Scholarship applications for Study Period 1 2026 have been extended to Tuesday 2 December 2025.
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Scholarships and bursaries can provide financial support throughout your studies to relieve financial pressures and allow you more time to focus on your study.
Scholarship and bursary applications for Study Period 1 are open from 1 September - 30 November (in the year prior) and for Study Period 2, 1 April - 31 May.
In addition to UniSC's main undergraduate and postgraduate scholarships, Indigenous students are encouraged to apply for the following:
- Indigenous Student Success Program (ISSP) - commenced on 1 January 2017 and subsumed the former Commonwealth Scholarships Program (CSP). ISSP scholarships include:
- UniSC Indigenous Education Costs Scholarship - Study Periods 1 and 2
- UniSC Indigenous Relocation Costs Scholarship - Study Periods 1 and 2
- Buranga Centre Study on Country Scholarship - Study Periods 1 and 2
- Buranga Centre Summer Enrolment Scholarship - Study Period 1
- City of Moreton Bay Scholarship - Study Period 1
- City of Moreton Bay Study Support Bursary - Study Periods 1 and 2
- CPA Indigenous Bursary - Study Period 2
- Fraser Coast Regional Council Bursary - Study Period 1
- Graduate Women QLD Inc. Sunshine Coast Indigenous Women's Bursary - Study Period 2
- Indigenous Education Placement Bursaries - Study Periods 1 and 2
- Kal’owendha Bursary - Study Period 1
- Sheldon Indigenous Engineering Bursary - Study Period 1
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Unitywater's Bright Future for First Nation Students Scholarship - Study Period 1
- UniSC Indigenous Scholarships (Honours, HDR, Postgraduate) - Study Periods 1 and 2 (individual application form)
- Zonta Club of Noosa Indigenous Women's Bursary - Study Period 1 (individual application form)
Headstart Students
- Headstart Indigenous Scholarship - Study Periods 1 and 2
- The Headstart Program is designed to create a seamless transition from school to university allowing Year 11 and 12 students to complete accredited undergraduate university courses while still at school. An Indigenous specific scholarship is available.
- Buranga Centre Continuing Headstart Scholarship - Study Period 1
Tertiary Preparation Pathway Students
- Indigenous Student Success Program (ISSP) includes payments for students studying in UniSC's Tertiary Preparation Pathway (TPP) program and commenced on 1 January 2017 and subsuming the former Commonwealth Scholarships Program (CSP). ISSP scholarships for Enabling students include:
- UniSC Indigenous Enabling Education Costs Scholarship - Study Periods 1 and 2 (individual application form)
- UniSC Indigenous Enabling Relocation Costs Scholarship - Study Periods 1 and 2 (individual application form)
- Graduate Women Qld Inc Sunshine Coast Branch Bursary - Study Period 1 (individual application form)
- University of the Third Age (U3A) Merit-Based Equity Bursary - Study Period 1
- UniSC Equity Bursary - Study Periods 1 and 2
- UniSC Study Support Bursaries - Study Periods 1 and 2
- Zonta Club of Caloundra Equity Bursary - Study Period 1
- Advance Plants Environmental Science Indigenous Scholarship
- Aurora Education Foundation - Scholarships and Bursaries
- Australian College of Nursing Scholarships
- Australian Rotary Health Research Fund: Indigenous Health Scholarship
- BCG First Nations Internship & Scholarship Program
- Brisbane Catholic Education Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Student Teaching Scholarships
- Frank Hall-Bentick Education Fund
- Indigenous Time at Sea Scholarship
- Jilya Institute Indigenous Psychology Scholarship
- Neville Bonner Memorial Scholarship
- Pallottine Aboriginal Scholarship
- Pearl Duncan Teaching Scholarship
- Puggy Hunter Memorial Scholarship
- Teachers of STEM Initiative (ToSI) Scholarship
- Tertiary Access Payment (TAP) Program
- The QAS Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Scholarship Program
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander engagement
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Contact Buranga Centre for more information or for assistance with your application.