SCHOLARSHIPS, FELLOWSHIPS, PRIZES AND BURSARIES

Whether you're studying, or intending to study in Australia, there are lots of options to help pay your way. It's not always necessary to be an A grade student, as some scholarships are for students with particular talents, with disabilities, or from disadvantaged or ethnic backgrounds. There is also assistance for students coming from specific locations, either within Australia or overseas.

To help you find your way around the 1,885 scholarships and fellowships in this database, they are organised into categories:

Secondary
Undergraduate
Postgraduate
Postdoctoral Fellowships
Foreign Students

Secondary

• Scholarships for high school students are offered by schools, education departments, local governments, universities, community groups and professional associations.
• To find them, select secondary (education) from the keyword list on the search page (subscribers only) or see a sample with a free search.

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Other forms of financial assistance for school age students, not associated with their education, are also available. To find them, search using the keywords child, youth or student.

Undergraduate

• Scholarships for undergraduate study are offered by universities and other organisations such as community groups and local councils. Prizes and bursaries can provide additional income, as well as building a track record that will impress scholarship givers in the future.
• Funds for undergraduate study are organised mainly by subject. To find them, select your subject and undergraduate from the keyword list and press Search. It's not necessary to use the word scholarship in your search.
• Many scholarships are offered for study in any subject. To see them, select undergraduate and unrestricted (any subject) from the keyword list.
• To target scholarships in a particular State or Territory, select undergraduate from the keyword list and your State from the Location box, but remember this will exclude scholarships with no geographical restrictions. Relevant scholarships can be further targeted by adding your subject area to the search terms.

A number of other scholarships are offered for undergraduate students who meet certain criteria:

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Postgraduate

• Funds for postgraduate study are organised mainly by subject. To see what is available in your subject area, select postgraduate and your subject from the keyword list and press Search.
• Many scholarships are offered for study/research in any subject. To find them, select postgraduate and unrestricted (any subject).
• Some postgraduate scholarships are specifically for Honours, Masters or PhD studies. You may further target your search using these as keywords, but remember this will exclude scholarships for postgraduate study at any level.
• If you're looking for a scholarship in a particular State or Territory, add your State from the Location box, but remember this will exclude scholarships with no geographical restrictions.

A number of other scholarships are offered for postgraduate students who meet certain criteria:

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Description	Keywords
For the disabled	postgraduate disabled
Female students	postgraduate women
Vacation scholarships	postgraduate vacation
For overseas study	postgraduate O/S
Indigenous students	postgraduate indigenous
Students from disadvantaged backgrounds	postgraduate disadvantaged

Postdoctoral Fellowships

• Funds for postdoctoral research are organised mainly by subject. To see what's available in your subject area, select postdoc and your subject as keywords and press Search.
• Many fellowships are offered without any restriction on the subject area. To see funds available for postdoctoral work in any subject, select postdoc and unrestricted (any subject).
• To target fellowships available in a particular State or Territory, add your State from the Location box, but remember this will exclude those fellowships having no geographical restrictions.

A number of other fellowships are offered for postdocs who meet certain criteria:

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Foreign Students

The Australian government has established a scholarships database for foreign students at Study In Australia. The website also has extensive information about courses and student visas. While there are many scholarship opportunities for high school and postgraduate study, very few are offered at undergraduate level unless the student is already studying at an Australian institution.

An exception is the Australian Development Scholarships. Citizens of the following countries are advised to consult the Ausaid web site at www.ausaid.gov.au/scholar/studyin.cfm for further information:

Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, East Timor, Fiji, Indonesia, Kenya, Kiribati, Laos, Lesotho, Malawi, Maldives, Micronesia, Mongolia, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tonga, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Vietnam and Zambia.