Current opportunties
The scholarships and grant opportunities listed here are currently open for application. For a comprehensive list of scholarships and grants in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research, including those not currently open, please see list below. Scholarships and grant opportunities can also be found in the Lowitja Institute eBulletin.
Also see JASON Postgraduate Scholarship Database for Australia, Indigenous Scholarships website, or contact individual universities. You can view a list of Indigenous centres at Australian universities.
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation – Grant Opportunities
The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) is now accepting applications for Innovative Grants, Training Grants and High-Priority, Short-Term Bridge Awards grants to commence in 2013. JDRF – grant opportunities information for applicants. Various closing dates apply.
Scholarships for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) Research Grants
2012 Grants funding round suspended.
Australian Research Council (ARC)
Discovery Indigenous Researchers Development – ARC information.
Charles Perkins Trust
Scholarships to to undertake postgraduate study at the University of Oxford and/or the University of Cambridge. Find out more.
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR)
Indigenous Staff Scholarships
http://www.innovation.gov.au/HigherEducation/IndigenousHigherEducation/I...
Endeavour Awards
Endeavour Research Fellowships for Indigenous Australians – more information.
Fulbright
Indigenous Scholarships – read about Fullbright scholarship holders
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
See grant funding
Training Scholarships for Indigenous Australian Health Research.
Training Fellowship for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Research.
Puggy Hunter Memorial Scholarship Scheme
Overview – the next round of scholarship applications opens on 22 July 2013.
Roberta Sykes Scholarships
United Nations
Trust Fund on Indigenous Issues relating to the Second International Decade of the World's Indigenous People – read more.