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Indigenous Resource Grant

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This scholarship provides one-off payments for the following items:

- unpaid WIL placement assistance of up to $3,000 (uniform, equipment requirement for placement, parking/travel, employment compensation, etc.) This value is dependent on length of placement.

- material/excursion fees of up to $400 for course/s

- flight training costs of up to $3,000 for costs outside of standard program charges

- specific software which is mandatory for a course up to $500

- professional development for one conference/workshop to complement your studies of up to $1,000 for vocational, degree or postgraduate by coursework program.

Value may vary

Duration of the Program

VIC

Open

Kev Carmody Residental Scholarship

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This scholarship supports Indigenous students experiencing financial hardship with the cost of residential fees at the Kev Carmody House.

This scholarship covers the cost of residency in a standard room at Kev Carmody House.

Value may vary

No Duration

QLD

Closed

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

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

Peter Høj and Mandy Thomas Indigenous Student Scholarship

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This scholarship aims to support the next generation of Indigenous students working to create change in their communities and in the world, and in a small, yet meaningful way to address historic inequity.

This scholarship covers the full cost of accommodation for a standard room at Kev Carmody House.

Value may vary

Duration of the Program

QLD

Closed

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

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

First Nations Director Scholarship Program

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Participants will gain access to world-class governance education as well as culturally inclusive mentoring and workshop programs to build their network and professional skills as a director.
It includes:
- the AICD Foundations of Directorship for Indigenous Organisations course (three days) and an additional day-long workshop facilitated by AIGI;

- accommodation to attend the course in a capital city;

- reimbursement of travel costs up to $500 (exc. GST) to attend the course in a a capital city;

- mentoring with seasoned First Nations company directors;

- industry workshops with a focus on cultural empowerment and governance ecosystem awareness;

- facilitated peer learning and networking opportunities and;

- one year membership to the AICD.

Value may vary

1 Year

45 scholarships offered

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

Closed

Open: 01/07/2024 2024-07-01T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 25/08/2024 2024-08-25T00:00:00+00:00

Aboriginal Social and Emotional Wellbeing Scholarship

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The Department of Health is partnering with the Victorian Aboriginal community-controlled health organisation (VACCHO) and Deakin University to implement an Aboriginal social and emotional (SEWD) Scholarship Program. The program aims to assist Aboriginal people working in Aboriginal Social and Emotional Wellbeing teams to complete further education in clinical and therapeutic mental health qualifications to build Victoria's Aboriginal Social and Emotional Wellbeing workforce.

Value may vary

Duration of the Program

VIC

Open

Indigenous Australians Leading in Business Global Executive MBA Scholarship

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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 2025-09-01T00:00:00+00:00

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

Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander High School Scholarships

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QATSIF recognises the vital role that successful completion of schooling and the availability of opportunities through higher education have in building a foundation for employment and better quality of life. However, it is equally aware that the costs of senior education continue to increase significantly.

QATSUF provides two-year scholarship funding to support students commencing in Year 11 to help sustain individual retention rates in final years, and attaining a QCE and QCIA studies.

Value may vary

2 Years

QLD

Open

Aboriginal Social and Emotional Wellbeing (SEWB) Scholarship

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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 2025-10-31T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 01/02/2026 2026-02-01T00:00:00+00:00

Indigenous Australians Master of Clinical Psychology Scholarship

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This scholarship is to encourage more Indigenous Australians to consider psychology as an accessible, valuable and rewarding career path.

This covers 50% of tuition fees for up to two years.

Value may vary

2 Years

NSW

Open

Indigenous Australians Psychology Honours Scholarship

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This scholarship aims to encourage more Indigenous Australians to consider psychology as an accessible, valuable and rewarding career path.

This scholarship covers 50% of tuition fees for up to one year.

Value may vary

1 Year

NSW

Open

Indigenous Australians Psychology Undergraduate Scholarship

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This scholarship aims to encourage more Indigenous Australians to consider psychology as an accessible, valuable and rewarding career path.

This scholarship covers 50% of tuition fees for up to three years.

Value may vary

3 Years

NSW

Open

Margaret Douglas Medical Scholarship

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Bond University is committed to providing opportunities in tertiary education for Indigenous Australians, including an Indigenous pathway into its Medical Program, which comprises of a Bachelor of Medical Studies and Doctor of Medicine.

50% of your school fees will be covered.

Value may vary

Duration of the Program

QLD

Closed

Open: 09/01/2025 2025-01-09T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 23/01/2025 2025-01-23T00:00:00+00:00

Dean's Indigenous Master of Professional Psychology Scholarship

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This scholarship covers 50% of tuition fees per session for up to two years (one year if full-time, two years if part-time) plus a paid internship with the Department of Communities and Justice at the conclusion of the scholarship.

Value may vary

2 Years

NSW

Closed

Open: 16/12/2025 2025-12-16T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 06/01/2026 2026-01-06T00:00:00+00:00

Dean's Western Sydney Local Health District Master of Art Therapy Indigenous Scholarship

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This scholarship covers 100% of tuition fees for up to two years.

Western Sydney Local Health District is committed to supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to further develop their skills in Allied Health. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are under-represented the workforce, and as a major employer, not only in health but also Western Sydney, they would like to provide this opportunity for an Indigenous person to undertake the Masters of Art Therapy.

As a Health Care provider they recognise and understand the impacts that intergenerational trauma have played and continue to play in the community. We believe that providing these opportunities will assist in this pathway to improve the visual arts for Indigenous people.

Value may vary

2 Years

NSW

Closed

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

Close: 06/01/2026 2026-01-06T00:00:00+00:00

Bond University Indigenous Higher Degree by Research Scholarship

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Bond University is committed to providing a culturally safe and supportive learning environment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students where they can progress and complete a higher degree education program.

This Scholarship includes:

Stipend for up to three years. The 2025 full-time stipend rate for both scholarship categories will be $33,511 per annum (indexed annually) and;
Indigenous Scholarship applicants are already entitled to a 100% fee waiver under the Australian Government Research Training Program.

Value may vary

3 Years

QLD

Closed

Open: 01/02/2026 2026-02-01T00:00:00+00:00

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

ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous Futures Top-Up Scholarships

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The Indigenous Futures Centre supports the next generation of Indigenous researchers. In addition to offering an attractive top-up scholarship and research support funds, the Centre provides its PhD candidates with training, mentoring and career opportunities.

The Centre's research program will take an expansive transdisciplinary approach to address Australia's most pressing, persistent and challenging social research issues.

The research program shifts away from deficit-based approaches and modelling, which emphasises ‘lack,’ toward accentuating Indigenous self-determination.

The research projects will align with the Centre's three interconnected research themes:

Law and Justice
Education and Economics
Health and Wellbeing

Value may vary

4 Years

QLD

Closed

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

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

Schools of Business and Economics Indigenous Student Scholarship

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This Scholarship was established in 2019 by Mrs and Mr Edwinsmith and maintained by annual donation.

Value may vary

1 Year

QLD

Closed

Open: 07/11/2025 2025-11-07T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 20/02/2026 2026-02-20T00:00:00+00:00

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Scholarship

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This Scholarship was established to assist Aboriginal and 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 as stated in the UQ Reconciliation Action Plan.

Value may vary

1 Year

QLD

Closed

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

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

Aurecon Indigenous Scholarship

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This Scholarship was established by a donation from Aurecon under the Create Change Scholarship Match Initiative.

Value may vary

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

Indigenous Study Support Bursary

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The Indigenous Study Support Bursary aims to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and provides financial assistance to offset the costs associated with tertiary study that can have a significant impact on a student's ability to further their education.

Each bursary will be valued at $2500 and is paid to the recipient as equal fortnightly instalments in Semester 1 of the relevant year.

Value may vary

1 Semester

QLD

Closed

Open: 03/11/2025 2025-11-03T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 05/01/2026 2026-01-05T00:00:00+00:00

Indigenous Resource Grant

Featured Promoted

This scholarship provides one-off payments for the following items:

- unpaid WIL placement assistance of up to $3,000 (uniform, equipment requirement for placement, parking/travel, employment compensation, etc.) This value is dependent on length of placement.

- material/excursion fees of up to $400 for course/s

- flight training costs of up to $3,000 for costs outside of standard program charges

- specific software which is mandatory for a course up to $500

- professional development for one conference/workshop to complement your studies of up to $1,000 for vocational, degree or postgraduate by coursework program.

Value may vary

Duration of the Program

VIC

Open

Kev Carmody Residental Scholarship

Featured Promoted

This scholarship supports Indigenous students experiencing financial hardship with the cost of residential fees at the Kev Carmody House.

This scholarship covers the cost of residency in a standard room at Kev Carmody House.

Value may vary

No Duration

QLD

Closed

Open: 09/09/2025

Close: 27/02/2026

Peter Høj and Mandy Thomas Indigenous Student Scholarship

Featured Promoted

This scholarship covers the full cost of accommodation for a standard room at Kev Carmody House.

Value may vary

Duration of the Program

QLD

Closed

Open: 09/09/2025

Close: 27/02/2026

First Nations Director Scholarship Program

Featured Promoted

- accommodation to attend the course in a capital city;

- reimbursement of travel costs up to $500 (exc. GST) to attend the course in a a capital city;

- mentoring with seasoned First Nations company directors;

- industry workshops with a focus on cultural empowerment and governance ecosystem awareness;

- facilitated peer learning and networking opportunities and;

- one year membership to the AICD.

Value may vary

1 Year

45 scholarships offered

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

Closed

Open: 01/07/2024

Close: 25/08/2024

Aboriginal Social and Emotional Wellbeing Scholarship

Featured Promoted

Value may vary

Duration of the Program

VIC

Open

Indigenous Australians Leading in Business Global Executive MBA Scholarship

Featured Promoted

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

Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander High School Scholarships

Featured Promoted

QATSUF provides two-year scholarship funding to support students commencing in Year 11 to help sustain individual retention rates in final years, and attaining a QCE and QCIA studies.

Value may vary

2 Years

QLD

Open

Aboriginal Social and Emotional Wellbeing (SEWB) Scholarship

Featured Promoted

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

Indigenous Australians Master of Clinical Psychology Scholarship

Featured Promoted

This scholarship is to encourage more Indigenous Australians to consider psychology as an accessible, valuable and rewarding career path.

This covers 50% of tuition fees for up to two years.

Value may vary

2 Years

NSW

Open

Indigenous Australians Psychology Honours Scholarship

Featured Promoted

This scholarship aims to encourage more Indigenous Australians to consider psychology as an accessible, valuable and rewarding career path.

This scholarship covers 50% of tuition fees for up to one year.

Value may vary

1 Year

NSW

Open

Indigenous Australians Psychology Undergraduate Scholarship

Featured Promoted

This scholarship aims to encourage more Indigenous Australians to consider psychology as an accessible, valuable and rewarding career path.

This scholarship covers 50% of tuition fees for up to three years.

Value may vary

3 Years

NSW

Open

Margaret Douglas Medical Scholarship

Featured Promoted

50% of your school fees will be covered.

Value may vary

Duration of the Program

QLD

Closed

Open: 09/01/2025

Close: 23/01/2025

Dean's Indigenous Master of Professional Psychology Scholarship

Featured Promoted

Value may vary

2 Years

NSW

Closed

Open: 16/12/2025

Close: 06/01/2026

Dean's Western Sydney Local Health District Master of Art Therapy Indigenous Scholarship

Featured Promoted

This scholarship covers 100% of tuition fees for up to two years.

Value may vary

2 Years

NSW

Closed

Open: 22/12/2025

Close: 06/01/2026

Bond University Indigenous Higher Degree by Research Scholarship

Featured Promoted

This Scholarship includes:

Stipend for up to three years. The 2025 full-time stipend rate for both scholarship categories will be $33,511 per annum (indexed annually) and;
Indigenous Scholarship applicants are already entitled to a 100% fee waiver under the Australian Government Research Training Program.

Value may vary

3 Years

QLD

Closed

Open: 01/02/2026

Close: 31/03/2025

ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous Futures Top-Up Scholarships

Featured Promoted

The Centre's research program will take an expansive transdisciplinary approach to address Australia's most pressing, persistent and challenging social research issues.

The research program shifts away from deficit-based approaches and modelling, which emphasises ‘lack,’ toward accentuating Indigenous self-determination.

The research projects will align with the Centre's three interconnected research themes:

Law and Justice
Education and Economics
Health and Wellbeing

Value may vary

4 Years

QLD

Closed

Open: 09/09/2025

Close: 27/02/2026

Schools of Business and Economics Indigenous Student Scholarship

Featured Promoted

This Scholarship was established in 2019 by Mrs and Mr Edwinsmith and maintained by annual donation.

Value may vary

1 Year

QLD

Closed

Open: 07/11/2025

Close: 20/02/2026

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Scholarship

Featured Promoted

Value may vary

1 Year

QLD

Closed

Open: 09/09/2025

Close: 27/02/2026

Aurecon Indigenous Scholarship

Featured Promoted

This Scholarship was established by a donation from Aurecon under the Create Change Scholarship Match Initiative.

Value may vary

Duration of the Program

1 scholarship offered

QLD

Closed

Open: 09/09/2025

Close: 27/02/2026

Indigenous Study Support Bursary

Featured Promoted

Each bursary will be valued at $2500 and is paid to the recipient as equal fortnightly instalments in Semester 1 of the relevant year.

Value may vary

1 Semester

QLD

Closed

Open: 03/11/2025

Close: 05/01/2026

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