Indigenous Pathways Portal

Queensland Ambulance Service Tertiary and Paramedic Scholarships

The Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) offers two different scholarships for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students completing a Paramedic undergraduate degree and an undergraduate Bachelor degree. The Scholarships are designed to improve workforce participation and Health equity to QL...

$30000 approx. total

3 Years

15 scholarships offered

QLD

Closed

Open: 02/02/2025 2025-02-02T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 31/03/2025 2025-03-31T00:00:00+00:00

Queensland Indigenous Youth Leadership Program

QIYLP is a seven day residential program held in Brisbane with all travel, meals and accommodation provided. It is the flagship component of the Queensland Indigenous Youth Leadership Strategy (QIYLS). The program provides an exciting opportunity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Queensla...

Value may vary

Duration of the Program

40 scholarships offered

QLD

Closed

Quest Integrity Indigenous Student Learning Support Grant

This grant was established by Quest Integrity in 2026.

Value may vary

1 Semester

QLD

Closed

Open: 28/01/2026 2026-01-28T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 01/03/2026 2026-03-01T00:00:00+00:00

RACP Indigenous Health Scholarship Program

The RACP Indigenous Scholarship Program aims to support those Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand medical graduates and current RACP trainees, who identify as an Aboriginal person, Torres Strait Islander, Māori or Pacific Islander, that are on their chosen career path to becoming a Physician.The ...

Value may vary

Duration of the Program

Closed

Open: 01/10/2024 2024-10-01T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 30/11/2024 2024-11-30T00:00:00+00:00

RACS Career Enhancement Scholarship for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Medical Students

The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Indigenous Health Committee in conjunction with the Foundation for Surgery is offering up to three scholarships to assist final year medical students, who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, to cover the costs of undertaking surgical-re...

$2000 approx. total

1 Year

3 scholarships offered

Closed

Open: 25/03/2025 2025-03-25T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 05/05/2025 2025-05-05T00:00:00+00:00

RANZCR Annual Indigenous Scholarship

This scholarship is open to applicants in Australia and New Zealand. The purpose of the RANZCR Annual Indigenous Scholarship is to attract doctors who identify as being either of Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander or Maori heritage to one of the RANZCR training programs, and to support these trai...

$5000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

6 scholarships offered

Closed

Open: 20/01/2025 2025-01-20T00:00:00+00:00

Reg Spriggs Aboriginal Education Assistance Fund

The Reg Sprigg Aboriginal Education Assistance Fund has been established from Dr. Reg Sprigg to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students undertaking an undergraduate or postgraduate program of study at the University of Adelaide.

$1000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

SA

Closed

Open: 02/12/2024 2024-12-02T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 07/03/2025 2025-03-07T00:00:00+00:00

Research Training Program Scholarship (Indigenous)

The Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology welcomes Indigenous Australians to complete a Higher Degree (PhD or Master) by Research at the University of Melbourne. This scholarship includes; 100% fee-offset for up to two years and a living allowance of $52,300 per year pro rata for up ...

$186050 approx. total

Duration of the Program

2 scholarships offered

VIC

Open

Rhodanthe Lipsett Midwifery Postgraduate scholarship

Access to an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Midwife can significantly improve the health outcomes of Aboriginal mothers and families. One NSW Health Rhodanthe Lipsett Midwifery Postgraduate scholarship, to the value of $15,000, is offered to an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander registe...

$15000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

NSW

Closed

Open: 16/12/2024 2024-12-16T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 23/02/2025 2025-02-23T00:00:00+00:00

Rhodes Scholarships

The Rhodes Scholarship programme is the oldest (established 1903), and perhaps the most prestigious, international scholarship programme in the world. Administered by the Rhodes Trust in Oxford, the programme offers more than 100 fully-funded Scholarships each year for postgraduate study at the U...

$45000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

9 scholarships offered

Overseas

Closed

Open: 02/06/2025 2025-06-02T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 12/08/2025 2025-08-12T00:00:00+00:00

Riawunna Access Bursary

These bursaries are awarded annually by the Riawunna Centre, which provides a culturally welcoming space for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to meet, study and access academic and pastoral support and assistance.

$1000 approx. total

1 Semester

TAS

Closed

Open: 09/05/2025 2025-05-09T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 30/06/2025 2025-06-30T00:00:00+00:00

Riawunna Postgraduate Scholarship

This bursary is awarded annually by the Riawunna Centre, which provides a welcoming space for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to meet, study and access academic and pastoral support and assistance.   These are funded through the Federal Government's Indigenous Studen...

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

TAS

Closed

Open: 09/05/2025 2025-05-09T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 30/06/2025 2025-06-30T00:00:00+00:00

Riawunna West North-West Bursary

This bursary is awarded annually by the Riawunna Centre, which provides a welcoming space for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to meet, study and access academic and pastoral support and assistance.   Funded through the Federal Government's Indigenous Student Success ...

$20000 approx. total

4 Years

TAS

Closed

Open: 09/05/2025 2025-05-09T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 30/06/2025 2025-06-30T00:00:00+00:00

Richard Crookes Constructions Indigenous Scholarship for Construction and Civil Engineering

Operational throughout NSW and the ACT, Richard Crookes Constructions (RCC) is a private, family owned construction company that has been delivering projects as promised; on-time and budget, safely and to the highest quality since 1976. As a proud Australian business, we recognise the importance ...

$4000 approx. total

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

Closed

Open: 15/12/2025 2025-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 08/02/2026 2026-02-08T00:00:00+00:00

Richard Hays Foundation Dean of Medicine Bursary

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 2025-03-24T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 16/05/2026 2026-05-16T00:00:00+00:00

RMIT Indigenous Accommodation Scholarship

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 2026-05-18T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 30/06/2026 2026-06-30T00:00:00+00:00

RMIT Indigenous Study Support Scholarship

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 2026-05-18T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 20/07/2026 2026-07-20T00:00:00+00:00

Roberta Sykes Fellowship

The Roberta Sykes Indigenous Education Foundation provides partial funding for Indigenous postgraduate students to undertake research, at a leading overseas academic institution, as part of their Australian postgraduate study program. Roberta Sykes Fellows must embody academic excellence and demo...

$30000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

1 scholarship offered

Overseas

Closed

Open: 13/10/2025 2025-10-13T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 30/01/2026 2026-01-30T00:00:00+00:00

Ross Spark and John Breinl Memorial Grants Program

This scholarship is named after: Professor Ross Spark (1954-2013) who was the Head of the School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences at James Cook University Cairns in 2011 until the time of his death in 2013. He is remembered for the passion and expertise he had in he...

$2000 approx. total

1 Semester

QLD

Closed

Open: 01/10/2024 2024-10-01T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 10/01/2025 2025-01-10T00:00:00+00:00

Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons

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 S...

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

Closed

Open: 01/12/2025 2025-12-01T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 01/03/2026 2026-03-01T00:00:00+00:00