Featured Promoted

This bursary assists an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander student with the additional costs associated with studying medicine and health at university. 

$2000 approx. total

1 Semester

Open

Open: 12/01/2026

Close: 13/04/2026

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 supports Indigenous Australians students in their honours year at UTS.

$15000 approx. total

1 Year

NSW

Open

Open: 16/02/2026

Close: 15/04/2026

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

Open

Open: 02/03/2026

Close: 20/04/2026

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 Bursary was founded in 2013 with funds donated by Professor Richard Hays, founding Dean of Medicine at JCU. It recognises the academic achievement and community involvement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander medical students. 

$1500 approx. total

1 Year

QLD

Open

Open: 24/03/2025

Close: 16/05/2026

The Ngarara Willim Postgraduate Coursework Scholarship provides assistance to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander postgraduate by coursework students.

$3000 approx. total

1 Year

VIC

Not opened yet

Open: 18/05/2026

Close: 08/06/2026

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

This Scholarship supports Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander undergraduate and postgraduate by coursework students from interstate or rural/regional Victoria.  This Scholarship provides:up to $7000 per year ($3,500 per semester) for full-time enrolled students for the dura...

$49000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

VIC

Not opened yet

Open: 18/05/2026

Close: 22/06/2026

If you are moving to Melbourne from interstate or regional Victoria and can provide evidence that you are an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, this scholarship can provide assistance towards your accommodation in Melbourne for the duration of your program.

$15600 approx. total

Duration of the Program

VIC

Not opened yet

Open: 18/05/2026

Close: 30/06/2026

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

Open

Open: 28/01/2026

Close: 30/06/2026

Featured Promoted

The National Environmental Law Association (NELA) and Ngalaya First Nations Environmental Law Bursary is available to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander lawyers, law students and legal academics with an interest in environmental law Australia-wide.  The Bursary is a one-off p...

$10000 approx. total

1 Semester

Not opened yet

Open: 04/05/2026

Close: 01/07/2026

The RMIT Indigenous Study Support Scholarship assists Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students who can demonstrate financial and/or educational disadvantage

$3000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

VIC

Not opened yet

Open: 18/05/2026

Close: 20/07/2026

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

The Indigenous Commonwealth Education Scholarship provides up to $6,000 per year for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students enrolled in a undergraduate or postgraduate by coursework program.

$24000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

VIC

Not opened yet

Open: 18/05/2026

Close: 27/07/2026

This Scholarship supports Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students at UQ to complete the Graduate Certificate in Indigenous Language Revitalisation.

$2500 approx. total

No Duration

QLD

Not opened yet

Open: 06/07/2026

Close: 17/08/2026

The purpose of this Scholarship is to encourage and support Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students to achieve educational success through completing studies at UQ, and to support greater representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in higher education.

$10000 approx. total

3 Years

QLD

Not opened yet

Open: 04/05/2026

Close: 17/08/2026

This scholarship was established in memory of Bruce and Carol Kendall by the Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research to acknowledge and celebrate the achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students at UTS. Bruce and Carol both graduated from UTS in 1990 w...

$1000 approx. total

1 Semester

10 scholarships offered

Not opened yet

Open: 27/07/2026

Close: 02/09/2026

The Australian Geoscience Council (AGC) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Scholarship is intended to assist First Nations undergraduate students with costs associated with their study at university. Applications are sought from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people who have successfully com...

$15000 approx. total

3 Years

Open

Open: 28/01/2026

Close: 30/09/2026

This scholarship was established by the Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research (‘Jumbunna’) to support commencing Indigenous students at the start of their undergraduate studies at UTS.

$6000 approx. total

1 Year

NSW

Open

Open: 17/01/2026

Close: 30/09/2026

Featured Promoted

This bursary assists an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander student with the additional costs associated with studying medicine and health at university. 

$2000 approx. total

1 Semester

Open

Open: 12/01/2026

Close: 13/04/2026

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 supports Indigenous Australians students in their honours year at UTS.

$15000 approx. total

1 Year

NSW

Open

Open: 16/02/2026

Close: 15/04/2026

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

Open

Open: 02/03/2026

Close: 20/04/2026

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 Bursary was founded in 2013 with funds donated by Professor Richard Hays, founding Dean of Medicine at JCU. It recognises the academic achievement and community involvement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander medical students. 

$1500 approx. total

1 Year

QLD

Open

Open: 24/03/2025

Close: 16/05/2026

The Ngarara Willim Postgraduate Coursework Scholarship provides assistance to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander postgraduate by coursework students.

$3000 approx. total

1 Year

VIC

Not opened yet

Open: 18/05/2026

Close: 08/06/2026

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

This Scholarship supports Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander undergraduate and postgraduate by coursework students from interstate or rural/regional Victoria.  This Scholarship provides:up to $7000 per year ($3,500 per semester) for full-time enrolled students for the dura...

$49000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

VIC

Not opened yet

Open: 18/05/2026

Close: 22/06/2026

If you are moving to Melbourne from interstate or regional Victoria and can provide evidence that you are an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, this scholarship can provide assistance towards your accommodation in Melbourne for the duration of your program.

$15600 approx. total

Duration of the Program

VIC

Not opened yet

Open: 18/05/2026

Close: 30/06/2026

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

Open

Open: 28/01/2026

Close: 30/06/2026

Featured Promoted

The National Environmental Law Association (NELA) and Ngalaya First Nations Environmental Law Bursary is available to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander lawyers, law students and legal academics with an interest in environmental law Australia-wide.  The Bursary is a one-off p...

$10000 approx. total

1 Semester

Not opened yet

Open: 04/05/2026

Close: 01/07/2026

The RMIT Indigenous Study Support Scholarship assists Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students who can demonstrate financial and/or educational disadvantage

$3000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

VIC

Not opened yet

Open: 18/05/2026

Close: 20/07/2026

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

The Indigenous Commonwealth Education Scholarship provides up to $6,000 per year for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students enrolled in a undergraduate or postgraduate by coursework program.

$24000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

VIC

Not opened yet

Open: 18/05/2026

Close: 27/07/2026

This Scholarship supports Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students at UQ to complete the Graduate Certificate in Indigenous Language Revitalisation.

$2500 approx. total

No Duration

QLD

Not opened yet

Open: 06/07/2026

Close: 17/08/2026

The purpose of this Scholarship is to encourage and support Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students to achieve educational success through completing studies at UQ, and to support greater representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in higher education.

$10000 approx. total

3 Years

QLD

Not opened yet

Open: 04/05/2026

Close: 17/08/2026

This scholarship was established in memory of Bruce and Carol Kendall by the Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research to acknowledge and celebrate the achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students at UTS. Bruce and Carol both graduated from UTS in 1990 w...

$1000 approx. total

1 Semester

10 scholarships offered

Not opened yet

Open: 27/07/2026

Close: 02/09/2026

The Australian Geoscience Council (AGC) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Scholarship is intended to assist First Nations undergraduate students with costs associated with their study at university. Applications are sought from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people who have successfully com...

$15000 approx. total

3 Years

Open

Open: 28/01/2026

Close: 30/09/2026

This scholarship was established by the Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research (‘Jumbunna’) to support commencing Indigenous students at the start of their undergraduate studies at UTS.

$6000 approx. total

1 Year

NSW

Open

Open: 17/01/2026

Close: 30/09/2026

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