Important dates
Applications for Trimester/Semester 1 2025 open - date to be confirmed.
Applications for Trimester/Semester 1 2025 close - date to be confirmed.
Benefits
This scholarship offers cash payments of up to $4000 over one year.
Eligibility criteria
Indigenous Higher Education Scholarship
To be eligible you must be:
- an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person
- enrolled in an undergraduate or postgraduate degree at Deakin University in Trimester/Semester 1 2025
- experiencing financial and/or personal hardship.
Preference will be given to students from remote and very remote areas as defined by the Australian Statistical Geography Standard – Remoteness Area (ASGS-RA). To see areas classified under ASGS-RA, search the Health Workforce Locator. Tick ASGS Remoteness Areas 2016, enter your address and click Search Location.
Selection criteria
The following will be taken into consideration when applications are assessed:
- the degree of your involvement in your local Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community
- location, financial, education or social disadvantage
- responsibility for others
- disability status.
Your application
Supporting documents
As part of the application process, you will also be required to upload current supporting documentation by the closing date listed above.
When you apply for this scholarship, you'll need to supply evidence of your financial and/or medical hardship (if applicable).
Make sure you choose the correct document type when you upload your documents as it will make a difference. If your documents are uploaded into the incorrect type they will not be considered when assessing your application. Remember it is quality, not quantity, which you need to provide. Aim to provide documents which are current, relevant and concise.
Read more about supporting documentation
Application tips
Applying for a scholarship isn’t just about meeting the eligibility criteria.
It’s a good idea to think about why you want a scholarship, how it will help you and what you have to offer the Deakin community.
How to apply
Apply directly to Deakin
You can apply for this scholarship directly to Deakin through our Scholarship Application Portal.
The scholarship application process is highly competitive with a limited number of scholarships available. Unfortunately, not all eligible applicants will receive one.
What happens next?
Your application will be assessed and ranked based on the details you provide and your supporting documentation.
If you are successful, you will be contacted by the email address you nominated within your application portal account, unsuccessful applicants will not be contacted.
You'll find out if you were successful usually within four weeks of the application closing date. If you have not received an offer by this time, you have been unsuccessful. You can view the status of your application via your scholarship application portal account.
Next offering period
This scholarship is yet to be confirmed for any future offering periods. Please check back at this page at a later date for any updates.