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The Arrow Energy Indigenous Scholarship Program will support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to gain qualifications at JCU and provide employment pathways. It comprises two scholarship types, The Arrow Energy Resource Sector Indigenous Scholarship and The Arrow Energy Indigenous Scholarship. Information Sheet

Open to: Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students enrolling at JCU.

Value: $10,000 each

Closing Date: 31 January 2013 - Application Form

Open to: students who identify as Australian South Sea Islanders as defined in the 2000 Queensland Government Recognition Statement of the Australian South Sea islander Community.

Value: $5,000 per year (full-time students) or $2,500 per year (part-time students)

Closing Date: Early February 2013.

The application form is available from the Multicultural Affairs of Queensland website.

Open to: full-time, James Cook University undergraduate students who commenced 2nd year studies in 2012.

Value: $10,000 per year – for 2nd, 3rd, and 4th years of study – and recipients are encouraged to participate in Cannington's paid vacation work program between November and January

Applications can be made by accessing the BHP Billiton careers website careers.bhpbilliton.com. and entering reference number 746733. The application process will close on Friday 20 July 2012 and shortlisted applicants will be required to participate in an interview.

Open to: Indigenous students who undertake an undergraduate course of study or a Tertiary Access Course at JCU. The Commonwealth Scholarships (CS) Program aims to assist Indigenous students have better access to and increased participation in higher education. Students need to apply to JCU directly.
Value: In 2013 from $1,234 up to $12,067.

Closing Date: 2013 Early Offer Round - 30 November 2012.

Open to: a student or students studying an undergraduate or postgraduate degree within the School of Marine and Tropical Biology at JCU Cairns.

Value: The total value of the grant is for an amount of up to $8,000.

Cowan Grant Young Endeavour Leadership Scholarship

Open to: students with a physical disability or other impairment who are full-time undergraduate students whose normal domicile is to the North of the 22nd degree of South latitude in the State of Queensland (above a line from St. Lawrence through Muttaburra)

Open to: students currently enrolled full-time or part-time at the University; and undertaking second, third or honours year subjects in chemistry, and by students undertaking postgraduate studies in chemistry.

Open to: first year students of a Bachelors program in the Faculty of Science and Engineering.

Value: 10 bursaries of $2,000 each.

Closing Date: 31 January each year. Application Form

Open to: First year full-time domestic Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander students of Faculty of Science & Engineering who have received an Overall Position (OP) between 1 and 8 or its equivalent from other Australian States.

Value: a standard laptop computer.

Closing Date: 31 January 2013. Application Form

Open to: students who have been residents at George Roberts Hall for at least one full academic year, and who have achieved (at least) a credit average in their first year undergraduate subjects.

Value: payment towards full board accommodation expenses for one academic year at George Roberts Hall.

Global Voices is now calling for applications to be part of its funded youth delegations to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, as well as its Nairobi Study Tour on Sustainable Development.

Open to: Students aged between 18 and 30.

Value: Cost of all flights, accommodation, visas, transfers, insurance, registration fees and most meals.

Closing Date: 3 March 2013

Open to: full-time domestic Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander students of the University.

Value: $5,000 in money, books, equipment or payment for residential accommodation.

Closing Date: 31 December each year Application Form

JCU Access Scholarships and JCU Access Bursaries

Open to: full-time students who are in their first year of study.

Value: $5,000 or $1,500 for one year.

JCU Support Grants

Open to: full-time students who are in their second year of study.

Value: $500 JCU Bookshop credit.

Closing Dates:

Round 2 - 26 July 2013

Open to: domestic students enrolled in a MSc (Research) or a PhD particularly in an area related to Marine Biology. Preference will be given to Aborigines from Thursday Is or the Torres Strait Islands.Value:$8,000 per year for 2 years.

Open to: honours or masters students undertaking research in the fields of terrestrial or marine ecology with a particular relevance to North Queensland.

Open to: full-time level 3 students enrolled in a Bachelor of Marine Science whose main focus is reef ecology.

Value: $1,500 for one year.

Open to: students who are enrolled full-time in the second year of MBBS, demonstrate an internest in rural medicine and are able to undertake an international rural elective.

Open to: Honours research projects based on fisheries links with marine fish habitats and their management needs.

Value: Scholarships for 2013 are to be advised.

Closing date: to be advised.

Applications MUST be submitted to the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.

Open to: students who have been ordinarily resident within a local government area forming part of the Mount Isa - Townsville Economic Zone (MITEZ) and are enrolled (or will be enrolled)full-time in an undergraduate degree in a discipline likely to contribute to improved management in the mining, metallurgical or maritime transport and logistics industries in north or northwest Queensland.

Value: $5,000 for one year.

Open to: full-time students of the Faculty of Science and Engineering, and who have received an Overall Position (OP) of 1 or its equivalent from other Australian states.

Value: $10,000.

Open to: school leavers who enrol in full-time study in the School of Marine and Tropical Biology. The bursary will be offered in the first year of the course only.

Value: 2 bursaries of $1,000 each

Open to: Supporting Women Scholarships is a Queensland Government initiative that opens doors for women to undertake study in specific areas.

Value: Up to $20,000 over four years.

Closing date: 12 October 2012.

Applications MUST be submitted to Skills Queensland