Deakin Student Support Scholarship
A Deakin Student Support Scholarship offers financial support to students who display passion, perseverance and commitment to study, and experience financial or personal hardship.
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Monash University Alter Family Foundation Scholarship
The Alter Family Foundation has provided a philanthropic donation to support educationally disadvantaged students study Medicine.
Australian Disability and Indigenous Peoples’ Education Fund
The Australian Disability & Indigenous Peoples’ Education Fund (ADIPEF) has been established to assist people with disabilities from both indigenous and non-indigenous backgrounds.
Macquarie Vinva Scholar Award
The aim of the Vinva Scholar Award is to fund scholars based on excellence and equity, supporting students who have the potential to make a positive impact in the future. The scholarships will be targeted at new students studying Science, Engineering, IT and Business degrees.
Vision Australia Further Education Bursary
Each year, Vision Australia awards Further Education Bursaries to a select number of students who are blind or have low vision. The bursaries provide adaptive technology to help the students fully participate and succeed in their chosen studies. Assistive technology can eliminate barriers to education and enhance access to information. It enables students to read …
RMIT Emeritus Professor John Jackson Scholarship
For students commencing a diploma or degree and can demonstrate financial and educational disadvantage.
UOW Transforming Futures Scholarships
These scholarships recognise the capacity in all students and seek to provide support to ensure students can participate in, and make the most of their higher education.
RMIT Halim Family Women in Science Scholarship
For women in STEMM who can demonstrate disadvantage.
TAFE Queensland Scholarships
Achieve your career goals with the help of a TAFE Queensland Scholarship. Merit scholarships are awarded to students who have achieved outstanding academic merit or demonstrate strong work performance along with the demonstrable desire to secure ongoing employment in the industry in which they have applied for the scholarship. Access and equity scholarships provide equitable …
ABCN Accelerate Scholarship Program
The ABCN Accelerate Scholarship program is a three-year program that targets exceptional students who are facing economic, family or social challenges that impact on their study or capacity to achieve their desired tertiary pathways.
Walter and Eliza Hall Trust Opportunity Scholarship
The Public Education Foundation’s Walter and Eliza Hall Trust Opportunity Scholarship provides financial assistance to students who have a physical disability to enable them to reach their academic potential.
WWDA LEAD Scholarships
The WWDA LEAD scholarships will be open to existing and new WWDA members who can apply for a range of leadership and/or training courses that will help develop leadership skills and provide further opportunities to be involved with WWDA.
Victoria Government Department of Justice and Community Safety Disability Scholarship Program
Annual scholarships are awarded to Victorian students with disability studying at the diploma, advanced diploma, undergraduate or postgraduate level. Scholarships are offered in the following areas of study: law criminology paralegal work psychology social work other justice-related fields.
ParaQuad Scholarships
ParaQuad is committed to supporting the career, educational and life goals of people with spinal cord injury. We do this by offering Scholarships to assist members with the cost of study and other programs that boost employability and independence.
QUT Equity Scholarships Scheme
Open to all eligible current and future QUT students, the QUT Equity Scholarships Scheme offers more than $4 million worth of scholarships, bursaries and computers to low-income students each year.
UOW Equity Scholarships (Future Students)
UOW Equity Scholarships are available for students who are experiencing financial disadvantage and other educational disadvantages, because we believe that everyone should have the opportunity to succeed in higher education.
Bedford College Scholarships
In 2021, Bedford College will be offering five $5000 scholarships toward tuition. Our scholarships are designed to give students opportunities they might not otherwise have. We recognise that every student is different and all shine in their own way. We see significant academic achievement as an indicator of a potential scholarship candidate but also recognise …
Macquarie University Iglu Scholarship
Macquarie University and Iglu Chatswood are offering scholarships for domestic students to live at Iglu – Chatswood.
UON Betty Josephine Fyffe Rural Equity Scholarships
Betty leaves this legacy as her way of trying to improve the education of doctors, nurses and allied health professionals in training with hope that some will return to the country areas to practice their profession.
UOW John, Belle & Richard Miller, Bridgewater Scholarships for Opportunity
This scholarship is a representation of the Miller family’s desire to support the studies of students in need, and recognises those who are involved in the community.
NIDA The YouTube Scholarship
One scholarship will be awarded to a student from a background which has historically been underrepresented on screen and stage. First Nations and People of Colour, people with a disability, from remote and regional areas or experiencing barriers to access are especially encouraged to apply.
Griffith Adam Scott Foundation Business Scholarship
The Adam Scott Foundation Business Scholarship is for students who have overcome adversities in their life, are passionate about business and may also have an interest in sport.
UTAS Gilbertson Family Scholarship
In 2008 The Isabel and John Gilbertson Charitable Trust established the Gilbertson Family Scholarship Fund with the University of Tasmania to provide support for University of Tasmania students with specific learning difficulties via the Gilbertson Family Scholarship.
ECU Equity Scholarship
The ECU Equity Scholarships are intended to assist future and current undergraduate students from designated equity groups, with the costs associated with University study.
RMIT Sir William Tyree Engineering Scholarship
For commencing Bachelor of Engineering students who can demonstrate financial and/or educational disadvantage.
RMIT Study Support Scholarship
For students who can demonstrate financial and/or educational disadvantage.
The Valerie Joan Beale Bequest
This scholarship supports commencing students experiencing financial hardship or other disadvantages.
Griffith Ernie Hicks Memorial Scholarship
The Ernie Hicks Memorial scholarship will be awarded to a student who has overcome significant personal adversity while achieving entrance to university, and who demonstrates a mature approach to study.
Redkite Dare to Dream Scholarship
Redkite and Coles are offering the Dare to Dream Scholarship to young people affected by cancer to help them achieve their goals. A goal is anything you wish to accomplish. It can be to do with your emotional or physical well-being, to further your education or to help you get on track for your career …
Vice-Chancellor’s University of Tasmania Access Scholarship
The Vice-Chancellor’s University of Tasmania Access Scholarships are provided by the University of Tasmania to enable access and participation in higher education for students who face economic or social disadvantage.
Kenneth W Tribe Fellowship Fund
The Fund provides financial assistance to deaf or hard of hearing people wishing to undertake a course of study which will lead to improved employment opportunities and enhance the individual’s ability to contribute to the community.
Michael Whitbread Scholarship | UTS
A travel grant awarded to a UTS Bachelor of Laws or Juris Doctor student to assist with travel costs to London, United Kingdom, for the recipient to undertake a two-week internship at Barristers’ Chamber 7 Bedford Row.
University of Sydney Roy Frederick Turner AM Scholarship
This scholarship assists disadvantaged students to undertake a degree leading to eligibility to practice law.
University of Sydney Civil Engineering Undergraduate Equity Scholarship
This scholarship encourages disadvantaged students to undertake undergraduate study in civil engineering at the University of Sydney.
USC | Early Offer Guarantee
The Early Offer Guarantee enables Year 12 students to be offered an early and guaranteed place at USC in November. These offers are made prior to the release of Year 12 results, rather than students having to wait until the mid January QTAC offer round. Early and guaranteed offers will be made to students based …
USQ | Early Offer Guarantee
USQ Early Offer Guarantee allows graduating year 12 students to receive an early offer and guaranteed place at the University Of Southern Queensland (USQ) based solely upon a recommendation by their Principal. Students are still required to meet all of the relevant entry requirements and subject pre-requisites for the program of their choice and select …
UOW | Early Admission 2021
Early Admission is UOW’s early offer program for Year 12 students. We’ll assess the results you’ve got so far and can reward you with an early offer for your chosen degree (or degrees) before you sit your first exam. You’re eligible to apply if you’re: Completing your final year at an Australian high school Completing …
University of New England | Early Entry
An ATAR or OP score is not the only measure of your ability to succeed at university. That’s why UNE has an ‘early entry’ program. UNE’s Early Entry recognises that your story is not best told by a number and ensures that you have the best opportunity to go to university. UNE Early Entry is …
ANU Changing Futures Scholarship
Each year the Australian National University may offer the ANU Changing Futures Scholarship to acknowledge the achievement of, and offer financial support to, applicants who have been shortlisted for an alternative scholarship but who were unsuccessful in that process.
USYD Charles Herbert Currey Memorial Scholarship
This scholarship aims to support students who have experienced disadvantage or hardship to participate in an exchange or short-term mobility program.
Macquarie The Walter & Eliza Hall Trust Opportunity Scholarship
The establishment of The Walter and Eliza Hall Trust Opportunity Scholarship for students with a physical disability aims to ensure that a student with a diagnosed physical disability and the absence of money does not stand in the way of an individual’s ability to achieve their maximum potential through tertiary study.
University of Canberra Built Environment Diversity and Inclusion Scholarship
Awarded to students from under represented backgrounds in Australian higher education.
Flinders Vic Beasley Bursary
The bursary has been established to encourage financially disadvantaged students who have participated in the Flinders University Foundation Course to undertake higher education.
Universeity of Sydney Walter and Eliza Hall Trust Opportunity Scholarship (student with a physical disability)
This equity scholarship supports students from a low socio-economic background who are living with a physical disability.
ANU Ben Williams Student Support Grant
This Grant is offered by the Research School of Physics and Engineering in the ANU College of Science. The Grant will aid students who are experiencing special difficulties and require financial assistance to continue and/or to complete their studies.
Monash University Peoplebank Australia Scholarship
Peoplebank Australia wishes to assist talented and deserving students within the Faculty of Information Technology to access tertiary education and to provide them with an opportunity which would not otherwise have been available due to their personal circumstances.
ACU Creating Opportunity Fund Scholarship
This scholarship was established in 2018 in order to financially assist commencing students who are suffering hardship to access higher education. Such hardships may include, relocation from a regional or remote location, single parent background, first in family to attend university, domestic violence, ongoing medical conditions, non-English speaking background, social, cultural disadvantage or adjusting to …
UON Shaping Futures Scholarship
The Shaping Futures Scholarship Fund was established in 2011 with the aim of helping those students who are most in need.
CSU Walter and Eliza Hall Trust Opportunity Disability Scholarship
The Walter and Eliza Hall Trust have, in line with her wishes, established a disability program to assist students living with a physical disability.
University of Melbourne Coursework Access Scholarships
The Coursework Access Scholarships are available to students who have experienced or are experiencing compassionate or compelling circumstances and have applied for or are enrolled in a coursework degree course at the University of Melbourne.
WSU Liverpool City Council Equity Scholarship
This scholarship assists disadvantaged students to study any undergraduate degree in the School of Nursing and Midwifery or School of Social Sciences and Psychology at the Liverpool campus.
UON Friends of the University Lorna George Memorial Scholarship
Lorna’s discipline was in social work, which she was very passionate about. If is for this reason that the Friends of the University wish to honour her memory by establishing this scholarship in this area of study.
Swinburne Alba Sorati Scholarship for Women
The Alba Sorati Scholarship is awarded to support female students from disadvantaged backgrounds to undertake or continue tertiary education in engineering, information and communication technologies or science at Swinburne University.
Western Sydney University Community Scholarship
The Western Sydney University Community Scholarship was established to provide ongoing support to talented, ambitious and hardworking students who might not otherwise have the chance to study at university due to financial hardship or other circumstances out of their control.
WSU Lion Dr William Chiu Scholarship
This scholarship supports students who have the drive and talent to achieve tertiary education.
WSU Enid Helen Hort and Family Scholarship
The Enid Helen Hort and Family Scholarships are intended to ensure that people of all walks of life have the opportunity to attend University including those who may have experienced financial hardship, or those who may not have come from a privileged background.
La Trobe Access Scholarship
Each year La Trobe University offers a number of scholarships to students commencing tertiary studies for the first time who can demonstrate financial hardship and/or educational disadvantage. The La Trobe Access Scholarship is awarded on the condition that the recipient maintains full-time enrolment at La Trobe University (unless you have formal approval to hold the …
Monash Support Scholarship
Monash Support Scholarships are provided to current and commencing students whose educational achievements may have been masked by their personal circumstances. The scholarship is awarded based on need – there is no specific ATAR requirement.
UOW | Special Tertiary Entrance Program
The Special Tertiary Entrance Program – STEP to UOW is a university preparation program for students who have experienced a significant disadvantage during their secondary school education. School results are also taken into account in assessing STEP applications. STEP is a two-session bridging program to help students who may not have otherwise qualified for direct …
QTAC | Educational Access Scheme (EAS)
The Educational Access Scheme (EAS) can help you if you have experienced circumstances that negatively affected your most recent studies. If you are assessed as eligible for an adjustment to your OP or rank under EAS, this will be combined with other adjustments for which you are eligible. Please check with the institution you are applying …
TISC | Universities Access Pathways
All four universities have pathways which provide ATAR adjustments to students who meet certain school or personal background criteria. If your ATAR is below a university’s minimum, these adjustments may give you a Selection Rank which is higher than your ATAR, so you can receive an offer for courses requiring the minimum entry ATAR. If …
SATAC | Universities Equity Scheme
The Universities Equity Scheme will apply adjustments in two ways: to all applicants in certain specified schools and to eligible applicants in other schools. Eligible applicants will receive 5 points in the calculation of their university aggregate. The Scheme applies to all courses offered by Charles Darwin University, Flinders University, the University of Adelaide, University …
VTAC | Special Entry Access Scheme (SEAS)
If there have been circumstance that have made it hard for you to do your best at study, you should consider putting in a special consideration application via VTAC’s Special Entry Access Scheme (SEAS). The Special Entry Access Scheme (SEAS) is designed to make sure institutions get a sense of your full potential and it …
UAC – Schools Recommendation Schemes (SRS)
Schools Recommendation Schemes (SRS) are one way institutions make early offers of undergraduate admission to Year 12 students. They do this by using criteria other than (or in addition to) the ATAR. SRS Applications close on 30 September 2019. Eligibility: To apply for SRS you must be a Year 12 applicant who is attempting: an …
UAC | Educational Access Scheme
The Educational Access Scheme (EAS) helps universities to take the circumstances of individual applicants into account when allocating places in undergraduate programs. If your application is successful, you could receive EAS points that go towards your admission rank. Eligibility: Australian or New Zealand citizen, or a permanent resident of Australia (includes holders of a permanent …
UNSW | Prep 17-19
If you’d like to study at Uni but faced challenges in Year 11 or 12 that disrupted your study and your eligible for the UNSW ACCESS Scheme and don’t meet the cut-off for degree entry, you could be considered for UNSW Prep. You’ll study subjects that will help develop your academic skills, including maths skills if …
WSU | Bonus Points
Up to ten bonus points in total may be available when applying through UAC if you meet one or more of the following criteria: You live in the Western Sydney region You achieve outstanding results in relevant HSC or IB subjects You are an elite athlete or performer You have experienced disadvantage in your studies …