Indigenous Pathways Portal

Duguid Travelling Award

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 ...

$1000 approx. total

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

ACT

Open

Dyno Nobel Indigenous Scholarship

This Scholarship was established in 2021 by Dyno Nobel (formerly Incitec Pivot) to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students who face financial hardship. Preference is given to students studying engineering, business or occupational health and safety science.

$15000 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

E.O.H Handy Memorial Scholarship

This Scholarship was founded in 1995 by a bequest under the will of Maisie Elizabeth Handy in memory of her late husband E.O.H. Handy.

$500 approx. total

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

EAPP Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Scholarship

The Elite Athlete and Performer Program (EAPP) is a Sport, Wellbeing and Residential Life initiative to support student athletes and performers dual career. This EAPP Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Scholarship is designed to support elite athletes/performers who participate in n...

$3000 approx. total

1 Year

2 scholarships offered

Closed

Open: 26/11/2025 2025-11-26T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 01/03/2026 2026-03-01T00:00:00+00:00

Economics Postgraduate Coursework Indigenous Scholarship

The purpose of the scholarship is to provide assistance to students of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background to study economics with us at a postgraduate level. It will cover 100% of the tuition fees.

Value may vary

Duration of the Program

QLD

Open

Open: 19/01/2026 2026-01-19T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 16/03/2026 2026-03-16T00:00:00+00:00

Economics Undergraduate Indigenous Scholarship

The purpose of this Scholarship is to provide assistance to students of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background who have a keen interest in economics and a demonstrated need for financial support.

Value may vary

Duration of the Program

QLD

Open

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

Close: 23/03/2026 2026-03-23T00:00:00+00:00

ECU Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Scholarship

This scholarship is intended to assist Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students with the costs associated with university study.Valued at $3000 per year for each full-time year of a student's undergraduate course.

$9000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

WA

Closed

Open: 01/02/2025 2025-02-01T00:00:00+00:00

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

ECU Vice Chancellor's Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Scholarship

The ECU Vice Chancellor's Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Scholarship was established to provide financial support for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Australians. The scholarship funds are payable each semester, until the completion of a Bachelor's degree at ECU. Applic...

$17500 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

Emeritus Professor Richard Henry AM and the late Dr Rachel Oberon Indigenous Advantage Graduate Certificate Scholarship

This Scholarship encourages Indigenous students to undertake a Graduate Certificate within the UNSW Centre of Social Impact or the Australian Graduate School of Management, with preference given to students undertaking the CSI Graduate Certificate in Social Impact. This Scholarship will be paid d...

$8500 approx. total

Duration of the Program

3 scholarships offered

NSW

Closed

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

Close: 29/08/2025 2025-08-29T00:00:00+00:00

Emmanuel College Indigenous Residential Scholarship

This scholarship was established in 2021 to assist in living and accommodation costs for Indigenous students residing at Emmanuel College.  The value of this scholarship is up to $7,000.

$7000 approx. total

No Duration

QLD

Closed

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

Close: 27/02/2025 2025-02-27T00:00:00+00:00

Encounters Fellowships Program

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

Closed

Endowed Dr J and Dr M Fulcher Scholarship in Law

This Scholarship was established in 2015 and is maintained by the income of an endowment fund supported by donations from Jonathan and Michele Fulcher.

$2250 approx. total

1 Year

QLD

Closed

Open: 12/08/2025 2025-08-12T00:00:00+00:00

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

Engineering Indigenous Excellence Scholarship

The Engineering Indigenous Excellence Scholarship has been introduced to support Indigenous students to excel in undergraduate Engineering degrees.

$40000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

2 scholarships offered

VIC

Closed

Envato Foundation Indigenous Scholarship

This Scholarship was established by a gift from the Envato Foundation to support the education of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

$7000 approx. total

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

Environmental Law Bursary

The National Environmental Law Association (NELA) and Ngalaya First Nations Environmental Law Bursary is available to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander lawyers, law students and legal academics with an interest in environmental law Australia-wide.  The Bursary is a one-off p...

$10000 approx. total

1 Semester

Not opened yet

Open: 04/05/2026 2026-05-04T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 01/07/2026 2026-07-01T00:00:00+00:00

Erica Jolly Indigenous Bursary

A generous donation from Flinders University graduate Erica Jolly, a Companion of the University, has enabled the establishment of the Erica Jolly Indigenous Bursary. The bursary has been established to encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to undertake a higher education cours...

$500 approx. total

1 Semester

SA

Closed

Open: 11/12/2024 2024-12-11T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 09/04/2025 2025-04-09T00:00:00+00:00

Ernst & Young Scholarships (Higher Education)

This Scholarship is open to First Nations students studying a Higher Education degree/undergraduate degree through Federation University's Ballarat/Mt Helen campus.

$4000 approx. total

1 Year

VIC

Closed

Open: 04/01/2026 2026-01-04T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 01/03/2026 2026-03-01T00:00:00+00:00

Essential Energy Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Scholarship

This scholarship offers support to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students studying across Essential Energy's footprint to help expand their career opportunities, offering potential paid work experience and potential employment post completion of studies.

$10000 approx. total

3 Years

2 scholarships offered

NSW

Closed

Open: 21/01/2026 2026-01-21T00:00:00+00:00

Close: 15/02/2026 2026-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

Eucharistic Community Scholarship for Aboriginal Women

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 va...

$20000 approx. total

2 Years

NSW

Closed

Evelyn Boekemann Scholarship

This Scholarship is for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander in a certificate IV or diploma.It provides up to $9000 per annum (up to $4500 per semester) for the standard duration of your vocational education program, and can continue into an associate or a bachelor's degree for the standa...

$45000 approx. total

No Duration

VIC

Closed