External scholarships are available from government departments, businesses and industry groups.
Information and applications are administered externally through the following websites.
Applications will need to be sent directly to the external agency supporting the scholarships on offer.
You may also be eligible for a USC scholarship or bursary, use the scholarship search tool to find scholarships and view application dates.
- Australia-Korea Foundation Scholarship Program
- Australian Defence Force (ADF)
- Australian Veterans Childrens' Assistance Trust (AVCAT)
- Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Scholarships for students from rural/regional areas
- BetaShares ETF Student Grant
- BusyAtWork - Scholarship Program for Young Australians
- Capstone Editing Grants & Scholarships
- Larsen Jewellery Design Scholarship Program
- LHD Lawyers' Scholarship Grant
- National Council of Women Queensland (NCWQ) Bursary Program
- New Colombo Plan Scholarships
- The Queensland Country Women's Association (QCWA) Student Bursaries
- RMHC Charlie Bell Scholarship program
- RSL Queensland Scholarship Program
- Rural and Regional Enterprise Scholarships
- SeekVisa
- Smith Family Learning for Life Program
- The Pinnacle Foundation Scholarships for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals — closes October each year
- Zonta International
- Zonta Women in Technology Scholarship
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Scholarship
- Aspiration Initiative Indigenous Scholarships
- Aspiring Teacher Grant
- Australian Disability and Indigenous People's Education Fund
- Australian Rotary Health Research Fund: Indigenous Health Scholarship
- BMD Indigenous University Scholarship
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Brisbane Catholic Education Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Student Teaching Scholarships
- Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives (CATSINaM)
- Commonwealth Scholarships Program for Young Australians
- Futures in Health Indigenous Scholarship
- House Call Doctor Futures in Health Indigenous Scholarship
- Indigenous Allied Health Australia (IAHA) Scholarships
- Indigenous Youth Leadership Program
- Lambert McBride Perpetual Bursary
- National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA) Graduate Program
- Pallottine Aboriginal Scholarship
- Pearl Duncan Teaching Scholarships
- Peninsula Development Road (PDR) Scholarships Program
- Puggy Hunter Memorial Scholarship
- Real Response Travel Scholarship for Indigenous Paramedic and Nursing Students
- SARDI Science Bursary for Aboriginal Students
- TJ Ryan Memorial Medal and Scholarships
- Thiess - 2020 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Scholarship
- TMR - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Scholarships
- Australian College of Nursing Scholarships
- Australian Nurses Memorial Centre Scholarships
- Australian Rotary Health Rural Medical Scholarships
- Australian Rotary Health Rural Nursing Scholarships
- Australian Seniors Aged Care Futures Grant
- Daphne Dowdle Midwifery Bursary
- Dr Timothy Steel Scholarship
- Real Futures Grant
- Allied Scholarships Queensland Health
- Young Carer Bursary Programme
- AgriFutures Horizon Scholarship
- AusIMM Education Endowment Fund
- Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
- Don Perrin Environmental Bursary
- NCWQ Transport and Main Roads (TMR) Women in Engineering Bursary
- Rural Bank Scholarships
- RSPCA Pet Insurance Future Animal Carer’s Grant
- SocietyOne University Scholarship
- Sugar Research Institute Scholarship (Engineering students)
- Autocraze Scholarship
- BetaShares ETF Student Grant
- Canstar Future of Finance Student Scholarship
- Canstar Blue Future of Comparison Student Scholarship
- The Data Driven Analytics Scholarship
- Real Futures Grant
- Rhodes Scholarships
- Rural and Regional Enterprise Scholarships - Creative Arts Scholarship
- Sparro Student Grant
- Webjet Australia Student Grant
- Zonta Club of Maroochy Women in Technology Scholarship
- Zonta Women in Technology Scholarship
- ADCET - Australian Disabilities Clearinghouse on Education and Training
- Alzheimer's Australian Dementia Research Foundation PhD Scholarships
- Association for Tertiary Education Management
- ATA Scientific Awards
- AusIMM The Minerals Institute Scholarship Program
- Australian Academy of Science Research Funding
- Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS) National Taxonomy Research Grants
- Australian Federation of Graduate Women Scholarships
- Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering (AINSE)
- Australian Nanotechnology Network
- Australian Rotary Health PhD Scholarships
- Australian Science Policy Fellowship Program 2021-2022
- Australian Wildlife Society - University Research Scholarships
- Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC
- Cancer Council Study Awards
- Capstone Editing Conference Travel Grant for Postgraduate Research Students
- Capstone Editing Grant for Professional Thesis Editing
- CSIRO Postgraduate Scholarships
- Data61 PhD Scholarships
- Diabetes Queensland PhD Scholarship
- Elite Editing Thesis Write-up Scholarship
- EMBL Travel Grant
- Endeavour Endowment Challenge Fund
- Endeavour Research Fellowships for Indigenous Australians
- Endeavour Scholarships and Fellowships
- Fulbright Postgraduate Scholarships
- Gradaustralia GenerationOnce Scholarship
- Heart Foundation Scholarships
- Lowitja Institute CRC - PhD Scholarships for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Researchers Across the Health System
- National Council of Women Queensland (NCWQ) Bursary Program
- National Library of Australia Summer Scholarship
- NHMRC Research Scholarships
- Odyssey Travel Equity and Merit Scholarship
- Ramsay Postgraduate Scholarships
- Skyrail Rainforest Foundation Research Funding
- Roberta Sykes Indigenous Education Foundation Scholarships
- Suicide Prevention Australia
- Swift Digital Scholarship
- Viadrina International Program for Graduates
- Wishlist Sunshine Coast Health Foundation Novice Researcher Grants
- Search for Postgraduate scholarships — Locally or Internationally
Search for scholarships
The following websites contain search engines that are useful for searching for available scholarships: