Indigenous Pathways Portal

Vice-Chancellors' Indigenous High Achiever Scholarship

The Vice-Chancellors' Indigenous High Achiever Scholarship provides financial support to the top Indigenous Northern Territory school leaver, who chooses to study at Charles Darwin University.

$26000 approx. total

5 Years

NT

Open

Wagga Wagga LALC and Aboriginal Community Scholarship

Wagga Wagga Local Aboriginal Land Council’s (LALC) aim is the spiritual healing of youth through talking about nutrition, lifestyle, culture and community awareness. It also creates a place where young people can come and feel safe and have good people around them watching out for them. The LA...

$3000 approx. total

1 Semester

NSW

Closed

Open: 22/12/2025 2025-12-22T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 20/01/2026 2026-01-20T00:00:00+00:00

Walker Family Undergraduate Scholarship

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 2025-09-09T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 27/02/2026 2026-02-27T00:00:00+00:00

Wandering Warriors Indigenous Veterans Undergraduate Scholarship

The Indigenous Veteran's scholarship has been established to support the transition from military to civilian life for an Australian Indigenous defence force veteran. It is an undergraduate education scholarship to support a student in any field of study.    It offers up to ...

$30000 approx. total

3 Years

NSW

Closed

Open: 31/05/2024 2024-05-31T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 07/08/2024 2024-08-07T00:00:00+00:00

Open: 31/05/2025 2025-05-31T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 07/08/2025 2025-08-07T00:00:00+00:00

Webuild Indigenous Engineering Scholarship

The Scholarship was established in 2022 and is maintained by an annual gift from Webuild, a global construction company. The Scholarship supports Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students studying Engineering.

$10000 approx. total

1 Year

2 scholarships offered

QLD

Closed

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

Close: 27/02/2026 2026-02-27T00:00:00+00:00

Wesley College Foundation (WCF) Indigenous Scholarships

The scholarship will be awarded to: an Australian Indigenous student of the University of Sydney attending Wesley College if not for the scholarship, would be unable to attend Wesley College. The scholarship is for up to the value of full Wesley College residential fees, and is to be take...

Value may vary

Duration of the Program

NSW

Open

Western Australian Mining Club Indigenous Scholarship

Every year the WA Mining Club, in conjunction with industry co-sponsors, offers a number of scholarships to encourage and foster the development of the next generation of leaders within WA's mining section.   Scholarships recipients will be offered a mentoring program, provided by ...

Value may vary

1 Year

WA

Closed

Open: 01/12/2024 2024-12-01T00:00:00+00:00

Western Power Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Scholarship

This Scholarship supports Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students undertaking either an Undergraduate Degree, in either second year or higher, or a Postgraduate course in the eligible courses listed on the ECU website.   The successful applicant will receive $5000 (prorated f...

$30000 approx. total

3 Years

WA

Closed

Open: 01/03/2025 2025-03-01T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 30/03/2025 2025-03-30T00:00:00+00:00

What does healthy Country sound like? (PhD Scholarship)

This project will investigate ecoacoustics through the perspective of traditional land management practices. With events like the Black Summer wildfires increasing in frequency and severity, there are calls for land management practices to better incorporate Traditional Ecological Knowledge (e.g....

$96576 approx. total

3 Years

QLD

Open

Wilin Scholarship

This scholarship, worth up to $8,000, supports Indigenous Australian students by alleviating costs that can be barriers to achieving a university education.

$8000 approx. total

1 Semester

1 scholarship offered

VIC

Closed

Open: 19/02/2024 2024-02-19T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 31/03/2024 2024-03-31T00:00:00+00:00

William Buck Indigenous Scholarship

William Buck aims to lessen the barriers that often hinder access to higher education, recognising the unique challenges Indigenous students often face in pursuing higher education, aiming to provide support that empowers and uplifts the aspirations of these students. 

$45000 approx. total

3 Years

NSW

Closed

William Cooper Indigenous Scholarship

The William Cooper Indigenous Scholarships support high-achieving Indigenous students with leadership potential to engage with their community and support other Indigenous students to access higher education. Two scholarships are available, each scholarship is valued up to $54,500: $6000 per yea...

$54500 approx. total

4 Years

2 scholarships offered

Closed

Open: 07/01/2025 2025-01-07T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 13/02/2025 2025-02-13T00:00:00+00:00

Wood and Carey Group First Nations Scholarships

This scholarship supports an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander student studying a fulltime Bachelor or Postgraduate course (excluding PG by research) within the School of Engineering, Science, Medical and Health Science or Business and Law.    This scholarship provides ...

$30000 approx. total

3 Years

WA

Closed

Open: 01/03/2025 2025-03-01T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 30/03/2025 2025-03-30T00:00:00+00:00

Woolyungah Education and Accommodation Scholarships

Woolyungah Education Scholarship (WES):This scholarship assists with education costs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students enrolled and studying in an approved course of study. Woolyungah Accommodation Scholarship (WAS):This scholarship assists with accommodation costs for A...

Value may vary

1 Year

NSW

Open

Yaitya Tipanthi Bursary

The Yaitya Tipanthi Scholarships was created to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students as they transition from the Karnkanthi Indigenous Education Program to undertake any program of study the University of Adelaide. 

$8000 approx. total

4 Years

SA

Closed

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

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

Yangadlitya Aboriginal Postgraduate Scholarship

The scholarships are available for Australian *Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students of the University of South Australia and Flinders University who are enrolled full-time or part-time in a postgraduate or Medical degree and are permanent residents of South Australia. The scholarship i...

$10000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

Closed

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

Close: 14/03/2025 2025-03-14T00:00:00+00:00

Young, Black & Proud Scholarships

The YBPS are for our young mob who wanna get further in sport, the arts or achieving academically (either at school, TAFE or uni). With support from the Queensland Family & Child Commission this round we have $2000 and $1000 scholarships to give away. How deadly is that!

$2000 approx. total

1 Year

12 scholarships offered

QLD

Closed