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 Semester 1 are open from 1 September - 30 November (in the year prior) and for Semester 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 - Semesters 1 and 2
- UniSC Indigenous Relocation Costs Scholarship - Semesters 1 and 2
- Alliance Automation Scholarship - Semester 1
- CPA Indigenous Bursary - Semester 2
- Fraser Coast Regional Council Bursary - Semester 1
- Graduate Women QLD Inc. Sunshine Coast Indigenous Women's Bursary - Semester 2
- Indigenous Education Placement Bursaries - Semester 1 and 2
- UniSC Indigenous Scholarships (Honours, HDR, Postgraduate) - Semesters 1 and 2 (individual application form)
- Zonta Club of Noosa Indigenous Women's Bursary - Semester 1 (individual application form)
Headstart Students
- Headstart Indigenous Scholarship - Semesters 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.
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 - Semesters 1 and 2 (individual application form)
- UniSC Indigenous Enabling Relocation Costs Scholarship - Semesters 1 and 2 (individual application form)
- Graduate Women Qld Inc Sunshine Coast Branch Bursary - Semester 1 (individual application form)
- University of the Third Age (U3A) Merit-Based Equity Bursary - Semester 1
- UniSC Equity Bursary - Semesters 1 and 2
- UniSC Study Support Bursaries - Semester 2
- Zonta Club of Caloundra Equity Bursary - Semester 1
- Advance Plants Environmental Science Indigenous Scholarship
- Aurora Education Foundation - Scholarships and Bursaries
- Australian College of Nursing Scholarships
- Australian Disability and Indigenous People's Education Fund
- Australian Rotary Health Research Fund: Indigenous Health Scholarship
- Brisbane Catholic Education Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Student Teaching Scholarships
- Indigenous Time at Sea Scholarship
- Jilya Institute Indigenous Psychology Scholarship
- Pallottine Aboriginal Scholarship
- Puggy Hunter Memorial Scholarship
- Teachers of STEM Initiative (ToSI) Scholarship
- Tertiary Access Payment (TAP) Program
More Information
Contact Indigenous Services for more information or for assistance with your application.