Commonwealth Scholarships provide eligible Indigenous higher education students with the general costs of study. 
These include:
Indigenous Commonwealth Reward Scholarship for Commencing Students ($1,000 once-off)
and
Indigenous Commonwealth Reward Scholarship for Continuing Students ($1,300, once a year) 
 

$1300 approx. total

1 Semester

QLD

Open

The Department for Health and Wellbeing offers an Aboriginal Health Scholarship Program in partnership with Australian Rotary Health. The program aims to increase the number of professionally qualified Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people working in the South Australian health sector.

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

SA

Open

The Amy Levai Aboriginal teaching scholarship – secondary supports Aboriginal senior secondary school students in South Australian government schools interested in a teaching career in public education.

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

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

Open

The Amy Levai Aboriginal Teaching Scholarship – pre-service supports Aboriginal pre-service teacher education students to complete a teaching qualification and gain employment as a teacher in public education.

$20000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

SA

Open

The Indigenous Law Student Program offers the successful candidate the unique opportunity to gain an insight into the Australian legal system. The Program provides an innovative and solid foundation to support Indigenous students who are pursuing a career at the Bar, with the key objective of increasing the number of Indigenous barristers at the Queensland Bar.

Value may vary

Duration of the Program

QLD

Open

The Eucharistic Community is the Australian Community of an international Roman Catholic Congregation of Religious Sisters. We are called "Eucharistic" because we take our meaning and values from the major ritual of the Catholic Church, the Eucharist ("Thanksgiving"). Those values, found in the Gospel, are unity, justice, love and peace.

Founded in Canada in 1950, the Community spent its first years in a near-totally enclosed lifestyle of prayer and contemplation: prayers for the world being of great importance. However, with the changes in the Catholic Church brought about by the Second Vatican Council, the Community began to explore new ways of contributing to our world.

So, over the years the Sisters of our small Community have been involved in many areas of ministry, including a presence among inner-city and regional Aboriginal communities. When it became possible this year for us to give money to "charity", some of us immediately thought of making a contribution to an indigenous group or person. It was suggested to us that we could offer a scholarship at Western Sydney University for an aboriginal woman. We were delighted, and we are very pleased that this is now able to happen.

$20000 approx. total

2 Years

NSW

Open

This grant aims to support Indigenous students with the costs associated with commencing tertiary level studies.

$2000 approx. total

1 Year

NSW

Open

John Marsden had a passion for law, a love of life and a commitment to minority groups within our community and less privileged individuals and communities.

John was a product of south west Sydney. He was born and raised at Campbelltown, and on completion of his law degree at the University of Sydney, commenced practice in Campbelltown. That practice, now known as Marsdens Law Group, is the biggest and most successful in south west Sydney.

John was active in all areas of the community both locally within the State and nationally. His involvement ranged through the arts world, sporting world and human rights. As President of the Council for Civil Liberties he developed his commitment to the less privileged and those suffering discrimination and intolerance. In particular, he had a passion for the plight of our indigenous community and gay and lesbian men and women.

A gay man himself, John was proud of who he was. Yet, he recognised the discrimination that was rife throughout the community, particularly against gay and lesbian people and our indigenous brothers. On his death in 2006, a fund was established in John's name to assist in the education of young gay and lesbian people and young indigenous people.

$5000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

NSW

Open

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Achievement Scholarships aim to encourage academically gifted Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students who are either commencing or continuing their tertiary education at the University.

$25000 approx. total

5 Years

NSW

Open

The objective of the award is to assist an undergraduate Indigenous Australian student to undertake an approved program of study. Funding for this award has been provided to honour the memory of Lindsay and his father Joseph Croft.

Value may vary

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

ACT

Open

Each year ANU normally offers one scholarship to an indigenous Australian to undertake a PhD.

$34000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

1 scholarship offered

ACT

Open

This scholarship is offered by the Fenner School of Environment & Society.
 
 

$1000 approx. total

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

ACT

Open

Each year ANU normally offers one scholarship to an indigenous Australian to undertake graduate study.

$28597 approx. total

Duration of the Program

1 scholarship offered

ACT

Open

Each year the ANU College of Business and Economics offers the ANU College of Business and Economics Postgraduate Scholarship for Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander to provide encouragement and support to Indigenous students undertaking postgraduate studies by removing the financial burden of tuition fees.
 
This award will cover 100% of the tuition fees for the standard full time duration of the program in which the scholar is in enrolled in (up to 120 units) plus a once-off grant of $7500 in their first semester.

Value may vary

Duration of the Program

1 scholarship offered

ACT

Open

These scholarships are intended to assist undergraduate and graduate students to undertake fieldwork and research, preferably in Northern Australia. The fieldwork projects will be of short duration between two and four weeks or as negotiated with the selection committee.

Value may vary

1 Year

ACT

Open

Featured Promoted
Each year the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, within the ANU College of Health and Medicine, may offer one award known as the Duguid Travelling Award. The objective/s of the Award are to support, a HDR candidate based at NCEPH to undertake national or international travel in pursuit of their academic goals. Alternatively for an external postgraduate student to come to the NCEPH for an approved visit or program of study.

$1000 approx. total

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

ACT

Open

The objective of this scholarship is to encourage students to continue with tertiary education and to study their own culture and history.
 

Value may vary

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

ACT

Open

There shall be a number of scholarships available for new indigenous students at ANU known as the National Indigenous University Scholarship. The objectives of the National Indigenous University Scholarship are to acknowledge the academic excellence of Indigenous in secondary school studies and provide assistance with costs related to tertiary studies.

$62500 approx. total

Duration of the Program

1 scholarship offered

ACT

Open

Tranby National Indigenous Adult Education and Training ('Tranby') is located in Glebe, Sydney. The organisation is a function of the Co-operative for Aborigines Limited and has been a pioneer in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adult education, training, and social action for decades.

Tranby, as a nationally registered training organisation (RTO), offers units of competency, full VET qualifications, and non-accredited skill development initiatives to Indigenous adults from across Australia. Courses at Tranby have changed over time from trade-based skills to governance and legal advocacy. Most importantly, Tranby offers these qualifications in a unique, culturally supportive environment, and these courses are offered free for Indigenous students.

Please note that this RTO does not provide scholarships, but each of the 4 courses that they offer are subsidised by the Australian Government for Indigenous students.

 

Value may vary

Duration of the Program

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

Open

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 taken as a discount against Wesley College residential fees.

OR

as a living allowance for those students who have their fees paid by another grant or scholarship (e.g. ABSTUDY). Applicants should provide CentreLink confirmation of their eligibility to receive ABSTUDY.

Value may vary

Duration of the Program

NSW

Open

Commonwealth Scholarships provide eligible Indigenous higher education students with the general costs of study. 
These include:
Indigenous Commonwealth Reward Scholarship for Commencing Students ($1,000 once-off)
and
Indigenous Commonwealth Reward Scholarship for Continuing Students ($1,300, once a year) 
 

$1300 approx. total

1 Semester

QLD

Open

The Department for Health and Wellbeing offers an Aboriginal Health Scholarship Program in partnership with Australian Rotary Health. The program aims to increase the number of professionally qualified Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people working in the South Australian health sector.

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

SA

Open

The Amy Levai Aboriginal teaching scholarship – secondary supports Aboriginal senior secondary school students in South Australian government schools interested in a teaching career in public education.

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

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

Open

The Amy Levai Aboriginal Teaching Scholarship – pre-service supports Aboriginal pre-service teacher education students to complete a teaching qualification and gain employment as a teacher in public education.

$20000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

SA

Open

The Indigenous Law Student Program offers the successful candidate the unique opportunity to gain an insight into the Australian legal system. The Program provides an innovative and solid foundation to support Indigenous students who are pursuing a career at the Bar, with the key objective of increasing the number of Indigenous barristers at the Queensland Bar.

Value may vary

Duration of the Program

QLD

Open

The Eucharistic Community is the Australian Community of an international Roman Catholic Congregation of Religious Sisters. We are called "Eucharistic" because we take our meaning and values from the major ritual of the Catholic Church, the Eucharist ("Thanksgiving"). Those values, found in the Gospel, are unity, justice, love and peace.

Founded in Canada in 1950, the Community spent its first years in a near-totally enclosed lifestyle of prayer and contemplation: prayers for the world being of great importance. However, with the changes in the Catholic Church brought about by the Second Vatican Council, the Community began to explore new ways of contributing to our world.

So, over the years the Sisters of our small Community have been involved in many areas of ministry, including a presence among inner-city and regional Aboriginal communities. When it became possible this year for us to give money to "charity", some of us immediately thought of making a contribution to an indigenous group or person. It was suggested to us that we could offer a scholarship at Western Sydney University for an aboriginal woman. We were delighted, and we are very pleased that this is now able to happen.

$20000 approx. total

2 Years

NSW

Open

This grant aims to support Indigenous students with the costs associated with commencing tertiary level studies.

$2000 approx. total

1 Year

NSW

Open

John Marsden had a passion for law, a love of life and a commitment to minority groups within our community and less privileged individuals and communities.

John was a product of south west Sydney. He was born and raised at Campbelltown, and on completion of his law degree at the University of Sydney, commenced practice in Campbelltown. That practice, now known as Marsdens Law Group, is the biggest and most successful in south west Sydney.

John was active in all areas of the community both locally within the State and nationally. His involvement ranged through the arts world, sporting world and human rights. As President of the Council for Civil Liberties he developed his commitment to the less privileged and those suffering discrimination and intolerance. In particular, he had a passion for the plight of our indigenous community and gay and lesbian men and women.

A gay man himself, John was proud of who he was. Yet, he recognised the discrimination that was rife throughout the community, particularly against gay and lesbian people and our indigenous brothers. On his death in 2006, a fund was established in John's name to assist in the education of young gay and lesbian people and young indigenous people.

$5000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

NSW

Open

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Achievement Scholarships aim to encourage academically gifted Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students who are either commencing or continuing their tertiary education at the University.

$25000 approx. total

5 Years

NSW

Open

The objective of the award is to assist an undergraduate Indigenous Australian student to undertake an approved program of study. Funding for this award has been provided to honour the memory of Lindsay and his father Joseph Croft.

Value may vary

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

ACT

Open

Each year ANU normally offers one scholarship to an indigenous Australian to undertake a PhD.

$34000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

1 scholarship offered

ACT

Open

This scholarship is offered by the Fenner School of Environment & Society.
 
 

$1000 approx. total

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

ACT

Open

Each year ANU normally offers one scholarship to an indigenous Australian to undertake graduate study.

$28597 approx. total

Duration of the Program

1 scholarship offered

ACT

Open

Each year the ANU College of Business and Economics offers the ANU College of Business and Economics Postgraduate Scholarship for Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander to provide encouragement and support to Indigenous students undertaking postgraduate studies by removing the financial burden of tuition fees.
 
This award will cover 100% of the tuition fees for the standard full time duration of the program in which the scholar is in enrolled in (up to 120 units) plus a once-off grant of $7500 in their first semester.

Value may vary

Duration of the Program

1 scholarship offered

ACT

Open

These scholarships are intended to assist undergraduate and graduate students to undertake fieldwork and research, preferably in Northern Australia. The fieldwork projects will be of short duration between two and four weeks or as negotiated with the selection committee.

Value may vary

1 Year

ACT

Open

Featured Promoted

Each year the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, within the ANU College of Health and Medicine, may offer one award known as the Duguid Travelling Award. The objective/s of the Award are to support, a HDR candidate based at NCEPH to undertake national or international travel in pursuit of their academic goals. Alternatively for an external postgraduate student to come to the NCEPH for an approved visit or program of study.

$1000 approx. total

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

ACT

Open

The objective of this scholarship is to encourage students to continue with tertiary education and to study their own culture and history.
 

Value may vary

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

ACT

Open

There shall be a number of scholarships available for new indigenous students at ANU known as the National Indigenous University Scholarship. The objectives of the National Indigenous University Scholarship are to acknowledge the academic excellence of Indigenous in secondary school studies and provide assistance with costs related to tertiary studies.

$62500 approx. total

Duration of the Program

1 scholarship offered

ACT

Open

Tranby National Indigenous Adult Education and Training ('Tranby') is located in Glebe, Sydney. The organisation is a function of the Co-operative for Aborigines Limited and has been a pioneer in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adult education, training, and social action for decades.

Tranby, as a nationally registered training organisation (RTO), offers units of competency, full VET qualifications, and non-accredited skill development initiatives to Indigenous adults from across Australia. Courses at Tranby have changed over time from trade-based skills to governance and legal advocacy. Most importantly, Tranby offers these qualifications in a unique, culturally supportive environment, and these courses are offered free for Indigenous students.

Please note that this RTO does not provide scholarships, but each of the 4 courses that they offer are subsidised by the Australian Government for Indigenous students.

 

Value may vary

Duration of the Program

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

Open

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 taken as a discount against Wesley College residential fees.

OR

as a living allowance for those students who have their fees paid by another grant or scholarship (e.g. ABSTUDY). Applicants should provide CentreLink confirmation of their eligibility to receive ABSTUDY.

Value may vary

Duration of the Program

NSW

Open

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