External scholarships

Discover grants and scholarships that open doors to opportunities beyond ACU.

Australia Awards Fellowships

Australia Awards Fellowships offer funding for mid- and senior-level professionals to undertake flexible, research-related development activities in Australia that strengthen their leadership and impact in priority areas.

Australia Awards Scholarships

Australia Awards Scholarships provide opportunities to citizens of participating countries, for full-time undergraduate or postgraduate study at Australian institutions.

Australian Graduate Women Fellowships

Australian Graduate Women offers annual and biennial fellowships designed to empower Australian women pursuing doctoral research, providing financial support to advance their scholarly excellence and impact.

Clare Burton Memorial Scholarship

Established to honour Dr Clare Burton, this scholarship is open to students of all Australian universities undertaking master and doctoral research degrees.

Commission for Gender Equality in the Public Sector

The Commission for Gender Equality in the Public Sector's PhD program supports research to drive intersectional workplace gender equality and grow the community of researchers working in this space.

DAAD German Academic Exchange Service

DAAD scholarships are aimed primarily at graduates, doctoral students and postdocs and are awarded for study and research visits to universities and non-university research institutions in Germany.

Elevate: Boosting Women in STEM

The Australian Academy of Technological Sciences & Engineering's Elevate: Boosting Women in STEM program awards postgraduate scholarships to women and non-binary people in STEM.

Fulbright Australia

The Fulbright Commission offers a diverse selection of scholarships for Australian students, scholars and professionals seeking to study or conduct research in the United States of America.

General Sir John Monash Foundation

The John Monash Scholarships are postgraduate scholarships awarded to outstanding Australians with leadership potential who wish to study overseas.

Graduate Women Victoria

Graduate Women Victoria offers an annual program of scholarships and bursaries for women and non-binary/gender-diverse students enrolled in universities in Victoria.

Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation

The Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation offers Postgraduate Scholarships to high-achieving students with leadership qualities who intend to complete a graduate program overseas.

Rhodes Trust

The Rhodes Scholarship is a fully-funded postgraduate award which enables talented young people from around the world to study at the University of Oxford.

Royal Commonwealth Society (ACT) Phyllis Montgomerie Award

The Phyllis Montgomerie Award provides up to $5000 to help with expenses associated with a research or education project conducted in a Commonwealth country. Applicants must be residents of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) or undertaking their project through an ACT institution.

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