AUSSIE EDUCATOR

States & Territories

Australian Capital Territory

• Updated ! Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Secondary and Tertiary Scholarships
  ‘Secondary Scholarships are available to Senior Secondary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students interested in a career in teaching or the health field, or in attaining a vocational qualification post-year 12. Tertiary Scholarships are available for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people enrolled in an approved teaching or health course at either the University of Canberra, the Australian National University or the Australian Catholic University, Signadou Campus’. Scroll down for information.
• ACT Teacher Scholarships
  Provides contact options regarding these.
• Country Education Foundation - Education Partner Scholarships
  ‘Links to the scholarship pages, and individual scholarships, of the Country Education Foundation’s ACT Education Partners’.
• Equity Scholarships
  ‘Equity Scholarships are awarded to help these students with costs associated with higher education’. Done through UAC. Document includes Application Forms, categories of educational disadvantage tables and additional information on many aspects. 2 rounds, both in September.
• Rosemary Richards Scholarship
  Australian Education Union ACT. ‘Provide the opportunity to a woman member to increase her skills and experience in the union’s work at a state/territory/national or international level’.

New South Wales

Department of Education

• Awards
  ‘Provide opportunities for students, staff, parents and community members to be acknowledged for the important contribution they make to education and to the community’.
• Boarding Scholarships for Isolated Students
  Part of Rural and Remote Education information. Scroll down for details and to access the application form and relevant details.
• Get Paid to Study
  Covers Teaching Scholarships, Aboriginal Teaching Scholarships, Teach.Rural Scholarships [see below], Incentive Scholarships, Cadetships and Internships.
• New ! NSW Premier’ s Teacher Scholarship program
  ‘The scholarships, funded by corporate supporters and private foundations, provide teachers with an opportunity to explore their field of expertise by visiting some of the world’ s most highly acclaimed schools and centres for teaching and learning’.
• Updated ! Scholarships [Department of Education]
  Students, prospective teachers, staff, general.
• New ! School Counselling Scholarships
  ‘Scholarships are available for suitably qualified candidates to join the school counselling workforce’.
• Rural and Remote Early Childhood Teaching Scholarships
  ‘Scholarships are designed to support educators to study for a bachelor’s degree in early childhood teaching. There are 30 scholarships available in this round, at up to $10 000 each’.
• Teacher Education Scholarships - Aboriginal
  ‘Join Our Mob and you could get paid while you study to become a primary or secondary teacher. Up to 80 Teacher Education Scholarships are available to Aboriginal people’.
• teach.Rural Scholarships
  ‘HSC students and university students currently enrolled in teacher education studies get paid while you study to become a primary or secondary teacher in a rural or remote NSW public school’.

Others, including Tertiary

• Australian School of Business - UNSW
  ‘Take a moment to see if you qualify for one or more of our scholarships. For full details on other UNSW scholarships, visit the UNSW Scholarship website’
• Boarding Schools Expo
  Find scholarship information for Boarding Schools covering type, Application & Closing Dates, Testing Dates, Audition Dates. Private schools plus Education Department Agricultural colleges. Check Scholarship Dates for NSW and ACT Schools. Note most occur in the first half of the calendar year.
• Equity Scholarships
  ‘Equity Scholarships are awarded to help these students with costs associated with higher education’. Done through UAC. Document includes Application Forms, categories of educational disadvantage tables and additional information on many aspects. 2 rounds, both in September.
• Freddy Fricke Scholarship
  NSW Aboriginal Land Council.
• Future Teacher Scholarships [NSWTF]
  ‘The NSW Teachers Federation Future Teacher Scholarships Committee will award 15 scholarships to successful applicants across five categories’.
• Future Teacher Scholarships
  Teachers Mutual Bank. Information, eligibility criteria.
• New ! Jobs of Tomorrow Scholarships [Service NSW]
  ‘If you’ re a student undertaking Smart and Skilled training in selected qualifications related to science, technology, engineering or mathematics [STEM], you may be eligible for a $1 000 Jobs of Tomorrow Scholarship’.
• NSW Health - Rural Undergraduate Scholarships
  NSW Health. ‘Financial assistance to allied health students via the NSW Rural Allied Health Scholarships’.
• Nursing & Midwifery Scholarships, NSW Health
  For those interested in nursing/midwifery and living/or will live in New South Wales. Wide range available including Post Graduate, Aboriginal Nursing Strategy including scholarships and cadetships, Rural, more.
• New South Wales Nursing Association
  Scholarship Information.
• Public Education Foundation
  ‘Dedicated to providing life-changing scholarships to young people in public education. The Foundation works in collaboration with schools, communities, business and government to support students to achieve their full potential at public schools’.Scholarships include First State Super Teachers Scholarship [Early Stage One and Stage One teachers], Student Scholarships, Teacher Scholarships and Principals and Leadership scholarships.
• New ! SSI Allianz Refugee Scholarship [Settlement Services International]
  ‘he SSI Allianz scholarships directly support people from refugee backgrounds in NSW to achieve independence. The scholarships have been created to minimise the financial barriers experienced by refugees as they participate in the NSW education system’.
• New ! State Super Scholarships
  ‘The scholarship provides funding support for successful applicants to pursue research in fields related to public sector employees and their retirement, supported by pensions and superannuation. The scholarship will support those seeking to complete research at postgraduate level – either Honours/Masters [by Research] or Doctor of Philosophy [PhD]’.
• SSI Allianz Refugee Scholarships
  ‘The SSI Allianz scholarships directly support people from refugee backgrounds in NSW to achieve independence. The scholarships have been created to minimise the financial barriers experienced by refugees as they participate in the NSW education system’.
• The Denise Soos Scholarships for Language Courses in Stage 6 2020
  MLTANSW. ‘The scholarships sponsored by the Modern Language Teachers’ Association of NSW will be offered to two students currently in Year 10 who intend to study a Language in Stage 6 in 2020. Applications will be accepted from candidates for Beginners, Continuers, [Language] in Context or [Language] and Literature courses. The value of each scholarship will be $500 to be used for resources for the Language studied or as a contribution to an in-country experience’.
• The Rosemary Hafner Memorial Scholarship
  STANSW. Designed ‘to support and assist both metro and regional science teachers in NSW with their professional development’.
• Bachelors and Honours - Scholarships
  The University of Sydney. There is a listing for each faculty from this main page. There is also a separate listings for Postgraduate Coursework and Postgraduate Research. Separate listings are also provided for International Students and other Prizes and Awards.
• UNSW Co-op Program
  ‘ Industry Linked Scholarship program providing industry training, professional and leadership development to selected undergraduates in Business, Engineering, Science and Built Environment’.
• UTS Scholarships - Design, Architecture and Building
  Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Postgraduate Research, Student Prizes, more.
• UTS : Engineering Scholarships & Prizes
  ‘Most of our scholarships are industry sponsored which means that aside from the financial benefit, they promote your development as a future leader in engineering by giving you opportunities to create links with industry early on in your course’.

Northern Territory

• Arts Grants
  Available not only to groups but individuals.
• Earth Science Scholarship
  ‘A three-year scholarship for a young Territorian to undertake university study in earth sciences and other disciplines related to mining and petroleum’.
• Grants Directory
  Select Education and Training from the options menu.
• Higher Education scholarships
  Northern Territory Government information.
• Scholarships & Bursaries [NT Government]
• Study in Australia’s NT Scholarships [Studynt]
  ‘Provided by the Northern Territory government and education providers to talented students from China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Nepal, Philippines, Timor-Leste and Vietnam to study in Australia’s Northern Territory’.

Queensland

Department of Education

• Scholarships and Awards
  ‘The Department offers a range of scholarships to school leavers, post-graduate students and departmental staff and employees. They also allocate Awards’. Includes the following :

• Aspiring Teacher Grant
  ‘If successful, you will receive a one-off lump-sum payment of $2500 for general applicants or $5 000 for rural or remote residents during the first semester of study to assist with study-related expenses such as a computer, textbooks and stationery. For students from rural or remote communities, the funds can assist with additional expenses incurred, when moving from your home to undertake study. Funds will be paid after confirmation of enrolment in an eligible initial teacher education course’.
• Indigenous Students Scholarships Database
• Lambert McBride Perpetual Bursary
  ‘This Bursary provides the opportunity for one Indigenous tertiary student studying in any field at a Queensland higher education institution to continue Mr McBride's legacy through a one-off grant of $5 000 to assist with study expenses’.
• Other Scholarships
  Listing of a wide range of annotated links for scholarships for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students at various educational levels.
• Pearl Duncan Teaching Scholarships
  ‘To assist aspiring teachers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent to complete their degrees and make a difference in education’.
• The Peter Doherty Awards
• TJ Ryan Memorial Scholarships

Others, including Tertiary

• Awards and Scholarships [Queensland Government]
  ‘Queensland Training Awards, WorldSkills Australia, Queensland Overseas Foundation’.
• 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 details.] Note most occur in the first half of the calendar year.
• Queensland Health
  Provides links to multiple external scholarship sources related to the Health Industry.
• Financial Help and Scholarships
  Queensland Government, for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Links for both areas.
• Scholarships and Financial Support
  Training Queensland.
• TAFE Queensland Scholarships
  TAFE Queensland. ‘Achieve your career goals with the help of a TAFE Queensland Scholarship. There are two types of scholarships available : Merit scholarships and Access and equity scholarships. There is also information about Advance Queensland – TAFE Queensland Indigenous Pathways Scholarships’.

South Australia

Department for Education

• Amy Levai Aboriginal Teaching Scholarships
  ‘Support eligible Aboriginal teacher education students while undertaking a teacher education program’.
• MELC Grants Program
  ‘The program is aimed at promoting languages and multicultural education in schools and children’s services in South Australia’.
• The Smolicz Awards
  ‘Scholarships to train/retrain teachers in Languages’.
• Youth Volunteer Scholarship Awards
  These ‘reward young South Australians, aged 25 years and under, who volunteer their time and talents to help others in the community’.

Others, including Tertiary

• Association of Independent Schools of South Australia - Scholarships
  ‘For Year 7 and 8 scholarship entry to Independent and Catholic schools’.
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• Commonwealth Scholarships Program for South Australia
  ‘Provides opportunities for 1200 undergraduate, postgraduate and vocational education and training students to undertake study, training and internships in South Australia’.
• Maurice de Rohan Scholarships
  ‘Aims to provide research degree students with an opportunity to gain an international perspective and improve their thesis through research, data collection or work with institutional or industry partners in the United Kingdom or United States of America’.
• Scholarships
  sa.gov.au. Scholarships, Scholarships in Government Schools, Scholarships for Aboriginal students, Universities, International Students, Other forms of assistance, Other websites.
• Scholarships and Grants - TAFE SA

Tasmania

Department of Education

• Awards and Scholarships for Students
  The Alma Lily Stackhouse Scholarship, Ray Richardson Scholarship, Frank MacDonald Memorial Prize, Secondary Music Scholarships, more.
• The Hardie Fellowships
  ‘The opportunity to undertake a period of research or study at an approved university in the United States of America’. Department of Education teachers.

Others, including Tertiary

• 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 details.] Note most occur in the first half of the calendar year.
• Health Scholarships
  ‘Follow the links to view information on the various scholarships/grants that are available’. Includes Ida West Health Scholarships for Indigenous people.
• Scholarships - Australian Maritime College
  ‘Provides students with significant financial and academic support to study at the Australian Maritime College’.
• Scholarships & Prizes, University of Tasmania
  The Scholarships - Riawunna Centre includes multiple Indigenous scholarships.
• The Hutchins School - Scholarships
  ‘Apply for Academic and Boarding Scholarships online’.

Victoria

Department of Education & Training

• Scholarships
  ‘35 different student scholarships which equates to approximately 250 scholarship awards’.
• Scholarships and Financial Assistance for Koorie Young People
  ‘Hundreds of scholarships and other forms of financial assistance are offered specifically for Indigenous students’. Links to a range of these.
• Student Scholarships
  ‘Most scholarships we offer are for Victorian government school students. A small number are also open to non-government school students’.
• Teaching Careers
  Check information for different groups. Several have links to Scholarships and Incentives.
• Scholarships and financial help if you’ re studying to become a Teacher
  ‘Financial help is available if you’re ​ studying to become a teacher’.
• Scholarships for Early Childhood Professionals
  ‘The early childhood scholarships program is designed to attract new early childhood teachers to the field and support existing educators who wish to upskill to a teaching qualification or gain a relevant postgraduate qualification’.

Others, including Tertiary

• 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 details.] Note most occur in the first half of the calendar year.
• Hansen Scholarship
  ‘A flagship scholarship program at The University of Melbourne. From 2020, The Hansen Scholarship will be awarded to talented undergraduate students whose financial circumstances present a challenge to accessing a first-class education. Recipients will be awarded accommodation, an allowance, and financial and personal support’.
• Scholarship Programs
  Information covers financial support including the New ! DHHS Student Scholarships Program, the Kids Under Cover Scholarships.
• Scholarships - Independent Schools Victoria
  ‘Awarded on the basis of merit and the number of scholarships awarded each year varies for each school’.
• The Margaret Schofield Scholarships
  For ‘government school students of VCE Music. Two different scholarships available’.
• The Melbourne Foundation - Scholarships
  ‘The Melbourne Foundation’s scholarships are open to current year 8 male and female students who live in the Melbourne metropolitan area and are currently attending public school. Scholarships are open to students whose families are unable to cover the cost of private school education. Successful candidates will complete a selection process in three stages’. Registration form available from the site.

Western Australia

Department of Education

• Updated ! Olive A Lewis Scholarship
  ‘Children who will participate in a Gifted and Talented Secondary Selective Entrance Academic Program in Years 7, 8, 9 or 10 in 2019 are eligible to apply for the Olive A Lewis Scholarship’.
• Scholarships
  Annotated listing of secondary school scholarships from the Department of Education.

Others, including Tertiary

• 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 details.] Note most occur in the first half of the calendar year.
• Scholarships
  DTWD. ‘The Department provides and/or supports scholarship programs that provide opportunities for people to engage with vocational education and training. Information and updates about scholarship programs, when they are available will be provided here’.
• Scholarships - AIS WA
  Links to scholarships available through the AIS. Several are for Indigenous students. Check under “Partnerships” in the menu.
• Scholarships and Financial Assistance
  Scholarships from the Department of Health [Office of the Chief Nursing Officer]. They include Aboriginal Nursing Scholarships, Nurse Practitioner Scholarships, more.

Indigenous Scholarships

Make sure you check State & Territory listings above, where state scholarship links for Indigenous students are also found.

• ABC Indigenous Employment
  Discusses support provided and gives access to the ICS Handbook.
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Scholarships [AARE]
  Four scholarships. Multiple components. ‘Applicants must identify as an Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person and be currently enrolled as a post-graduate student at an Australian university’.
• Updated ! Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Pharmacy Scholarship Scheme
  The Pharmacy Guild of Australia. ‘ aims to encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to undertake undergraduate or graduate studies in pharmacy at university’. This site now covers several forms of financial assistance as well as the scholarships.
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Scholarships [Griffith University]
  ‘A range of scholarships for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, and includes support from the GUMURRII Student Support Unit’. Select “First Peoples” from the options on the left.
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Student Scholarships [RMIT]
  ‘Lists the range of RMIT and externally-funded scholarships available to further your personal and academic success’.
• AEC - Scholarships
  ‘The generosity of donors and sponsors has resulted in there now being 100 AEC Primary Scholarships awarded each year’. The range of scholarships has now expanded. NSW.
• ALIA Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Student Scholarship
  ‘Two scholarships to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students planning a career in Library and Information Science [LIS] commencing full time or part time study in an ALIA Accredited course at an Australian higher education institution or vocational Registered Training Organisation leading to ALIA Associate or Library Technician membership’.
• ANU Equity Scholarships
  Scroll down the list for Scholarships for Undergraduate and Graduate Australian Indigenous Students.
• Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Awards
  Heart Foundation. ‘This award will be opened up to both individual or groups to submit an expression of interest [EOI] for research funding’.
• Cambridge Australia Scholarships
  Two major scholarships.
• Charlie Perkins Trust
  Works ‘with the University of Oxford to establish two annual Perkins Scholarships for Australian Indigenous students’.
• Collette Tayler Indigenous Education Scholarship
  ‘This scholarship is open to first-year Master of Teaching [Early Childhood] and [Early Childhood and Primary] students and students undertaking research involving Indigenous young children and families in the field of early childhood education. Established by the University of Melbourne, through the generous support of Professor Collette Tayler’.
• Commonwealth Scholarships
  ‘Assists Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students from low socio-economic backgrounds, particularly those from rural and regional areas’. This is the USC link, but they are also available at other universities.
• Central Queensland University Indigenous Support
  Includes a range of support as well as a link to Indigenous Scholarships
• Encounters Fellowships
  ‘The Encounters Fellowships Program offers 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’.
• Foundation and Undergraduate Scholarships
  ‘Detail regarding scholarships offered at the University of Adelaide. While most are based on academic merit, many also consider financial disadvantage’.
• Fulbright Indigenous Scholarship Opportunities
  ‘Open to an Indigenous Postgraduate, Postdoctoral, Professional or Senior scholar to undertake a research, study or lecture program in the United States, and is available in any field of academic study’.
• Futures in Health Indigenous Scholarship
  ‘The Futures in Health Indigenous Scholarship will recognise students who have not only demonstrated exceptional academic performance, but also displayed a commitment to their local community and personal development. One student will receive $10 000 to go towards their academic costs’.
• Futures in Health Indigenous Scholarship
  Central Queensland University.
• Gavin Wanganeen Indigenous Scholarship [University of South Australia]
  ‘Supporting disadvantaged Indigenous students to complete a university degree, particularly those with a strong desire to succeed and give back to their communities’. Scroll down the listing for this.
• GenerationOne Indigenous Scholars Program
  ‘The scholarship aims to foster the next generation of Indigenous leaders by supporting Indigenous students living away from home and attending a residential college whilst undertaking tertiary studies. The scholarship is open to Australian citizens of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Island descent’.
• Indigenous Accountants Australia Scholarships
  Multiple scholarships are listed.
• Indigenous Australian Graduate Scholarship
  ‘The ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences Indigenous Australian Graduate Scholarship is on offer to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students undertaking full-time or part-time study in any graduate coursework program offered by the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences’.
• Indigenous Scholarships [ANU]
  ‘These scholarships are offered at an undergraduate, honours, and graduate level. Contact the relevant School or Centre for more information about a scholarship’.
• Indigenous Scholarships
  University of Queensland. Eligibility, about the scholarships, how to apply, enquiries.
• Indigenous students : Scholarships
  The University of Western Australia.
• Indigenous Australian Graduate Scholarship [ANU]
  ‘Offers one scholarship to an indigenous Australian to undertake graduate study’.
• Indigenous Australian Scholarships
  ‘Program [joined] with the State Government to create an internship program targeted specifically at Indigenous Australian students studying undergraduate tertiary planning degrees’. [Victoria]
• Indigenous Health Scholarships
  Australian Rotary Health. ‘To assist Indigenous students with their day-to-day expenses while they undertake a course in a wide range of health related professions’.
• Indigenous Scholarships
  ‘The Aspiration Initiative. Find over 800 scholarships for undergraduate study at Australian universities’. Postgraduate scholarships also listed.
• Indigenous Youth Leadership Program
  ‘A leadership program for young Indigenous Australians’.
• Mary MacKillop Foundation
  ‘Open to Indigenous men and women who are undertaking full-time study at an Australian university. Eligible applicants must have completed at least one year of their degree’.
• Scholarship Categories CDU
  Charles Darwin University. Use the “Scholarships finder” button to ‘identify scholarships where you may meet the eligibility criteria’..
• Neville Bonner Memorial Scholarship [ANU]
  ‘Australia’s most prestigious scholarship for Indigenous Australians to study Honours in Political Science [or related subjects] at any recognised Australian university’.
• Oodgeroo Unit [QUT]
  ‘A number of scholarships, prizes and bursaries are available for our students across all faculties’.
• Puggy Hunter Memorial Scholarship Scheme
  ‘To assist in increasing the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with professional health qualifications’.
• Roberta Sykes Indigenous Education Foundation Scholarships
  Several scholarships are listed and detailed.
• RMS Aboriginal Secondary Scholarship Program
  ‘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 ?’ An Aboriginal HSC Scholarship application form is found here.
• Scholarships and Cadetships
  ‘Indigenous Allied Health Australia encourages all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who are interested in a career in allied health to investigate the support options available to them’.
• Scholarships, Bursaries and Awards [CATSINaM]
  Significant listing of scholarships at national and state/territory level. Details and links.
• Scholarships for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students
  Use the selection criteria to narrow down choices “What Study Level ?” to those required. University of Adelaide.
• Scholarships for Indigenous Students [UniSA]
  Internal and external scholarships. Further information can be found here.
• Scholarships : Indigenous Students [University of Western Australia]
  ‘There are numerous scholarships available to Indigenous Australians studying at The University of Western Australia. There are also scholarships for students enrolled in the Aboriginal Orientation Course’.
• Scholarships for Indigenous Australian Students [SCU]
  ‘A guide on scholarships on offer at Southern Cross University and/or external organisations’.
• Scholarships for Indigenous Students [CSU]
  ‘There are many scholarships available for Indigenous students studying at CSU’.
• Scholarships for Indigenous Students
  For prospective students, current students, external scholarships, cadetship programs, postgraduate scholarships. Monash University.
• Scholarships For Indigenous Students
  Trinity College, Melbourne. ‘Provided to encourage and enable Indigenous students to study at the University of Melbourne and Trinity’.
• Student Exchange - Scholarships
  ‘Named after Fay Wilmerding. Two full scholarships valued at up to $10 800 each are available to eligible indigenous students from Australia and New Zealand’.
• Support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students
  ‘Tap into a network of learning and social support’. A second page of Scholarships for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students is found here.
• The Aurora Project
  ‘Our scholarships assist Indigenous students to source funding and learn more about university study across Australia and overseas’.
• The Australian Indigenous Education Foundation
  ‘Offers secondary boarding school scholarships to Indigenous students at AIEF Partner Schools. AIEF also offers tertiary residential scholarships for Indigenous university students at Partner Colleges in NSW and QLD, as well as AIEF-BHP Billiton Tertiary Scholarships’.
• The Capstone Editing Scholarship for Indigenous High School Students
  ‘The Scholarship provides $1 000 of funding to one South Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander in Year 11 or Year 12 per year to assist them to complete their secondary schooling and enter university. These funds can be used in any way that will assist the individual student in their education’.
• Yalari
  ‘Giving Indigenous children from remote communities around Australia a first class education through full boarding scholarships’.
• Yunggorendi Student Services Scholarship Information
  ‘Yunggorendi Student Engagement staff support Indigenous students at Flinders University’.