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 awa...

$20000 approx. total

4 Years

SA

Closed

Open: 20/01/2025

Close: 14/04/2025

This scholarship was established in 2023 to provide assistance to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students who have completed or will soon complete the Graduate Diploma of Indigenous Health Promotion, to achieve a Master of Public Health, Master of Global Health, or Master of Health Policy.

$9300 approx. total

1 Year

NSW

Closed

Open: 18/12/2024

Close: 31/01/2025

John Monash Scholarships recognise excellence and leadership, and celebrate one of Australia’s finest leaders: General Sir John Monash. Scholarships are awarded annually to outstanding Australian graduates to support them with post graduate study at the world’s best universities. Successful appli...

$210000 approx. total

3 Years

10 scholarships offered

Overseas

Closed

Open: 05/05/2025

Close: 30/06/2025

This scholarship offers $8,500 to support students undertaking an Honours program in the School of Chemistry at the University of Sydney.

$8500 approx. total

1 Year

NSW

Closed

Open: 11/09/2024

Close: 09/02/2025

Featured Promoted

This scholarship supports female undergraduate Indigenous students in theatre, music theatre or music. This scholarship is awarded triennially.

$12000 approx. total

3 Years

1 scholarship offered

VIC

Closed

Open: 14/02/2025

Close: 06/04/2025

This scholarship is to encourage and assist high achieving Indigenous Australian students, who are experiencing financial hardship, to pursue a Juris Doctor at UWA. 

$25000 approx. total

No Duration

1 scholarship offered

WA

Closed

Open: 11/01/2024

Close: 12/03/2024

Established in 2014, the Gill Family Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Scholarship is intended to assist students from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds.

$4000 approx. total

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

VIC

Closed

Open: 01/08/2023

Close: 17/03/2024

GlobalHealth Education’s Healthcare Education Scholarship for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoplesReceive assistance with your undergraduate or postgraduate education costs with this $5,000 scholarship.At GlobalHealth Education, we are passionate about supporting healthcare students on t...

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

Closed

Close: 27/02/2026

This scholarship supports Indigenous Students in Business, valued at $10,000 per year for up to 3 years. This scholarship specifically targets NSW and NT students who have had a challenging adolescence and who will benefit from support in their studies.  

$30000 approx. total

3 Years

Closed

Close: 15/03/2024

This scholarship is open to high achieving Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students enrolled in the University of South Australia full or part-time in any of the undergraduate programs:   Bachelor of Human Movement Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Science Bachelor of Occupatio...

$24000 approx. total

4 Years

SA

Closed

Open: 20/01/2025

Close: 14/03/2025

The Griffith Business Schools wants to support Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students with their studies. This is available for commencing students in business, government and related degrees. 

$15000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

QLD

Closed

Close: 30/06/2025

The scholarship is available to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research candidates. It provides a living allowance of approximately AUD$53,976 (2025 rate, indexed annually) per annum;— paid as a fortnightly stipend, and a relocation allowance. Sick leave, parental leave and leave of absen...

$50000 approx. total

2 Years

Open

The QIC Indigenous Tertiary Scholarship is to support Indigenous students studying a degree in commerce, economics, business, government and industrial relations, law, science, I.T., engineering, mathematics or psychology.    As part of this scholarship, QIC will provide a ment...

$10000 approx. total

No Duration

Closed

Close: 07/04/2025

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 Tec...

$20000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

1 scholarship offered

NSW

Closed

Open: 26/03/2025

Close: 11/05/2025

This scholarship supports an Indigenous Australia student studying the Bachelor of Construction Project Management or a Bachelor of Engineering degree (majoring in Civil or Civil and Environmental engineering), by providing financial assistance and the opportunity for a paid cadetship with Hansen...

$7500 approx. total

1 Year

NSW

Closed

Open: 01/02/2024

Close: 02/04/2024

The Hawkesbury College Foundation was established in 1982 by the (then) Hawkesbury Agricultural College as a charitable entity designed to support the College.The UWS Hawkesbury Foundation Board remains committed to the support of the Hawkesbury Campus of UWS whilst also supporting the growing re...

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

NSW

Closed

Close: 06/01/2026

Holding Redlich is committed to working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to reach tangible and transformative outcomes involving the creation and support of clear pathways for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander law students to obtain employment in the legal industry. Accordin...

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

2 scholarships offered

QLD

Closed

Open: 24/03/2025

Close: 16/05/2025

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 advo...

$20000 approx. total

2 Years

WA

Closed

Open: 23/07/2025

Close: 24/11/2025

The Hutchinson Indigenous Fellowship and Residency is an annual award that provides a Victorian Aboriginal emerging artist with financial support to explore ideas and develop skills that will realise new iterations of cultural practice and development and build their practice into the future. &a...

$40000 approx. total

1 Semester

1 scholarship offered

VIC

Open

This scholarship has been set up to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students enrolled in the Veterinary BSc, DVM Waardong program.

$4000 approx. total

1 Year

WA

Open

Open: 05/10/2025

Close: 08/03/2026

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 awa...

$20000 approx. total

4 Years

SA

Closed

Open: 20/01/2025

Close: 14/04/2025

This scholarship was established in 2023 to provide assistance to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students who have completed or will soon complete the Graduate Diploma of Indigenous Health Promotion, to achieve a Master of Public Health, Master of Global Health, or Master of Health Policy.

$9300 approx. total

1 Year

NSW

Closed

Open: 18/12/2024

Close: 31/01/2025

John Monash Scholarships recognise excellence and leadership, and celebrate one of Australia’s finest leaders: General Sir John Monash. Scholarships are awarded annually to outstanding Australian graduates to support them with post graduate study at the world’s best universities. Successful appli...

$210000 approx. total

3 Years

10 scholarships offered

Overseas

Closed

Open: 05/05/2025

Close: 30/06/2025

This scholarship offers $8,500 to support students undertaking an Honours program in the School of Chemistry at the University of Sydney.

$8500 approx. total

1 Year

NSW

Closed

Open: 11/09/2024

Close: 09/02/2025

Featured Promoted

This scholarship supports female undergraduate Indigenous students in theatre, music theatre or music. This scholarship is awarded triennially.

$12000 approx. total

3 Years

1 scholarship offered

VIC

Closed

Open: 14/02/2025

Close: 06/04/2025

This scholarship is to encourage and assist high achieving Indigenous Australian students, who are experiencing financial hardship, to pursue a Juris Doctor at UWA. 

$25000 approx. total

No Duration

1 scholarship offered

WA

Closed

Open: 11/01/2024

Close: 12/03/2024

Established in 2014, the Gill Family Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Scholarship is intended to assist students from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds.

$4000 approx. total

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

VIC

Closed

Open: 01/08/2023

Close: 17/03/2024

GlobalHealth Education’s Healthcare Education Scholarship for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoplesReceive assistance with your undergraduate or postgraduate education costs with this $5,000 scholarship.At GlobalHealth Education, we are passionate about supporting healthcare students on t...

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

1 scholarship offered

Closed

Close: 27/02/2026

This scholarship supports Indigenous Students in Business, valued at $10,000 per year for up to 3 years. This scholarship specifically targets NSW and NT students who have had a challenging adolescence and who will benefit from support in their studies.  

$30000 approx. total

3 Years

Closed

Close: 15/03/2024

This scholarship is open to high achieving Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students enrolled in the University of South Australia full or part-time in any of the undergraduate programs:   Bachelor of Human Movement Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Science Bachelor of Occupatio...

$24000 approx. total

4 Years

SA

Closed

Open: 20/01/2025

Close: 14/03/2025

The Griffith Business Schools wants to support Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students with their studies. This is available for commencing students in business, government and related degrees. 

$15000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

QLD

Closed

Close: 30/06/2025

The scholarship is available to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research candidates. It provides a living allowance of approximately AUD$53,976 (2025 rate, indexed annually) per annum;— paid as a fortnightly stipend, and a relocation allowance. Sick leave, parental leave and leave of absen...

$50000 approx. total

2 Years

Open

The QIC Indigenous Tertiary Scholarship is to support Indigenous students studying a degree in commerce, economics, business, government and industrial relations, law, science, I.T., engineering, mathematics or psychology.    As part of this scholarship, QIC will provide a ment...

$10000 approx. total

No Duration

Closed

Close: 07/04/2025

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 Tec...

$20000 approx. total

Duration of the Program

1 scholarship offered

NSW

Closed

Open: 26/03/2025

Close: 11/05/2025

This scholarship supports an Indigenous Australia student studying the Bachelor of Construction Project Management or a Bachelor of Engineering degree (majoring in Civil or Civil and Environmental engineering), by providing financial assistance and the opportunity for a paid cadetship with Hansen...

$7500 approx. total

1 Year

NSW

Closed

Open: 01/02/2024

Close: 02/04/2024

The Hawkesbury College Foundation was established in 1982 by the (then) Hawkesbury Agricultural College as a charitable entity designed to support the College.The UWS Hawkesbury Foundation Board remains committed to the support of the Hawkesbury Campus of UWS whilst also supporting the growing re...

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

NSW

Closed

Close: 06/01/2026

Holding Redlich is committed to working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to reach tangible and transformative outcomes involving the creation and support of clear pathways for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander law students to obtain employment in the legal industry. Accordin...

$5000 approx. total

1 Year

2 scholarships offered

QLD

Closed

Open: 24/03/2025

Close: 16/05/2025

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 advo...

$20000 approx. total

2 Years

WA

Closed

Open: 23/07/2025

Close: 24/11/2025

The Hutchinson Indigenous Fellowship and Residency is an annual award that provides a Victorian Aboriginal emerging artist with financial support to explore ideas and develop skills that will realise new iterations of cultural practice and development and build their practice into the future. &a...

$40000 approx. total

1 Semester

1 scholarship offered

VIC

Open

This scholarship has been set up to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students enrolled in the Veterinary BSc, DVM Waardong program.

$4000 approx. total

1 Year

WA

Open

Open: 05/10/2025

Close: 08/03/2026

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