The Bertalli Family Foundation would like to create a transformational scholarship program for Indigenous nurses to change lives. This will enable nurses to deliver higher quality, culturally appropriate health care services 

$5000 approx. total

3 Years

VIC

Closed

Open: 08/09/2025

Close: 28/01/2026

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

Closed

Open: 28/01/2026

Close: 13/04/2026

The Doctor of Medicine First People's Scholarship is designed to provide financial assistance to support the participation and success of First Peoples candidates in the medical degree at Griffith University. 

$20000 approx. total

4 Years

QLD

Closed

Open: 16/12/2025

Close: 12/01/2026

The aim of this scholarship is to improve progression and completion rates for Indigenous higher education students and provides universities more flexibility to implement responses that best meet the needs of individual students by providing scholarships, counselling and tutorial assistance. 
 
This scholarships offers up to $5,000 per year for up to four years.
 
To retain this award, recipients are required to achieve a minimum Pass result in all units studied each semester.

$2000 approx. total

4 Years

20 scholarships offered

TAS

Closed

Open: 09/05/2025

Close: 30/06/2025

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

Closed

Open: 02/02/2026

Close: 05/04/2026

Iberdrola Australia's First Nations Scholarship program supports Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to study in renewable energy related fields at a tertiary level.

The program is for students who have successfully completed at least one year of full time equivalent undergraduate study in their current degree. Each scholarship will have a maximum value of $15,000 per annum.


 

$15000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

3 scholarships offered

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

Closed

Open: 01/10/2025

Close: 30/01/2026

The Droga Indigenous Architecture Scholarship Program has been established to develop meaningful representation in Australian architecture of Indigenous professionals. The scholarship aims to support a thriving Indigenous contribution to architectural culture and production, representing approached to issues of design, construction, sustainability and landscape. 

$50000 approx. total

5 Years

NSW

Closed

Open: 24/02/2025

Close: 21/04/2025

This scholarship was established in 2016, as a tangible memorial to Jodie Reid, a 1996 ACU Nursing Graduate and Centaur Medalist, who died in 2004, aged 27, after suffering from Diabetes mellitus for 25 years.

$4000 approx. total

No Duration

1 scholarship offered

QLD

Closed

Open: 01/08/2025

Close: 01/03/2026

The Elite Athlete and Performer Program (EAPP) is a Sport, Wellbeing and Residential Life initiative to support student athletes and performers dual career. This EAPP Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Scholarship is designed to support elite athletes/performers who participate in national or international competitions or events. As student athletes or performers, the opportunity to earn an income on top of an already demanding training and study load is difficult. This scholarship is designed to to support student athletes and performers in succeeding in elite competition/performances and academic goals.

$3000 approx. total

1 Year

2 scholarships offered

Closed

Open: 26/11/2025

Close: 01/03/2026

This scholarship is intended to assist with education costs.

$11020 approx. total

No Duration

6 scholarships offered

Closed

Open: 03/10/2025

Close: 06/02/2026

This scholarship was established in 2023 to provide assistance to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students who have completed or will soon complete the Graduate Diploma of Indigenous Health Promotion, to achieve a Master of Public Health, Master of Global Health, or Master of Health Policy.

$9300 approx. total

1 Year

NSW

Closed

Open: 18/12/2024

Close: 31/01/2025

This scholarship provides financial assistance to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students commencing a coursework degree in the Faculty in Arts and Social Sciences. 
 
The value is $8,500 per annum for up to 4 years.

$34000 approx. total

4 Years

NSW

Closed

Open: 06/12/2024

Close: 08/01/2025

This scholarship covers the tuition of an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander student wanting to study the Global Executive Master of Business Administration (MBA). 

Value may vary

Duration of the Program

NSW

Closed

Open: 01/09/2025

Close: 13/10/2025

This scholarship supports Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students to study a Bachelor of Economics for up to $50,000 per annum for the duration of the course.

$50000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

NSW

Closed

Open: 01/07/2024

Close: 30/09/2024

This scholarship is for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students working, or intending to work in the social and emotional well-being workforce, enrolled in related programs. 
This is worth up to $135,000 for tuition fees, SSAF and financial support.
 
Provided the following for the standard duration of the program, up to a maximum of 8 years:
- tuition fees paid (up to $12,00 per year for undergrad and $31,000 for postgrad by coursework programs);
- student services and amenities fees (SSAF) paid, up to $326 per annum:
- financial assistance of up to $10,000 per annum for full time enrolment or $5,000 per annum for part-time, paid fortnightly.
 

$135000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

VIC

Closed

Open: 28/01/2026

Close: 01/02/2026

This scholarship provides financial support to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students who are undertaking a UTS undergraduate Science degree. 

$15000 approx. total

3 Years

NSW

Closed

Open: 24/11/2025

Close: 02/03/2026

This scholarship will support Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students studying a STEM related Bachelor Course at ECU.
 
This scholarship is a one off payment of $5000. 

$5000 approx. total

1 Semester

WA

Closed

Open: 01/03/2026

Close: 30/03/2026

The Ngampa Aboriginal Student Scholarship will be available to Aboriginal students enrolled in their first or second year of any undergraduate program offered by UniSA.
 
Each scholarship is valued at up to $15,000 ($7,500 per year for two years for full-time students)

$15000 approx. total

2 Years

SA

Closed

Open: 20/01/2025

Close: 14/03/2025

This scholarship is intended to assist Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students with the costs associated with university study.
Valued at $3000 per year for each full-time year of a student's undergraduate course.

$9000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

WA

Closed

Open: 01/02/2026

Close: 28/02/2026

VACCHO and the Balit Durn Durn Centre of Excellence for Aboriginal Social and Emotional Wellbeing is partnering with the Department of Health and La Trobe University to implement the SEWB Scholarship Program.
Scholarships will help grow the workforce needed to respond to the specific social and emotional wellbeing needs of local Aboriginal communities now and into the future.

Value may vary

Duration of the Program

VIC

Closed

Open: 31/10/2025

Close: 01/02/2026

The Bertalli Family Foundation would like to create a transformational scholarship program for Indigenous nurses to change lives. This will enable nurses to deliver higher quality, culturally appropriate health care services 

$5000 approx. total

3 Years

VIC

Closed

Open: 08/09/2025

Close: 28/01/2026

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

Closed

Open: 28/01/2026

Close: 13/04/2026

The Doctor of Medicine First People's Scholarship is designed to provide financial assistance to support the participation and success of First Peoples candidates in the medical degree at Griffith University. 

$20000 approx. total

4 Years

QLD

Closed

Open: 16/12/2025

Close: 12/01/2026

The aim of this scholarship is to improve progression and completion rates for Indigenous higher education students and provides universities more flexibility to implement responses that best meet the needs of individual students by providing scholarships, counselling and tutorial assistance. 
 
This scholarships offers up to $5,000 per year for up to four years.
 
To retain this award, recipients are required to achieve a minimum Pass result in all units studied each semester.

$2000 approx. total

4 Years

20 scholarships offered

TAS

Closed

Open: 09/05/2025

Close: 30/06/2025

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

Closed

Open: 02/02/2026

Close: 05/04/2026

Iberdrola Australia's First Nations Scholarship program supports Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to study in renewable energy related fields at a tertiary level.

The program is for students who have successfully completed at least one year of full time equivalent undergraduate study in their current degree. Each scholarship will have a maximum value of $15,000 per annum.


 

$15000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

3 scholarships offered

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

Closed

Open: 01/10/2025

Close: 30/01/2026

The Droga Indigenous Architecture Scholarship Program has been established to develop meaningful representation in Australian architecture of Indigenous professionals. The scholarship aims to support a thriving Indigenous contribution to architectural culture and production, representing approached to issues of design, construction, sustainability and landscape. 

$50000 approx. total

5 Years

NSW

Closed

Open: 24/02/2025

Close: 21/04/2025

This scholarship was established in 2016, as a tangible memorial to Jodie Reid, a 1996 ACU Nursing Graduate and Centaur Medalist, who died in 2004, aged 27, after suffering from Diabetes mellitus for 25 years.

$4000 approx. total

No Duration

1 scholarship offered

QLD

Closed

Open: 01/08/2025

Close: 01/03/2026

The Elite Athlete and Performer Program (EAPP) is a Sport, Wellbeing and Residential Life initiative to support student athletes and performers dual career. This EAPP Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Scholarship is designed to support elite athletes/performers who participate in national or international competitions or events. As student athletes or performers, the opportunity to earn an income on top of an already demanding training and study load is difficult. This scholarship is designed to to support student athletes and performers in succeeding in elite competition/performances and academic goals.

$3000 approx. total

1 Year

2 scholarships offered

Closed

Open: 26/11/2025

Close: 01/03/2026

This scholarship is intended to assist with education costs.

$11020 approx. total

No Duration

6 scholarships offered

Closed

Open: 03/10/2025

Close: 06/02/2026

This scholarship was established in 2023 to provide assistance to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students who have completed or will soon complete the Graduate Diploma of Indigenous Health Promotion, to achieve a Master of Public Health, Master of Global Health, or Master of Health Policy.

$9300 approx. total

1 Year

NSW

Closed

Open: 18/12/2024

Close: 31/01/2025

This scholarship provides financial assistance to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students commencing a coursework degree in the Faculty in Arts and Social Sciences. 
 
The value is $8,500 per annum for up to 4 years.

$34000 approx. total

4 Years

NSW

Closed

Open: 06/12/2024

Close: 08/01/2025

This scholarship covers the tuition of an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander student wanting to study the Global Executive Master of Business Administration (MBA). 

Value may vary

Duration of the Program

NSW

Closed

Open: 01/09/2025

Close: 13/10/2025

This scholarship supports Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students to study a Bachelor of Economics for up to $50,000 per annum for the duration of the course.

$50000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

NSW

Closed

Open: 01/07/2024

Close: 30/09/2024

This scholarship is for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students working, or intending to work in the social and emotional well-being workforce, enrolled in related programs. 
This is worth up to $135,000 for tuition fees, SSAF and financial support.
 
Provided the following for the standard duration of the program, up to a maximum of 8 years:
- tuition fees paid (up to $12,00 per year for undergrad and $31,000 for postgrad by coursework programs);
- student services and amenities fees (SSAF) paid, up to $326 per annum:
- financial assistance of up to $10,000 per annum for full time enrolment or $5,000 per annum for part-time, paid fortnightly.
 

$135000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

VIC

Closed

Open: 28/01/2026

Close: 01/02/2026

This scholarship provides financial support to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students who are undertaking a UTS undergraduate Science degree. 

$15000 approx. total

3 Years

NSW

Closed

Open: 24/11/2025

Close: 02/03/2026

This scholarship will support Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students studying a STEM related Bachelor Course at ECU.
 
This scholarship is a one off payment of $5000. 

$5000 approx. total

1 Semester

WA

Closed

Open: 01/03/2026

Close: 30/03/2026

The Ngampa Aboriginal Student Scholarship will be available to Aboriginal students enrolled in their first or second year of any undergraduate program offered by UniSA.
 
Each scholarship is valued at up to $15,000 ($7,500 per year for two years for full-time students)

$15000 approx. total

2 Years

SA

Closed

Open: 20/01/2025

Close: 14/03/2025

This scholarship is intended to assist Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students with the costs associated with university study.
Valued at $3000 per year for each full-time year of a student's undergraduate course.

$9000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

WA

Closed

Open: 01/02/2026

Close: 28/02/2026

VACCHO and the Balit Durn Durn Centre of Excellence for Aboriginal Social and Emotional Wellbeing is partnering with the Department of Health and La Trobe University to implement the SEWB Scholarship Program.
Scholarships will help grow the workforce needed to respond to the specific social and emotional wellbeing needs of local Aboriginal communities now and into the future.

Value may vary

Duration of the Program

VIC

Closed

Open: 31/10/2025

Close: 01/02/2026

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