Important Scholarship Application Information

There are 3 different funding pools: Donor-Funded Scholarships, HEPPP-Funded Scholarships and Dare to be Deadly Scholarships. You are only required to submit one scholarship application for each of your desired funding pools. The Student Scholarships Team will assess your eligibility against all available scholarships and advise you of an outcome by Census date of the relevant term.

Funding Pools

HEPPP-Funded Scholarships target students studying an undergraduate degree and identified as living in regional and remote Australia, low socio-economic status (SES) backgrounds, and/or Indigenous persons.

Dare to be Deadly Scholarships target students who identify as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person and are able to provide Confirmation of Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander Identity or Cultural Reference documents and are enrolled in one of the following courses:

  • STEPS 
  • Bachelor
  • Bachelor Honours 
  • Associate Degree
  • Advanced Diploma (Higher Education)
  • Diploma (Higher Education)
  • Postgraduate (Coursework)

Donor-Funded Scholarships target specific students based on the individual Donor Scholarship eligibility criteria which vary from term to term.

There are also External Scholarships advertised on our Scholarships website.

How to Apply during the Application Round

Information on how to apply will become available closer to the opening of the Term 2, 2025 scholarship application round. Term 2, 2025 Scholarship Applications will open 10am on Tuesday, 6th May 2025 and will close 10am on Monday, 2nd June 2025.

How to Apply for a Bursary

Instructions on how to apply can be found in the "Apply Now" section of each bursary page. A full list of bursaries is available on the Scholarships website. Term 1, 2025 Bursaries are open now and will close on Friday, 6th June 2025.