Other Opportunities

This page lists significant scholarship resources both within Australia and overseas. Remember information sources are created and updated continually so current sources may not be reliable in the future. Please contact us if you locate a useful information source not already on this page; your efforts could make a difference to others looking for similar information.

Key resources and databases

• JASON - Joint Academic Scholarships On-line Network: A national database of postgraduate scholarships for Australia) Includes links to Australian university sites, government and industry sites and international sites.
• myfuture: An Australian career website that helps you to make career decisions, plan your career pathways and manage work transitions. Find specific funding information including financial support, scholarships, awards and grants from myfuture's extensive databases.
• Education Network Australia (EdNA) Noticeboards: Scholarships, Fellowships, Grants: New scholarship opportunities from Australia and overseas
• Commonwealth Department of Education, Emplyoment & Workplace Relations (DEEWR - formerly DEST) - Scholarships: Scholarships, fellowships, awards and other sources of funding for study and/or research available through the Higher Education Group, DEEWR.
• Australian Scholarships (Commonwealth Government site): focuses on scholarships for students within the Asia-Pacific region to study in Australia
• PhD Seek: scholarships available for PhD projects
• Australian Update: Community of Science (COS) funding opportunities. COS Funding News is a free newsletter that advises you of new and updated research grant information. Opportunities focus on the United States but include sections on Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom.
• SPIN: Use SPIN to identify possible sources of funding. Researchers generate a personal profile, incorporating keywords. The researcher is emailed directly with information on corresponding funding opportunities from the SPIN database, as they become available or are updated.
• Links to other Australian University Webservers

Specialist scientific resources

• Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO): List of Research Divisions.
• Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering (AINSE): Provides funds to assist researchers from member universities to gain access to the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), and other AINSE facilities.