Early entry and scholarships

Indigenous Student Success Program (ISSP) scholarships are funded by the Commonwealth Government.

• The ISSP Commonwealth Education Costs Scholarship (ICECS) assists Indigenous students with demonstrated financial hardship to meet the costs associated with higher education.

  Learn more about ICECS and how to apply.

• The ISSP Commonwealth Accommodation Scholarship (ICAS) assists Indigenous students relocating from regional or rural areas — with demonstrated financial hardship — to meet the costs associated with accessing higher education.

  Learn more about ICAS and how to apply.

The Macquarie University Dunmore Lang College (DLC) Regional and Rural scholarship was created in recognition of the initial and ongoing costs of relocating from regional and rural Australia to study at Macquarie University.

Eligibility: New undergraduate students relocating from regional and rural Australia.

In addition to demonstrating that an applicant is relocating from regional or rural Australia, successful applicants will need to demonstrate:

• financial need
• capacity to triumph over hardship
• leadership potential
• community involvement
• they are a new undergraduate domestic student at Macquarie University and have not studied at university before.

Please note:applicants' permanent residence postcode will be used in the first instance to assess whether they are relocating from a regional or remote area.

Value: A fully-funded standard room at DLC for up to four years of undergraduate study, contingent on meeting ongoing eligibility criteria.

Applications: Applications for 2021 are now closed.

The purpose of the scholarship is to assist Indigenous students in financial need with accommodation costs support while living in Macquarie University Robert Menzies College (RMC).

Eligibility: New or continuing Indigenous students with demonstrated financial need living at RMC.

Value: $8000 per year ($4000 per half-year), renewable for up to four years contingent on meeting ongoing eligibility criteria.

The scholarship will be paid as a rebate on accommodation fees.

Application: Applications for 2021 are now closed.

The Macquarie University Garrawi Indigenous Scholarship was established in 2005 to encourage Indigenous students to undertake postgraduate studies at Macquarie. It is awarded to an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person on the basis of academic merit and demonstrated commitment to Indigenous community advancement.

Eligibility: Postgraduate student of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent.

Eligibility criteria for this scholarship include:

• academic merit
• Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent
• enrolled or intending to enrol in a postgraduate coursework program
• demonstrated commitment to course work
• demonstrated commitment to Indigenous community advancement
• demonstrated leadership qualities
• capacity to triumph over hardship. Hardships may include: financial disadvantage, sole parent or carer responsibilities, non-English speaking or Indigenous background, effects of trauma and/or abuse, long-term medical condition or disability, or coming from a rural or remote area.

Value: $2500 tenable for one year only.

Application: Applications for 2021 are now closed.

• For more Indigenous scholarships, visit The Aurora Foundation’s Indigenous Pathways Portal.
• Read about other Macquarie University scholarships.
• Keep in touch with Walanga Muru or our Coursework Scholarships and Prizes team as scholarships sometimes become available outside of normal scholarship periods through external funding or donations to the University.

Contact the Coursework Scholarships and Prizes team:

T: +61 (2) 9850 7337
E: csap@mq.edu.au