This scholarship provides support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students undertaking Honours studies in First Nations archaeology at the University of Sydney.
 
This scholarship is valued at $22,000 for one year. 

$22000 approx. total

1 Year

NSW

Closed

Open: 20/12/2024

Close: 18/03/2025

This scholarship offers up to $7,000 per year for up to 3 years for an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person undertaking an undergraduate psychology degree at the University of Sydney.

$21000 approx. total

3 Years

NSW

Closed

Open: 01/07/2025

Close: 30/09/2025

Established in 2019, this Scholarship has been generously donated by Michael and Suzanne Gregg. It provides financial support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students students in the Faculty of Science or the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.

The Scholarship is valued at $20,000 and is tenable for one year only.

$20000 approx. total

1 Year

NSW

Closed

Open: 07/03/2025

Close: 31/03/2025

Established in 2016, based on the foundational principles it is the desire of St John of God Health Care NSW Services to support ACU’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nursing students through a scholarship.

The St John of God Health Care (SJGHC) Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) expresses the desire to work collaboratively and respectfully with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the process of Reconciliation. Central to this is the goal of engaging in a manner that provides a range of services and opportunities to foster career opportunities within the mental health care sector. 
 
The recipients will be offered optional paid work in the first year, consisting of a minimum two shifts per fortnight during the University team or as per hospital requirements at one of the two SJGHC Mental Health facilities. SJGHC will be supportive of the preference/location of the recipient where possible.

$20000 approx. total

3 Years

2 scholarships offered

NSW

Closed

Open: 23/10/2025

Close: 01/03/2026

The Commonwealth of Australia provides funds under the Indigenous Student Success Program to improve higher education access, encourage Indigenous people to undertake an undergraduate course or an approved postgraduate course at The University of Western Australia and increase higher education participation and success for Indigenous people.

$20000 approx. total

3 Years

50 scholarships offered

WA

Closed

Open: 15/12/2025

Close: 03/03/2025

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 purpose of the Rob Riley Memorial Scholarship is to honour the memory of Rob Riley by supporting and encouraging Indigenous students in postgraduate course studies within the Faculty of Humanities. 

Rob Riley was a prominent Aboriginal activist and community leader who tirelessly advocated for social justice for Aboriginal people in Australia. Over his life, Rob held many influential roles such as CEO of the WA Aboriginal Legal Service, Chairperson of the National Aboriginal Council and was a senior advisor to the Federal Minister for Aboriginal Affairs.

$20000 approx. total

2 Years

WA

Closed

Open: 23/07/2025

Close: 24/11/2025

Rob Riley was a prominent Aboriginal activist and community leader who tirelessly advocated for social justice for Aboriginal people in Australia. Over his life, Rob held many influential roles such as CEO of the WA Aboriginal Legal Service, Chairperson of the National Aboriginal Council and was a senior advisor to the Federal Minister for Aboriginal Affairs. The purpose of the Science & Engineering Rob Riley Memorial Scholarship is to honour the memory of Rob Riley by supporting and encouraging Indigenous students in science and engineering undergraduate studies.

$20000 approx. total

4 Years

WA

Closed

Open: 23/07/2025

Close: 24/11/2025

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 scholarship offers up to $5000 per year for up to 4 years. You must be an active participant in the Pathways to Dreaming program throughout high school, including attending opportunities provided by the program. 

$20000 approx. total

4 Years

NSW

Closed

Open: 22/12/2025

Close: 02/02/2026

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 Program (ISSP).

$20000 approx. total

4 Years

TAS

Closed

Open: 09/05/2025

Close: 30/06/2025

These early childhood education scholarships have been developed to help increase the number of Aboriginal early childhood teachers in NSW and ensure children have access to inclusive and culturally appropriate education programs.

Up to 15 scholarships of up to $20,000 each are offered to support Aboriginal students wishing to complete a four-year equivalent bachelor level early childhood education teaching qualification (or similar).

$20000 approx. total

4 Years

15 scholarships offered

NSW

Open

Perth Airport Pty Ltd, owner and operator of Perth Airport will be offering one scholarship valued at up to $20,000 each to 1st year Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students undertaking an Undergraduate degree in an eligible course listed below. The Perth Airport Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Scholarship was established in 2010 when Perth Airport entered into a partnership with ECU to provide financial support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. A payment of $2,500 is made each semester (or pro rata for part time study) for the duration of the course up to 4 years (480 credit points).

$20000 approx. total

5 Years

WA

Closed

Open: 01/03/2026

Close: 30/03/2026

If you identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander and are studying or intend to study an undergraduate or postgraduate teacher qualification, our Pearl Duncan Teaching Scholarship might be right for you.

So we can encourage and support our aspiring teachers, this scholarship provides generous financial benefits and the opportunity to gain valuable experience and skills teaching in a supportive environment while you study (on a full-time basis) and after graduation.

$20000 approx. total

4 Years

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

Closed

Open: 22/09/2025

Close: 15/12/2025

Gavin Wanganeen is the first Aboriginal Australian to receive an AFL life membership for playing 300 official matches. He is also a premiership star, Brownlow medalist, five-time All Australian and Best and Fairest winner in Port Adelaide Football Club. 
 
This scholarship awards up to $5,000 per year, to a maximum of $20,000.

$20000 approx. total

4 Years

SA

Closed

Open: 20/01/2025

Close: 14/04/2025

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

Arcadia Landscape Design has donated funds to UWA to assist and encourage a high-achieving Indigenous Australian to commence and pursue studies in Landscape Architecture at UWA. 
 
This provides $5000 per annum.

$20000 approx. total

4 Years

1 scholarship offered

WA

Closed

Open: 15/12/2025

Close: 03/03/2026

7 Boorloo (Perth) commercial law firms (Allens, Clayton Utz, Clifford Chance, Herbert Smith Freehills, MinterEllison, Steinepreis Paganin and Thomas Geer) have launched the Bilya Boorn Scholarship. It aims to increase the representation and participation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in legal practice in Australia by providing this scholarship to First Nations law students in Western Australia.
 
This scholarship offers up to $20,000 for at least two years and ongoing opportunities for professional development and mentoring throughout the scholarship period and beyond. The firms are committed to engaging with the scholarship recipients to increase their knowledge of commercial legal practice as a career option. 

$20000 approx. total

2 Years

WA

Closed

Open: 12/01/2026

Close: 15/03/2026

Generously supported by Indigenous ICT business, Gulanga, this scholarship aims to encourage more young Indigenous people to pursue a career in information and communication technology (ICT). If you are an Indigenous student interested in studying a Bachelor of Computer Science or Information Technology, you are encouraged to apply for this Scholarship. 

 

This Scholarship offers up to $5,000 per year for the duration of your degree, for up to 4 years. 

$20000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

1 scholarship offered

NSW

Closed

Open: 16/02/2026

Close: 19/04/2026

This scholarship encourages and support Australian Indigenous students to study the Master of Finance and Investment Management, equipping them with advanced finance and investment skills to contribute positively to their communities.

$20000 approx. total

1 Semester

QLD

Open

Open: 13/10/2025

Close: 15/06/2026

This scholarship provides support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students undertaking Honours studies in First Nations archaeology at the University of Sydney.
 
This scholarship is valued at $22,000 for one year. 

$22000 approx. total

1 Year

NSW

Closed

Open: 20/12/2024

Close: 18/03/2025

This scholarship offers up to $7,000 per year for up to 3 years for an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person undertaking an undergraduate psychology degree at the University of Sydney.

$21000 approx. total

3 Years

NSW

Closed

Open: 01/07/2025

Close: 30/09/2025

Established in 2019, this Scholarship has been generously donated by Michael and Suzanne Gregg. It provides financial support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students students in the Faculty of Science or the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.

The Scholarship is valued at $20,000 and is tenable for one year only.

$20000 approx. total

1 Year

NSW

Closed

Open: 07/03/2025

Close: 31/03/2025

Established in 2016, based on the foundational principles it is the desire of St John of God Health Care NSW Services to support ACU’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nursing students through a scholarship.

The St John of God Health Care (SJGHC) Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) expresses the desire to work collaboratively and respectfully with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the process of Reconciliation. Central to this is the goal of engaging in a manner that provides a range of services and opportunities to foster career opportunities within the mental health care sector. 
 
The recipients will be offered optional paid work in the first year, consisting of a minimum two shifts per fortnight during the University team or as per hospital requirements at one of the two SJGHC Mental Health facilities. SJGHC will be supportive of the preference/location of the recipient where possible.

$20000 approx. total

3 Years

2 scholarships offered

NSW

Closed

Open: 23/10/2025

Close: 01/03/2026

The Commonwealth of Australia provides funds under the Indigenous Student Success Program to improve higher education access, encourage Indigenous people to undertake an undergraduate course or an approved postgraduate course at The University of Western Australia and increase higher education participation and success for Indigenous people.

$20000 approx. total

3 Years

50 scholarships offered

WA

Closed

Open: 15/12/2025

Close: 03/03/2025

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 purpose of the Rob Riley Memorial Scholarship is to honour the memory of Rob Riley by supporting and encouraging Indigenous students in postgraduate course studies within the Faculty of Humanities. 

Rob Riley was a prominent Aboriginal activist and community leader who tirelessly advocated for social justice for Aboriginal people in Australia. Over his life, Rob held many influential roles such as CEO of the WA Aboriginal Legal Service, Chairperson of the National Aboriginal Council and was a senior advisor to the Federal Minister for Aboriginal Affairs.

$20000 approx. total

2 Years

WA

Closed

Open: 23/07/2025

Close: 24/11/2025

Rob Riley was a prominent Aboriginal activist and community leader who tirelessly advocated for social justice for Aboriginal people in Australia. Over his life, Rob held many influential roles such as CEO of the WA Aboriginal Legal Service, Chairperson of the National Aboriginal Council and was a senior advisor to the Federal Minister for Aboriginal Affairs. The purpose of the Science & Engineering Rob Riley Memorial Scholarship is to honour the memory of Rob Riley by supporting and encouraging Indigenous students in science and engineering undergraduate studies.

$20000 approx. total

4 Years

WA

Closed

Open: 23/07/2025

Close: 24/11/2025

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 scholarship offers up to $5000 per year for up to 4 years. You must be an active participant in the Pathways to Dreaming program throughout high school, including attending opportunities provided by the program. 

$20000 approx. total

4 Years

NSW

Closed

Open: 22/12/2025

Close: 02/02/2026

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 Program (ISSP).

$20000 approx. total

4 Years

TAS

Closed

Open: 09/05/2025

Close: 30/06/2025

These early childhood education scholarships have been developed to help increase the number of Aboriginal early childhood teachers in NSW and ensure children have access to inclusive and culturally appropriate education programs.

Up to 15 scholarships of up to $20,000 each are offered to support Aboriginal students wishing to complete a four-year equivalent bachelor level early childhood education teaching qualification (or similar).

$20000 approx. total

4 Years

15 scholarships offered

NSW

Open

Perth Airport Pty Ltd, owner and operator of Perth Airport will be offering one scholarship valued at up to $20,000 each to 1st year Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students undertaking an Undergraduate degree in an eligible course listed below. The Perth Airport Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Scholarship was established in 2010 when Perth Airport entered into a partnership with ECU to provide financial support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. A payment of $2,500 is made each semester (or pro rata for part time study) for the duration of the course up to 4 years (480 credit points).

$20000 approx. total

5 Years

WA

Closed

Open: 01/03/2026

Close: 30/03/2026

If you identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander and are studying or intend to study an undergraduate or postgraduate teacher qualification, our Pearl Duncan Teaching Scholarship might be right for you.

So we can encourage and support our aspiring teachers, this scholarship provides generous financial benefits and the opportunity to gain valuable experience and skills teaching in a supportive environment while you study (on a full-time basis) and after graduation.

$20000 approx. total

4 Years

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

Closed

Open: 22/09/2025

Close: 15/12/2025

Gavin Wanganeen is the first Aboriginal Australian to receive an AFL life membership for playing 300 official matches. He is also a premiership star, Brownlow medalist, five-time All Australian and Best and Fairest winner in Port Adelaide Football Club. 
 
This scholarship awards up to $5,000 per year, to a maximum of $20,000.

$20000 approx. total

4 Years

SA

Closed

Open: 20/01/2025

Close: 14/04/2025

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

Arcadia Landscape Design has donated funds to UWA to assist and encourage a high-achieving Indigenous Australian to commence and pursue studies in Landscape Architecture at UWA. 
 
This provides $5000 per annum.

$20000 approx. total

4 Years

1 scholarship offered

WA

Closed

Open: 15/12/2025

Close: 03/03/2026

7 Boorloo (Perth) commercial law firms (Allens, Clayton Utz, Clifford Chance, Herbert Smith Freehills, MinterEllison, Steinepreis Paganin and Thomas Geer) have launched the Bilya Boorn Scholarship. It aims to increase the representation and participation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in legal practice in Australia by providing this scholarship to First Nations law students in Western Australia.
 
This scholarship offers up to $20,000 for at least two years and ongoing opportunities for professional development and mentoring throughout the scholarship period and beyond. The firms are committed to engaging with the scholarship recipients to increase their knowledge of commercial legal practice as a career option. 

$20000 approx. total

2 Years

WA

Closed

Open: 12/01/2026

Close: 15/03/2026

Generously supported by Indigenous ICT business, Gulanga, this scholarship aims to encourage more young Indigenous people to pursue a career in information and communication technology (ICT). If you are an Indigenous student interested in studying a Bachelor of Computer Science or Information Technology, you are encouraged to apply for this Scholarship. 

 

This Scholarship offers up to $5,000 per year for the duration of your degree, for up to 4 years. 

$20000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

1 scholarship offered

NSW

Closed

Open: 16/02/2026

Close: 19/04/2026

This scholarship encourages and support Australian Indigenous students to study the Master of Finance and Investment Management, equipping them with advanced finance and investment skills to contribute positively to their communities.

$20000 approx. total

1 Semester

QLD

Open

Open: 13/10/2025

Close: 15/06/2026

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