scholarship [n.]

1. academic achievement; learning of a high level. 2. a grant made to support a student’s education, awarded on the basis of achievement.

Oxford Dictionaries

Scholarships, bursaries, grants, awards [financial] are all names for monetary amounts given to individuals to assist them with their studies, irrespective of their education level. The amounts involved may range from the hundreds to tens of thousands of dollars. Some may be supplied with restrictions or obligations attached, e.g. funds must be spent on specific objects, commitment to work for a group for a period of time.

We have not included areas such as HECS or HELP, which are government sourced funding, but which have to be repaid in some form over a period of time.

Links to scholarships have been grouped as follows.

All state/territory specific scholarships have been placed under the various state headings, irrespective of what they cover. That is, scholarships for teaching, state specific nursing, state-based Indigenous applications, etc., will be listed under state/territory groupings.

This page looks at State & Territory scholarships information and Indigenous Scholarships.

The Second Page looks at scholarship Search Engines plus Specific Area and International scholarships.

The Third Page looks at Government sponsored, Research and Tertiary scholarships, as well as other scholarship information.

You can access information by using the direct links or the number links above.

It is impossible for a site such as this to include every scholarship link. If what you are seeking is not included, we recommend you use one of the Search Engines listed to find your target, or the target area. This is a continually evolving page with additions made as sources are discovered, and present sources expanded. It will continue as a work in progress for a long time.

States & Territories

Australian Capital Territory

• ACT Government Grants Portal
  ‘Find information and apply for more than 22 grant programs’.
• ACT Teacher Scholarships
  ‘Consists of two components : the Targeted Programs and Individual Scholarships’.
• For Educational Access Schemes and Equity Scholarships. See the links in the NSW section.

New South Wales

• Agricultural High School Boarder Scholarships
  Download all details.
• Access Scholarships for Isolated Students
  Download all details.
• Australian School of Business - UNSW
  ‘UNSW and the Australian School of Business’ scholarships are made available to undergraduate students to assist them in the study. For full details on requirements and application procedures please visit the UNSW Scholarship website’
• Awards & Scholarships, DET
  Includes some for staff and schools.
• Ben Chifley Scholarship
  ‘Thirty Scholarships are available for 1st, 2nd and 3rd year apprentices from country NSW. Apprentices who live and work in country NSW and are Australian citizens are eligible to be nominated’.
• Boarding Schools Expo
  As part of this site you can find scholarship information for Boarding Schools covering type, Application & Closing Dates, Testing Dates and Audition Dates. Check Scholarship Dates for NSW and ACT Schools and Scholarship Dates for Victorian Schools.] Note that most occur in the first half of the calendar year.
• CEO Sydney
  Scholarships for those wanting a teaching career in Catholic schools. Available in Year 12 or if attending ACU or Notre Dame University. Restricted to Sydney Archdiocese students.
• Education Endowment Fund
  From the NSW Aboriginal Land Council and includes the Freddie Fricke Scholarship. The fund covers from Primary to Tertiary levels. Download the relevant brochure from the links at the bottom of this page.
• Equity Scholarships
  ‘Many university students experience difficulty with the costs of living and studying. These financial difficulties arise from having limited income [e.g. Centrelink benefits] and having lots of expenses [e.g. accommodation costs]. Equity Scholarships are awarded to help these students with costs associated with higher education’. Done through UAC. Document includes Application Forms. Access the Scholarships Booklet for additional information.
• Future Teacher Scholarships
  Established by the Teachers Credit Union. Information and eligibility criteria are listed.
• NSW Health - Allied Health Scholarships & Grants
  ‘NSW Health provides financial assistance to allied health students via the NSW Rural Allied Health Scholarships, NSW Rural and Metropolitan Allied Health Clinical Placement Grants and NSW Rural Allied Health Postgraduate Scholarships’.
• New South Wales Health - Nursing
  For those interested in nursing and living/or will live in New South Wales. Wide range available undergraduate, Post Graduate, Indigenous, Rural and more.
• New South Wales Nursing Association
  Scholarship Information.
• New South Wales Teaching Scholarships
  Covers HECS payments, provides yearly grants and a guaranteed three years work. However, you have to sign up for the nominated period and teach in one of several nominated outer urban or rural areas.
• Rural Scholarships
  Royal Agricultural Society of NSW Foundation. ‘Our Scholarships Program supports people who demonstrate a passion for rural issues and the determination to make a difference. Current scholarship rounds are now open’. These close in September for the following Academic Year.
• Schoolink [UAC]
  ‘Schoolink represents the most frequently used resources by schools and careers advisers. Having them all in one place saves you time and helps you give the best advice you can to your students’. Documents in PDF and other formats.
• Scholarships/Funding for Music Study
  Detailed information about financial assistance at specific secondary schools and tertiary level. Accessible by state/territory.
• UAC Equity Scholarships Online
  Information is provided on what they are, special groups, applications, downloads and more.
• UNSW Co-op Program
  ‘The UNSW Co-op Program is Australia’s largest and most prestigious Co-operative Scholarship Program, offering high achieving students an ideal combination of challenge and opportunity. A scholarship program set up by industry and the University of New South Wales to provide financial reward and industrial training for selected undergraduate students in the disciplines of Business, Science and Engineering’.
• UTS : Business Scholarships
  Covers Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Postgraduate Research, Student Prizes, Awards and Grants for staff.
• UTS : Engineering Scholarships
  ‘UTS : Engineering undergraduate scholarships are unique, because most are sponsored by our industry partners. This means you not only receive a financial stipend during your first year, but you also typically undertake one year of stimulating work experience with your sponsor, a high profile professional engineering company, giving you real world experience’.

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Northern Territory

• Arts Grants
  Available not only to groups but also for individuals.
• NT Government Scholarships and Bursaries
  Scroll down for links to these.

Queensland

• Bid O’Sullivan Teaching Scholarships
  Information & Application package.
• Early Childhood Teacher Scholarships
  All details plus application packages, etc., can be accessed from this page. Department of Education and Training.
• Office of Rural Health : Scholarships
  Links to 5 scholarship and subsidy schemes. From Queensland Health.
• Pearl Duncan Teaching Scholarships
  ‘The Pearl Duncan Teaching Scholarships were developed by the Department of Education and Training to assist aspiring teachers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent to complete their degrees and make a difference in education’.
• Scholarships and Awards [Qld}
  ‘The Department of Education and Training offers some scholarships to school leavers, post-graduate students and departmental staff. From time to time additional scholarships may be offered and links are often provided through this page where applicable. Further information on each of the scholarships or grants outlined below can be obtained by following the link provided in each instance’. Access a Guide to scholarships and awards either online or in PDF format.
• Scholarships, Competitions and Awards
  Information from Training Queensland.
• Scholarships, Courses and Other Links
  Information from the Department of Education and Training.
• Seize the Day Study Awards
  ‘Open to Queenslanders aged 16 to 21 who have had a personal experience with cancer - either themselves or with a close member of their family such as a sibling or parent’.
• TJ Ryan Memorial Scholarships
  ‘Awarded each year to support exemplary Queensland students who demonstrate outstanding leadership in their school and community and academic excellence through their achievements in Year 12’.

South Australia

• Aboriginal Teaching Scholarships
  ‘Available for Aboriginal students who are undertaking a teacher education program at a tertiary institution in South Australia or at Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education, Northern Territory’. PDF Fact Sheet available.
• Helpmann Academy
  Information about awards available to people at Helpmann Academy Partner Schools in South Australia.
• Liz Penfold
  A listing of options by a SA Member of Parliament. While some are already included here, and others operate Australia wide, there are specific South Australian scholarships listed, some without internet links but contact details.
• Teaching Scholarships
  ‘DECD Scholarship programs support the recruitment of undergraduates and graduates in target areas to meet DECD workforce needs and foster quality teaching’. Multiple scholarships listed.

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Tasmania

• Aboriginal Education : Scholarships
  Contact details for these.
• Health Scholarships
  ‘A broad range of nursing and midwifery scholarships currently exists. Please follow the links [below] to view information on the various scholarships/grants that are available’. Includes the Ida West Health Scholarships for Indigenous people.
• The Ray Richardson Scholarship
  Tasmanian University Scholarship in Education. ‘Administered by the University of Tasmania’.
• Secondary Music Scholarships
  Details about 40 music scholarships.

Victoria

• Boarding Schools Expo
  As part of this site you can find scholarship information for Boarding Schools covering type, Application & Closing Dates, Testing Dates and Audition Dates. [Check Scholarship Dates for these details.] This only covers NSW and Victoria. Note that most occur in the first half of the calendar year.
• Department of Human Services
  Information covers various types of financial support including traineeships and Aboriginal Scholarships.
• Scholarships
  Details scholarships for all years from Year 5 to 12 plus tertiary studies, as well as other scholarships provided by outside bodies.
• Scholarships and Financial Assistance for Koorie Young People
  ‘Hundreds of scholarships and other forms of financial assistance are offered specifically for Indigenous students across Australia’. Links to a range of these.
• Student Scholarships
  Extensively annotated list of individual scholarships for school and tertiary students, compiled by the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development.
• Teaching Scholarships
  ‘The Department offers financial incentives to final year student teachers and new graduates to take up employment in hard to staff teaching vacancies. The Scholarship benefit includes a cash payment and ongoing employment’.

Western Australia

• Aspiring Teacher Scholarships
  Information about benefits, Priority Learning Areas, eligibility, application procedures and available scholarships. Check associated links at upper right for additional information.
• Mick Young Scholarship Trust
  ‘The overriding eligibility criteria for a recipient of a Mick Young Scholarship is financial disadvantage combined with motivation and commitment to furthering education and improving life circumstances. There are no age limits or minimum educational qualifications, but applicants must have gained access to Murdoch [University] via an enabling program’.
• Office of Aboriginal Health Scholarship Program
  ‘Scholarships [for] students enrolled in a variety of courses including medicine, nursing, allied health, social work and Aboriginal health work. It is expected that following graduation, students will practice in Western Australia’.
• Scholarships - AIS WA
  Links to scholarships available through the AIS. Many are for Indigenous students.
• Scholarships and Sponsorships
  Scholarships managed by the Department of Health [Office of the Chief Nursing Officer]. The include Indigenous Nursing Scholarships, Nurse Practitioner Scholarships and a range of others. Multiple downloads in PDF format.
• Scholarships, Teaching
  Details numerous scholarships related to teaching. DET.
• Inclusive Education - Scholarships
  Department of Education & Training WA. It covers scholarships including general, location specific and community based.

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Indigenous Scholarships

Make sure you also check the State & Territory listings above, where numerous scholarship links for Indigenous students and others can also be found.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that the following may contain images and voices of deceased persons.

• ABC Online Indigenous
  ‘ABC’s School to Work Indigenous Scholarships’. General information is provided here, while the Guidelines and application form can be dowloaded here.
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Programs
  Information from The Pharmacy Guild of Australia.
• AEC - Scholarships
  ‘The AEC [] focus on supporting Aboriginal students in Primary Schools to encourage them to continue with their secondary schooling. The generosity of donors and AEC sponsors has resulted in there now being 100 AEC Primary Scholarships awarded each year’. NSW.
• ALC Scholarship Fund - NSW
  This page provides a link to a document providing aList of available scholarships with considerable detail about each.
• Charlie Perkins Trust
  ‘The Trust is working with the University of Oxford to establish two annual Perkins Scholarships for Australian Indigenous students to study at the University of Oxford from 2010’.
• Education Fund
  ‘The Fund is targeted at providing Aboriginal people in NSW with a broad range of educational and vocational opportunities’. NSW Aboriginal Land Council.
• Foundation and Undergraduate Scholarships
  ‘Provides some detail regarding scholarships offered at the University of Adelaide. While most scholarships are based on academic merit, many also consider financial disadvantage’.
• Indigenous Staff Scholarships
  A Commonwealth Government program through DEEWR.
• Indigenous Youth Leadership Program
  ‘A leadership program for young Indigenous Australians delivered by the Federal Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations’.
• Mary MacKillop Foundation
  Click on Receive Support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Tertiary Scholarships. ‘Mary MacKillop’s concern for the welfare of Aboriginal people, particularly in relation to education for Aboriginal children is well documented. One way the Mary MacKillop Foundation honours this commitment is through scholarship funding for Aboriginal tertiary students’.
• Puggy Hunter Memorial Scholarship Scheme
  ‘To help address the under-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in health professions and assist in increasing the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with professional health qualifications’.
• Roberta Sykes Indigenous Education Foundation
  Developing assistance for indigenous education. Includes scholarships.
• Robert Riley Scholarship
  ‘The aim of the Robert Riley Scholarship Program is to promote the pursuit of justice and human rights for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through supporting education of young Indigenous people’. This covers details for the 2009 award.
• RTA Aboriginal Secondary Scholarship Program
  ‘The RTA is offering scholarships for Aboriginal students studying year 11 or 12 at high school or TAFE. If you’re interested in a job in civil engineering or a related field, like surveying or environmental science, why not apply for an RTA scholarship worth up to $5000 ?’.
• Scholarships for Indigenous Students
  ‘The Faculty of Education at Monash University is offering five Indigenous Student Scholarships to assist and encourage Indigenous Australians to undertake studies in Education’. All details can be found on this site.
• Student Exchange - Scholarships
  ‘These scholarships are named after Fay Wilmerding. Three full scholarships valued at up to $10 800 each are available to eligible indigenous students from Australia and New Zealand. Click here for our Indigenous Scholarship Information Pack’. Congratulations to Emma-Lee Foy, a student at St Mary’s College in Broome who was a winner for the 2011 year and will live and study in The Netherlands.
• The Australian Indigenous Education Foundation [AIEF)]
  ‘The AIEF Scholarship Program provides an efficient and effective model. We operate by partnering with leading schools that have their own relationships with Indigenous families and communities and a demonstrated commitment to Indigenous education and all appropriate student support and pastoral care’.
• The Shalom Gamarada Indigenous Scholarship Program
  ‘The aim of the program is to increase the number of Aboriginal doctors who will then help to improve health outcomes and the quality of life of Indigenous Australians’. University of New South Wales.
• Yalari
  ‘Yalari is giving Indigenous children from remote communities around Australia a first class education through full boarding scholarships at the highest achieving secondary schools’.
• Yunggorendi Student Services Scholarship Information
  ‘Tjilbruke Student Services is a support network for Indigenous students at Flinders University. Located within Yunggorendi First Nations Centre for Higher Education and Research’.

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