by USYD's Faculty of Medicine and Health, this Scholarship is to assist Indigenous students to undertake a course in a wide range of health-related professions.

This scholarship is to assist a student to gain an education that will in turn enable them to use this education for the benefit of other Indigenous people in some of our remote areas.

$5000 approx. total

No Duration

NSW

Closed

Open: 01/12/2024

Close: 21/02/2025

GlobalHealth Education’s Healthcare Education Scholarship for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
Receive assistance with your undergraduate or postgraduate education costs with this $5,000 scholarship.
At GlobalHealth Education, we are passionate about supporting healthcare students on their education journey. This is why we have created our Healthcare Education Scholarship to provide financial support to a health student who experiences financial disadvantage and has the potential for a far-reaching positive impact on the community. The scholarship award money can be used for tuition fees, learning materials, course equipment and travel costs.

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

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

Closed

Open: 07/01/2026

Close: 27/02/2026

This Scholarship was established in 2023 from the bequest of John Nesbit.

$5000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

6 scholarships offered

QLD

Closed

Open: 09/09/2025

Close: 27/02/2026

The purpose of this Scholarship is to encourage and support Indigenous domestic postgraduate coursework students of the Business School by making a contribution toward living costs.

$5000 approx. total

1 Semester

1 scholarship offered

QLD

Open

Open: 20/10/2025

Close: 20/07/2026

This Scholarship was established to provide opportunities for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students to pursue academic and professional careers in archaeology and cultural heritage, to ultimately achieve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander led positive cultural heritage outcomes.

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

QLD

Closed

Open: 02/03/2026

Close: 20/04/2026

The RACDS recognises that people of Indigenous backgrounds face many challenges, including opportunities to undertake further professional development. The RACDS is committed to supporting Indigenous people to be future leaders of the College and the profession.

 

The RACDS First Nations Scholarship aims to support funding of Indigenous dentists throughout Oceania to undertake further training or education, either internal or external to the College. This could be in dentistry or leadership/management/governance.

 

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

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

Closed

Open: 01/12/2025

Close: 01/03/2026

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

Closed

Open: 16/01/2026

Close: 22/03/2026

The Garawa Nursing Scholarship supports third-year Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander nursing students in undertaking a clinical placement in rural NT. 

 

You'll receive a scholarship valued at up to $5000, paid in full at the commencement and/or during the scholarship placement, to be spent towards travel, accommodation and some living expenses whilst on placement. The flights and accommodation will be arranged internally by the School of Nursing. 

$5000 approx. total

1 Semester

QLD

Closed

Open: 21/07/2025

Close: 31/01/2026

This Scholarship was established in 2024 by Dr Sharlene Leroy-Dyer, Saltwater woman, with family ties to the Darug, Awabakal, Garigal and Wiradyuri peoples of NSW. Sharlene is an Aboriginal academic in the UQ Business School. Through this gift, Sharlene seeks to empower Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to pursue their ambitions within business, innovation, and entrepreneurship, with a preferential focus on students enrolled or intending to enrol within the School of Business. Sharlene seeks to ensure that the financial commitment required to access higher education is not a barrier to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students striving to achieve their goals year after year. By making this donation, Dr Leroy-Dyer will be the first UQ Aboriginal academic to establish an endowed UQ Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander scholarship fund, inspiring others in academia and broader community to follow in her footsteps. The scholarship's name, Ngupaiyiko Yammaliko, means giving back in Awabakal language.

$4500 approx. total

Duration of the Program

1 scholarship offered

QLD

Closed

Open: 09/09/2025

Close: 27/02/2026

This Scholarship was established in 2024 under the Queensland Commitment and UQef initiatives and maintained by the income from gifts from Dr Catherine Lawrence, Mr Geoff Lawrence and Alumni Friends.

$4500 approx. total

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

QLD

Closed

Open: 09/09/2025

Close: 27/02/2026

This Scholarship was established in 2020 by a donation from Feona Walker in partnership with the Alumni Friends under the Create Change Scholarship Match Initiative. The Scholarship is maintained by income generated from the underlying endowment fund.

$4500 approx. total

Duration of the Program

1 scholarship offered

QLD

Closed

Open: 09/09/2025

Close: 27/02/2026

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

Closed

Open: 01/01/2026

Close: 31/03/2026

This Scholarship was established under the Queensland Commitment initiative and maintained by the income from gifts from Dr Peter Clark Ryan and Dr Edith Hampson and Alumni Friends.

$4500 approx. total

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

QLD

Closed

Open: 09/09/2025

Close: 27/02/2026

This Scholarship was established by Commonwealth Bank to further their longstanding commitment to the financial wellbeing, education and career pathway opportunities of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. 

$4500 approx. total

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

QLD

Closed

Open: 09/09/2025

Close: 27/02/2026

This Scholarship was established in 2018 by Dr Graham Colditz. In 2023, an additional gift was matched under The Queensland Commitment. Dr Colditz created the Scholarship in memory of his late father, Dr Gordon Colditz and his late mother, Mrs Joan Colditz.

$4500 approx. total

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

QLD

Closed

Open: 09/09/2025

Close: 27/02/2026

This Scholarship was established by a donation from Professor Fred D'Agostino to honour the life of UQ colleague, Fiona Kennedy.

$4500 approx. total

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

QLD

Closed

Open: 09/09/2025

Close: 27/02/2026

This scholarship was established to provide support and encouragement to students studying in STEM courses at JCU. 

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

4 scholarships offered

QLD

Closed

Open: 01/10/2024

Close: 10/01/2025

Strive Occupational Rehabilitation aims to support pathways and the academic development and achievement of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the field of Occupational Therapy. To this end, they are establishing this undergraduate scholarship at JCU 

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

QLD

Closed

Open: 24/03/2025

Close: 16/05/2025

This Scholarship supports the academic achievement of Indigenous students at JCU. 

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

4 scholarships offered

QLD

Closed

Open: 01/10/2024

Close: 10/01/2025

This scholarship is an expansion of Colgate's Bright Smiles Bright Futures school based program. 

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

NSW

Closed

Open: 06/01/2026

Close: 20/01/2026

Established by USYD's Faculty of Medicine and Health, this Scholarship is to assist Indigenous students to undertake a course in a wide range of health-related professions.

This scholarship is to assist a student to gain an education that will in turn enable them to use this education for the benefit of other Indigenous people in some of our remote areas.

$5000 approx. total

No Duration

NSW

Closed

Open: 01/12/2024

Close: 21/02/2025

GlobalHealth Education’s Healthcare Education Scholarship for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
Receive assistance with your undergraduate or postgraduate education costs with this $5,000 scholarship.
At GlobalHealth Education, we are passionate about supporting healthcare students on their education journey. This is why we have created our Healthcare Education Scholarship to provide financial support to a health student who experiences financial disadvantage and has the potential for a far-reaching positive impact on the community. The scholarship award money can be used for tuition fees, learning materials, course equipment and travel costs.

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

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

Closed

Open: 07/01/2026

Close: 27/02/2026

This Scholarship was established in 2023 from the bequest of John Nesbit.

$5000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

6 scholarships offered

QLD

Closed

Open: 09/09/2025

Close: 27/02/2026

The purpose of this Scholarship is to encourage and support Indigenous domestic postgraduate coursework students of the Business School by making a contribution toward living costs.

$5000 approx. total

1 Semester

1 scholarship offered

QLD

Open

Open: 20/10/2025

Close: 20/07/2026

This Scholarship was established to provide opportunities for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students to pursue academic and professional careers in archaeology and cultural heritage, to ultimately achieve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander led positive cultural heritage outcomes.

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

QLD

Closed

Open: 02/03/2026

Close: 20/04/2026

The RACDS recognises that people of Indigenous backgrounds face many challenges, including opportunities to undertake further professional development. The RACDS is committed to supporting Indigenous people to be future leaders of the College and the profession.

 

The RACDS First Nations Scholarship aims to support funding of Indigenous dentists throughout Oceania to undertake further training or education, either internal or external to the College. This could be in dentistry or leadership/management/governance.

 

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

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

Closed

Open: 01/12/2025

Close: 01/03/2026

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

Closed

Open: 16/01/2026

Close: 22/03/2026

The Garawa Nursing Scholarship supports third-year Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander nursing students in undertaking a clinical placement in rural NT. 

 

You'll receive a scholarship valued at up to $5000, paid in full at the commencement and/or during the scholarship placement, to be spent towards travel, accommodation and some living expenses whilst on placement. The flights and accommodation will be arranged internally by the School of Nursing. 

$5000 approx. total

1 Semester

QLD

Closed

Open: 21/07/2025

Close: 31/01/2026

This Scholarship was established in 2024 by Dr Sharlene Leroy-Dyer, Saltwater woman, with family ties to the Darug, Awabakal, Garigal and Wiradyuri peoples of NSW. Sharlene is an Aboriginal academic in the UQ Business School. Through this gift, Sharlene seeks to empower Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to pursue their ambitions within business, innovation, and entrepreneurship, with a preferential focus on students enrolled or intending to enrol within the School of Business. Sharlene seeks to ensure that the financial commitment required to access higher education is not a barrier to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students striving to achieve their goals year after year. By making this donation, Dr Leroy-Dyer will be the first UQ Aboriginal academic to establish an endowed UQ Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander scholarship fund, inspiring others in academia and broader community to follow in her footsteps. The scholarship's name, Ngupaiyiko Yammaliko, means giving back in Awabakal language.

$4500 approx. total

Duration of the Program

1 scholarship offered

QLD

Closed

Open: 09/09/2025

Close: 27/02/2026

This Scholarship was established in 2024 under the Queensland Commitment and UQef initiatives and maintained by the income from gifts from Dr Catherine Lawrence, Mr Geoff Lawrence and Alumni Friends.

$4500 approx. total

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

QLD

Closed

Open: 09/09/2025

Close: 27/02/2026

This Scholarship was established in 2020 by a donation from Feona Walker in partnership with the Alumni Friends under the Create Change Scholarship Match Initiative. The Scholarship is maintained by income generated from the underlying endowment fund.

$4500 approx. total

Duration of the Program

1 scholarship offered

QLD

Closed

Open: 09/09/2025

Close: 27/02/2026

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

Closed

Open: 01/01/2026

Close: 31/03/2026

This Scholarship was established under the Queensland Commitment initiative and maintained by the income from gifts from Dr Peter Clark Ryan and Dr Edith Hampson and Alumni Friends.

$4500 approx. total

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

QLD

Closed

Open: 09/09/2025

Close: 27/02/2026

This Scholarship was established by Commonwealth Bank to further their longstanding commitment to the financial wellbeing, education and career pathway opportunities of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. 

$4500 approx. total

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

QLD

Closed

Open: 09/09/2025

Close: 27/02/2026

This Scholarship was established in 2018 by Dr Graham Colditz. In 2023, an additional gift was matched under The Queensland Commitment. Dr Colditz created the Scholarship in memory of his late father, Dr Gordon Colditz and his late mother, Mrs Joan Colditz.

$4500 approx. total

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

QLD

Closed

Open: 09/09/2025

Close: 27/02/2026

This Scholarship was established by a donation from Professor Fred D'Agostino to honour the life of UQ colleague, Fiona Kennedy.

$4500 approx. total

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

QLD

Closed

Open: 09/09/2025

Close: 27/02/2026

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