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Ngalaya First Nations Law Scholarship

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The Ngalaya First Nations Law Scholarship was established by Ngalaya Indigenous Corporation, the peak body for First Nations lawyers and law students in NSW/ACT to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students pursuing a law degree in NSW and the ACT. The scholarship is available with support from Colin Biggers & Paisley, and the Australian Department of Health.

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

NSW, ACT

Open

Open: 01/05/2026

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NHMRC Indigenous Internship Program

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The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) offers opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students enrolled in an Undergraduate or Masters degree in a health or medical research related field to take up a (virtual) internship in the agency.
 
 

Value may vary

Duration of the Program

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

Open

Open: 23/10/2024

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Encounters Fellowships Program

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Encounters Fellowships offer six people a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to gain professional development in a hands-on program that includes a placement at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra and experience at partner cultural institutions in Australia and the United Kingdom.
 

$60000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

6 scholarships offered

ACT

Open

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Pathways Psychology Institute - Indigenous Scholarships

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Pathways Psychology Institute will be offering Scholarship positions in the applicable year to their Graduate Diploma course for Indigenous students. 

Value may vary

Duration of the Program

NSW

Open

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The Rhodanthe Lipsett Indigenous Midwifery Charitable Fund Scholarships

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The Rhodanthe Lipsett Indigenous Midwifery Charitable Fund provides a number of scholarships each year to support and encourage Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people to undertake their midwifery education and expand their skills and confidence in caring for Indigenous mothers and their infants.

The Fund’s primary goal is to improve the health and well-being of Indigenous women and babies by assisting to increase the number of Indigenous midwives across Australia.

Value may vary

1 Year

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

Open

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Australian Indigenous Higher Degree Research Scholarships

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UNE is seeking Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander scholars wanting to carry out research in areas of research priority for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Research projects should be interdisciplinary in nature, and work across areas such as rural medicine, health, psychology, education, social work, public policy, law, criminology and sociology.
This scholarship value is $37,510 p.a (2022) for three years for a Doctoral degree; or two years for a Research Masters. In addition, candidates will be eligible to apply to Research Services for an additional $7,000.00 per year for cultural supervision and/or mentoring.

$112500 approx. total

3 Years

10 scholarships offered

NSW

Open

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Young, Black & Proud Scholarships

Featured Promoted
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

Open

More

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Scholarship

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For students identifying as of Aboriginal origin and/or Torres Strait Islander origin, this scholarship offers a payment of $1500 post census to assist with the general costs associated with commencing Higher Education Study. 

$1500 approx. total

Duration of the Program

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

Open

More

Indigenous Residential Scholarship

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The Indigenous Residential Scholarship at The Women's College within The University of Sydney is a residential scholarship in partnership with The University of Sydney and is for Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander students based on financial need and academic merit. The scholarship covers full residential fees (less a small co-payment) for three years. Several students have already benefited from these scholarships to assist them during their studies at The University of Sydney.

$15000 approx. total

3 Years

4 scholarships offered

Open

Open: 06/05/2025

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Indigenous Master of Psychology Scholarship

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Financial resources are a major issues impacting tertiary study for Indigenous students. This contributes to the chronic under-representation of Indigenous students in postgraduate clinical psychology programs that, in turn, results in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander psychologists making up well 1% of the proportion of all registered psychologists.
By offering a scholarship for each full-time year in our Clinical Psychology program at UNE, they hope to encourage, retain and support their Indigenous students on the pathway to becoming a qualified Psychologist to address these major workforce shortages. 

$30000 approx. total

2 Years

NSW

Open

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IBB Gadigal Advanced Merit Scholarship

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This scholarship was established in 2019 to assist Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander students undertaking the Bachelor of Commerce or Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Advanced Studies.

The scholarship is valued at $10,000 per annum and is tenable for the normal duration of the degree.

$10000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

NSW

Open

More

College of Engineering, Science and Environment Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Scholarship

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This scholarship was established to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in eligible programs for the first year of study with the college of Engineering, Science and Environment (CESE).

$4000 approx. total

1 Year

20 scholarships offered

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

Open

More

SHQ Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Medical Education Scholarship

Featured Promoted
SHQ recognises that to achieve health equality more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are needed in the health workforce. To work towards this SHQ would like to offer a scholarship to an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Doctor and nurse per year to participate in one of our Certificate Programs:
 
- Certificate in Sexual and Reproductive Health for Medical Practitioners
- Certificate in Sexual and Reproductive Health (Nursing)
 
This scholarship will cover the full cost of the course whilst other costs such as travel, meals, accommodation, etc. needs to be met by the participant.
 
The scholarship is only available to clinicians that work in WA.
 

$3000 approx. total

1 Year

2 scholarships offered

WA

Open

More

Indigenous Relocation and Accommodation Scholarship

Featured Promoted
To provide Indigenous students from regional and remote areas access with financial assistance towards the cost of relocating to support their academic success.

$6000 approx. total

1 Year

NSW

Open

More

Liberty First Nations Scholarship

Featured Promoted

This Scholarship is for an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander student in an undergraduate business, accounting or commerce degree who can demonstrate circumstances which impact their study. It is valued at up to $50,000 for up to five years.

$50000 approx. total

5 Years

VIC

Open

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Churchill Fellowship

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Explore your passion, benefit your community.

 

A Churchill Fellowship offers Australian citizens and permanent residents a life-changing opportunity to travel overseas.

 

You don't need an academic qualification to apply, in fact, you don't need to have completed school. You can do a Churchill Fellowship on any topic, provided there is a benefit to Australia and your community by you sharing your knowledge or skills.

 

$40000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

Open

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RHD: Strength in data, power in community: national evaluation of justice reinvestment

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Justice reinvestment (JR) is expanding across Australia as a First Nations, community-led approach to reducing harm and over-incarceration. However, little is known about the outcomes communities are achieving, the mechanisms driving change or the conditions needed for long-term sustainability. This project will build a rigorous Indigenous-led research program to understand how JR works, why it works and how it can inform future justice policy and practice.

 

You will work with a supervisory team to design a project aligned with the Indigenous, community-led evaluative approach, that will contribute to the four core research questions:

  • What outcomes and mechanisms have First Nations communities developed through JR?

  • What contextual factors enable or constrain positive JR outcomes?

  • What supports the sustainability of self-determined JR models?

  • How can these models shape future justice policy and practice?

 

Depending on your interests and strengths, topics can focus on community governance, youth and family experiences, local data practices, policy environments, or the broader mechanisms shaping JR implementation. Qualitative, participatory, discourse-analytic or mixed-method approaches are all possible within the project's evaluation framework.

 

This Scholarship includes a living stipend of $37,500 per annum tax free and your tuition fees covered.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are eligible to a higher base stipend scholarship of about $47,500 per year, with an additional top-up of $20,000 per year and $5,000 per year in research support.

Value may vary

Duration of the Program

QLD

Open

More

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

More

Aboriginal Housing Office Tertiary Accommodation Grants

Featured Promoted
From the NSW Government's new program within the Strong Family, Strong Communities framework, this scholarship supports eligible tertiary students with grants of $5,000, $7,000 or $10,000 to offset the cost of living whilst studying.

$10000 approx. total

No Duration

40 scholarships offered

NSW

Open

More

University of Newcastle Academic High Performers Scholarship - Indigenous Year 12 School Leavers

Featured Promoted
This scholarship program is available to high performing applicants, providing financial support of $10,000 each year for standard duration of degree (3-5 years) as well as opportunities for formal recognition by the Vice-Chancellor and access to leadership training and academic mentoring programs within your College.

$50000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

1 scholarship offered

NSW

Open

More

Ngalaya First Nations Law Scholarship

Featured Promoted

The Ngalaya First Nations Law Scholarship was established by Ngalaya Indigenous Corporation, the peak body for First Nations lawyers and law students in NSW/ACT to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students pursuing a law degree in NSW and the ACT. The scholarship is available with support from Colin Biggers & Paisley, and the Australian Department of Health.

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

NSW, ACT

Open

Open: 01/05/2026

More

NHMRC Indigenous Internship Program

Featured Promoted

The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) offers opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students enrolled in an Undergraduate or Masters degree in a health or medical research related field to take up a (virtual) internship in the agency.
 
 

Value may vary

Duration of the Program

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

Open

Open: 23/10/2024

More

Encounters Fellowships Program

Featured Promoted

Encounters Fellowships offer six people a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to gain professional development in a hands-on program that includes a placement at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra and experience at partner cultural institutions in Australia and the United Kingdom.
 

$60000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

6 scholarships offered

ACT

Open

More

Pathways Psychology Institute - Indigenous Scholarships

Featured Promoted

Pathways Psychology Institute will be offering Scholarship positions in the applicable year to their Graduate Diploma course for Indigenous students. 

Value may vary

Duration of the Program

NSW

Open

More

The Rhodanthe Lipsett Indigenous Midwifery Charitable Fund Scholarships

Featured Promoted

The Rhodanthe Lipsett Indigenous Midwifery Charitable Fund provides a number of scholarships each year to support and encourage Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people to undertake their midwifery education and expand their skills and confidence in caring for Indigenous mothers and their infants.

The Fund’s primary goal is to improve the health and well-being of Indigenous women and babies by assisting to increase the number of Indigenous midwives across Australia.

Value may vary

1 Year

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

Open

More

Australian Indigenous Higher Degree Research Scholarships

Featured Promoted

UNE is seeking Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander scholars wanting to carry out research in areas of research priority for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Research projects should be interdisciplinary in nature, and work across areas such as rural medicine, health, psychology, education, social work, public policy, law, criminology and sociology.
This scholarship value is $37,510 p.a (2022) for three years for a Doctoral degree; or two years for a Research Masters. In addition, candidates will be eligible to apply to Research Services for an additional $7,000.00 per year for cultural supervision and/or mentoring.

$112500 approx. total

3 Years

10 scholarships offered

NSW

Open

More

Young, Black & Proud Scholarships

Featured Promoted

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

Open

More

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Scholarship

Featured Promoted

For students identifying as of Aboriginal origin and/or Torres Strait Islander origin, this scholarship offers a payment of $1500 post census to assist with the general costs associated with commencing Higher Education Study. 

$1500 approx. total

Duration of the Program

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

Open

More

Indigenous Residential Scholarship

Featured Promoted

The Indigenous Residential Scholarship at The Women's College within The University of Sydney is a residential scholarship in partnership with The University of Sydney and is for Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander students based on financial need and academic merit. The scholarship covers full residential fees (less a small co-payment) for three years. Several students have already benefited from these scholarships to assist them during their studies at The University of Sydney.

$15000 approx. total

3 Years

4 scholarships offered

Open

Open: 06/05/2025

More

Indigenous Master of Psychology Scholarship

Featured Promoted

Financial resources are a major issues impacting tertiary study for Indigenous students. This contributes to the chronic under-representation of Indigenous students in postgraduate clinical psychology programs that, in turn, results in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander psychologists making up well 1% of the proportion of all registered psychologists.
By offering a scholarship for each full-time year in our Clinical Psychology program at UNE, they hope to encourage, retain and support their Indigenous students on the pathway to becoming a qualified Psychologist to address these major workforce shortages. 

$30000 approx. total

2 Years

NSW

Open

More

IBB Gadigal Advanced Merit Scholarship

Featured Promoted

This scholarship was established in 2019 to assist Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander students undertaking the Bachelor of Commerce or Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Advanced Studies.

The scholarship is valued at $10,000 per annum and is tenable for the normal duration of the degree.

$10000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

NSW

Open

More

College of Engineering, Science and Environment Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Scholarship

Featured Promoted

This scholarship was established to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in eligible programs for the first year of study with the college of Engineering, Science and Environment (CESE).

$4000 approx. total

1 Year

20 scholarships offered

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

Open

More

SHQ Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Medical Education Scholarship

Featured Promoted

SHQ recognises that to achieve health equality more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are needed in the health workforce. To work towards this SHQ would like to offer a scholarship to an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Doctor and nurse per year to participate in one of our Certificate Programs:
 
- Certificate in Sexual and Reproductive Health for Medical Practitioners
- Certificate in Sexual and Reproductive Health (Nursing)
 
This scholarship will cover the full cost of the course whilst other costs such as travel, meals, accommodation, etc. needs to be met by the participant.
 
The scholarship is only available to clinicians that work in WA.
 

$3000 approx. total

1 Year

2 scholarships offered

WA

Open

More

Indigenous Relocation and Accommodation Scholarship

Featured Promoted

To provide Indigenous students from regional and remote areas access with financial assistance towards the cost of relocating to support their academic success.

$6000 approx. total

1 Year

NSW

Open

More

Liberty First Nations Scholarship

Featured Promoted

This Scholarship is for an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander student in an undergraduate business, accounting or commerce degree who can demonstrate circumstances which impact their study. It is valued at up to $50,000 for up to five years.

$50000 approx. total

5 Years

VIC

Open

More

Churchill Fellowship

Featured Promoted

Explore your passion, benefit your community.

 

A Churchill Fellowship offers Australian citizens and permanent residents a life-changing opportunity to travel overseas.

 

You don't need an academic qualification to apply, in fact, you don't need to have completed school. You can do a Churchill Fellowship on any topic, provided there is a benefit to Australia and your community by you sharing your knowledge or skills.

 

$40000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

Open

More

RHD: Strength in data, power in community: national evaluation of justice reinvestment

Featured Promoted

Justice reinvestment (JR) is expanding across Australia as a First Nations, community-led approach to reducing harm and over-incarceration. However, little is known about the outcomes communities are achieving, the mechanisms driving change or the conditions needed for long-term sustainability. This project will build a rigorous Indigenous-led research program to understand how JR works, why it works and how it can inform future justice policy and practice.

 

You will work with a supervisory team to design a project aligned with the Indigenous, community-led evaluative approach, that will contribute to the four core research questions:

  • What outcomes and mechanisms have First Nations communities developed through JR?

  • What contextual factors enable or constrain positive JR outcomes?

  • What supports the sustainability of self-determined JR models?

  • How can these models shape future justice policy and practice?

 

Depending on your interests and strengths, topics can focus on community governance, youth and family experiences, local data practices, policy environments, or the broader mechanisms shaping JR implementation. Qualitative, participatory, discourse-analytic or mixed-method approaches are all possible within the project's evaluation framework.

 

This Scholarship includes a living stipend of $37,500 per annum tax free and your tuition fees covered.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are eligible to a higher base stipend scholarship of about $47,500 per year, with an additional top-up of $20,000 per year and $5,000 per year in research support.

Value may vary

Duration of the Program

QLD

Open

More

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

More

Aboriginal Housing Office Tertiary Accommodation Grants

Featured Promoted

From the NSW Government's new program within the Strong Family, Strong Communities framework, this scholarship supports eligible tertiary students with grants of $5,000, $7,000 or $10,000 to offset the cost of living whilst studying.

$10000 approx. total

No Duration

40 scholarships offered

NSW

Open

More

University of Newcastle Academic High Performers Scholarship - Indigenous Year 12 School Leavers

Featured Promoted

This scholarship program is available to high performing applicants, providing financial support of $10,000 each year for standard duration of degree (3-5 years) as well as opportunities for formal recognition by the Vice-Chancellor and access to leadership training and academic mentoring programs within your College.

$50000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

1 scholarship offered

NSW

Open

More

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