JCU Scholarships by Course Level
Making the most of the university experience is easier thanks to a range of scholarships. These JCU scholarships are based on study level of course
Honours
Arrow Energy-JCU Go Further Indigenous Tertiary Scholarships
Open to: Australian Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders
Value: $10,000 full time, $5,000 part time
Open to: Australian Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders
Value: $10,000 full time, $5,000 part time
Destination Australia Scholarship - Domestic
Open to: New Students commencing full time study.
Value: $15,000
Open to: New Students commencing full time study.
Value: $15,000
Destination Australia Scholarship - International
Open to: New Students commencing full time study.
Value: $15,000
Open to: New Students commencing full time study.
Value: $15,000
ER Walker Bequest Bursary
Open to: Honours or postgraduate students undertaking research on stinging jellyfish (Class Cubozoa)
Value: $2,500
Opening date: 1 June 2020
Closing date: 15 August 2020
Open to: Honours or postgraduate students undertaking research on stinging jellyfish (Class Cubozoa)
Value: $2,500
Opening date: 1 June 2020
Closing date: 15 August 2020
Eric Booth Memorial Grants in Chemistry
Open to: Second or third year undergraduate students, honours students or post graduate students studying chemistry
Value: Up to $8,000
Open to: Second or third year undergraduate students, honours students or post graduate students studying chemistry
Value: Up to $8,000
James Burnell Molecular and Cell Biology Scholarship
Open to: Undergraduate, Final year
Value: $9,527
Open to: Undergraduate, Final year
Value: $9,527
John and Janice King Bursary
Open to: Papua New Guinean citizens enrolled full time in a course offered by the Division of Tropical Health & Medicine
Value: $3,000
Open to: Papua New Guinean citizens enrolled full time in a course offered by the Division of Tropical Health & Medicine
Value: $3,000
Julia Cooper Memorial Wildlife Research Bursary
Open to: Honours or Masters students undertaking research in the fields of terrestrial or marine ecology with a particular relevance to North Queensland
Value: $1,000
Opening date: 1 April 2020
Closing date: 15 June 2020
Open to: Honours or Masters students undertaking research in the fields of terrestrial or marine ecology with a particular relevance to North Queensland
Value: $1,000
Opening date: 1 April 2020
Closing date: 15 June 2020
Mark Patterson Memorial Bursary
Open to: Bachelor of Biomedical Science, Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science (Honours) degree or Doctorate student undertaking research in animal or human immunology
Value: $6,000
Open to: Bachelor of Biomedical Science, Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science (Honours) degree or Doctorate student undertaking research in animal or human immunology
Value: $6,000
Richard Brookdale Scholarship
Open to: Cairns based Bachelor of Arts (Honours) or Masters students undertaking an honours or masters topic in Australian Indigenous archaeology
Value: $2,500
Open to: Cairns based Bachelor of Arts (Honours) or Masters students undertaking an honours or masters topic in Australian Indigenous archaeology
Value: $2,500
Robert Logan Memorial Bursary
Open to: Honours and Postgraduate students in Biochemistry
Value: up to $14,000
Open to: Honours and Postgraduate students in Biochemistry
Value: up to $14,000
Postgraduate
Arrow Energy-JCU Go Further Indigenous Tertiary Scholarships
Open to: Australian Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders
Value: $10,000 full time, $5,000 part time
Open to: Australian Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders
Value: $10,000 full time, $5,000 part time
Destination Australia Scholarship - Domestic
Open to: New Students commencing full time study.
Value: $15,000
Open to: New Students commencing full time study.
Value: $15,000
Destination Australia Scholarship - International
Open to: New Students commencing full time study.
Value: $15,000
Open to: New Students commencing full time study.
Value: $15,000
ER Walker Bequest Bursary
Open to: Honours or postgraduate students undertaking research on stinging jellyfish (Class Cubozoa)
Value: $2,500
Opening date: 1 June 2020
Closing date: 15 August 2020
Open to: Honours or postgraduate students undertaking research on stinging jellyfish (Class Cubozoa)
Value: $2,500
Opening date: 1 June 2020
Closing date: 15 August 2020
Eric Booth Memorial Grants in Chemistry
Open to: Second or third year undergraduate students, honours students or post graduate students studying chemistry
Value: Up to $8,000
Open to: Second or third year undergraduate students, honours students or post graduate students studying chemistry
Value: Up to $8,000
HEB Memorial Bursary
Open to: Third year Bachelor of Education or Masters of Teaching & Learning
Value: $2,000
Opening date: 1 March 2020
Closing date: 1 May 2020
Open to: Third year Bachelor of Education or Masters of Teaching & Learning
Value: $2,000
Opening date: 1 March 2020
Closing date: 1 May 2020
John and Janice King Bursary
Open to: Papua New Guinean citizens enrolled full time in a course offered by the Division of Tropical Health & Medicine
Value: $3,000
Open to: Papua New Guinean citizens enrolled full time in a course offered by the Division of Tropical Health & Medicine
Value: $3,000
Joyce and George Vaughan Bequest Scholarship
Open to: Masters or PhD students undertaking research in Marine Biology
Value: $16,000
Open to: Masters or PhD students undertaking research in Marine Biology
Value: $16,000
Julia Cooper Memorial Wildlife Research Bursary
Open to: Honours or Masters students undertaking research in the fields of terrestrial or marine ecology with a particular relevance to North Queensland
Value: $1,000
Opening date: 1 April 2020
Closing date: 15 June 2020
Open to: Honours or Masters students undertaking research in the fields of terrestrial or marine ecology with a particular relevance to North Queensland
Value: $1,000
Opening date: 1 April 2020
Closing date: 15 June 2020
Mark Patterson Memorial Bursary
Open to: Bachelor of Biomedical Science, Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science (Honours) degree or Doctorate student undertaking research in animal or human immunology
Value: $6,000
Open to: Bachelor of Biomedical Science, Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science (Honours) degree or Doctorate student undertaking research in animal or human immunology
Value: $6,000
Richard Brookdale Scholarship
Open to: Cairns based Bachelor of Arts (Honours) or Masters students undertaking an honours or masters topic in Australian Indigenous archaeology
Value: $2,500
Open to: Cairns based Bachelor of Arts (Honours) or Masters students undertaking an honours or masters topic in Australian Indigenous archaeology
Value: $2,500
Robert Logan Memorial Bursary
Open to: Honours and Postgraduate students in Biochemistry
Value: up to $14,000
Open to: Honours and Postgraduate students in Biochemistry
Value: up to $14,000
Romina Fujii Torres Strait Health Development Scholarship
Open to: Students enrolled or will be enrolled in Graduate Certificate of Graduate Diploma of Research Methods (Tropical Health and Medicine) at JCU
Value: $10,000
Opening date: 22 November 2019
Closing date: 30 June 2020
Open to: Students enrolled or will be enrolled in Graduate Certificate of Graduate Diploma of Research Methods (Tropical Health and Medicine) at JCU
Value: $10,000
Opening date: 22 November 2019
Closing date: 30 June 2020
Samuel & Eileen Gluyas Fellowship
Open to: Masters or Doctorate students, conducting research in relation to diseases of cattle, breeding of cattle, or general cattle husbandry
Value: $ varies
Open to: Masters or Doctorate students, conducting research in relation to diseases of cattle, breeding of cattle, or general cattle husbandry
Value: $ varies
Thelma Myers Memorial Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nursing & Midwifery Scholarship
Open to: Postgraduate or higher degree in research
Value: $5,000
Opening date: 1 May 2020
Closing date: 31 July 2020
Open to: Postgraduate or higher degree in research
Value: $5,000
Opening date: 1 May 2020
Closing date: 31 July 2020
William Thomas Williams Postgraduate Scholarship
Open to: Full time PhD, or Masters
Value: $20,000 for up to 2 years
Open to: Full time PhD, or Masters
Value: $20,000 for up to 2 years
Youth Justice First Nations Scholarship
Open to: Undergraduate or Post graduate
Value: $15,000 including placement
Open to: Undergraduate or Post graduate
Value: $15,000 including placement
Undergraduate (All)
Amuthan Medical Research Bursary
Open to: Students currently enrolled full-time in the Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery
Value: $1,800
Opening date: 1 March 2020
Closing date: 22 May 2020
Open to: Students currently enrolled full-time in the Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery
Value: $1,800
Opening date: 1 March 2020
Closing date: 22 May 2020
Arrow Energy-JCU Go Further Indigenous Tertiary Scholarships
Open to: Australian Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders
Value: $10,000 full time, $5,000 part time
Open to: Australian Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders
Value: $10,000 full time, $5,000 part time
Austax Accounting Scholarship
Open to: Bachelor of Business Accounting Major, final year
Value: $4,000
Opening date: 30 July 2020
Closing date: 2 September 2020
Open to: Bachelor of Business Accounting Major, final year
Value: $4,000
Opening date: 30 July 2020
Closing date: 2 September 2020
Australian Orthopaedic Association Joint University Scholarship
Open to: Undergraduate, MBBS 6, enrolled in the following year
Value: $4,000
Open to: Undergraduate, MBBS 6, enrolled in the following year
Value: $4,000
Australian South Sea Islander Community Foundation Scholarship
Open to: Australian South Sea Islanders studying an undergraduate degree
Value: $5,000
Open to: Australian South Sea Islanders studying an undergraduate degree
Value: $5,000
David Hastings Bursary
Open to: Undergraduate with a physical disability or other impairment
Value: $1,000
Open to: Undergraduate with a physical disability or other impairment
Value: $1,000
Eric Booth Memorial Grants in Chemistry
Open to: Second or third year undergraduate students, honours students or post graduate students studying chemistry
Value: Up to $8,000
Open to: Second or third year undergraduate students, honours students or post graduate students studying chemistry
Value: Up to $8,000
Friends of Good Schooling Scholarship in Education
Open to: Undergraduate, full time, internal, Townsville campus only
Value: up to $8,054
Open to: Undergraduate, full time, internal, Townsville campus only
Value: up to $8,054
George Roberts CBE Bursary
Open to: George Roberts Hall residents who have achieved a minimum credit average in their first year of undergraduate subjects
Value: $3,000
Opening date: 1 June 2020
Closing date: 1 August 2020
Open to: George Roberts Hall residents who have achieved a minimum credit average in their first year of undergraduate subjects
Value: $3,000
Opening date: 1 June 2020
Closing date: 1 August 2020
Greg Garrick Rural Nursing Bursary
Open to: 2nd Year Bachelor of Nursing Science, Bachelor of Nursing and Midwifery,
Value: $1,500
Opening date: 1 May 2020
Closing date: 31 July 2020
Open to: 2nd Year Bachelor of Nursing Science, Bachelor of Nursing and Midwifery,
Value: $1,500
Opening date: 1 May 2020
Closing date: 31 July 2020
HEB Memorial Bursary
Open to: Third year Bachelor of Education or Masters of Teaching & Learning
Value: $2,000
Opening date: 1 March 2020
Closing date: 1 May 2020
Open to: Third year Bachelor of Education or Masters of Teaching & Learning
Value: $2,000
Opening date: 1 March 2020
Closing date: 1 May 2020
Hugh Alexander Grierson Trust Scholarship
Open to: Undergraduate Australian Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders studying full time with preference given to veterinary science or scientific research.
Value: $5,000
Open to: Undergraduate Australian Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders studying full time with preference given to veterinary science or scientific research.
Value: $5,000
Inclusion Works Bursary
Open to: Undergraduate, enrolled in WS4511
Value: $1,000
Opening date: 1 May 2020
Closing date: 31 July 2020
Open to: Undergraduate, enrolled in WS4511
Value: $1,000
Opening date: 1 May 2020
Closing date: 31 July 2020
James Burnell Molecular and Cell Biology Scholarship
Open to: Undergraduate, Final year
Value: $9,527
Open to: Undergraduate, Final year
Value: $9,527
JCU Access Fund
Open to: Access Scholarships and Bursaries: full-time students in their first calendar year of study experiencing financial hardship. Support Grants: full-time students in their second calendar year of study experiencing financial hardship.
Open to: Access Scholarships and Bursaries: full-time students in their first calendar year of study experiencing financial hardship. Support Grants: full-time students in their second calendar year of study experiencing financial hardship.
John and Janice King Bursary
Open to: Papua New Guinean citizens enrolled full time in a course offered by the Division of Tropical Health & Medicine
Value: $3,000
Open to: Papua New Guinean citizens enrolled full time in a course offered by the Division of Tropical Health & Medicine
Value: $3,000
Leo and Mabel Barnett French Travel Grant
Open to: Third year undergraduate students studying French and intending to study overseas in a French speaking country
Value: $5,000
Open to: Third year undergraduate students studying French and intending to study overseas in a French speaking country
Value: $5,000
Lynn Kratcha Memorial Rural Bursary
Open to: Second year Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery students with an interest in rural medicine and are able to undertake an international rural elective
Value: $ varies
Opening date: 25 February 2020
Closing date: 25 July 2020
Open to: Second year Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery students with an interest in rural medicine and are able to undertake an international rural elective
Value: $ varies
Opening date: 25 February 2020
Closing date: 25 July 2020
Maggie Grant-Wronski Memorial Bursary
Open to: Undergraduate 2nd year MBBS
Value: $2,500
Opening date: 1 May 2020
Closing date: 10 September 2020
Open to: Undergraduate 2nd year MBBS
Value: $2,500
Opening date: 1 May 2020
Closing date: 10 September 2020
Mick McLoughlin Memorial Bursary
Open to: Fifth year Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery students who intend to undertake the year 6 elective in the developing world.
Value: $2,500
Opening date: 1 May 2020
Closing date: 18 August 2020
Open to: Fifth year Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery students who intend to undertake the year 6 elective in the developing world.
Value: $2,500
Opening date: 1 May 2020
Closing date: 18 August 2020
My Fortress Financial Planning Scholarship
Open to: Bachelor of Business Financial Advising Major, final year
Value: $4,000
Opening date: 30 July 2020
Closing date: 2 September 2020
Open to: Bachelor of Business Financial Advising Major, final year
Value: $4,000
Opening date: 30 July 2020
Closing date: 2 September 2020
North Queensland Gas Pipeline Regional Women's Scholarship
Open to: 1st or 2nd year students enrolled full time in Bachelor of Engineering (honours)
Value: $6,000
Open to: 1st or 2nd year students enrolled full time in Bachelor of Engineering (honours)
Value: $6,000
Richard Hays Bursary
Open to: Year 5, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery students who wish to attend a Medical Conference
Value: $2,500
Opening date: 1 July 2020
Closing date: 22 September 2020
Open to: Year 5, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery students who wish to attend a Medical Conference
Value: $2,500
Opening date: 1 July 2020
Closing date: 22 September 2020
Richard Hays Foundation Dean of Medicine Bursary
Open to: Australian Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders admitted to the Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery in their 2nd, 3rd, 4th or 5th year of study.
Value: $1,500
Open to: Australian Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders admitted to the Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery in their 2nd, 3rd, 4th or 5th year of study.
Value: $1,500
Ross River Solar Farm Regional Women's Scholarship
Open to: 1st or 2nd year students enrolled full time in Bachelor of Engineering (honours)
Value: $6,000
Open to: 1st or 2nd year students enrolled full time in Bachelor of Engineering (honours)
Value: $6,000
Stabler Howlett Placement Bursary
Open to: Undergraduate, 5th Year, Bachelor of Veterinary Science
Value: $1,500
Open to: Undergraduate, 5th Year, Bachelor of Veterinary Science
Value: $1,500
The Walter & Eliza Hall Trust Opportunity Scholarship
Open to: Undergraduate students with a physical disability.
Value: $10,000
Open to: Undergraduate students with a physical disability.
Value: $10,000
Townsville Hospital & Health Service Scholarship
Open to: Indigenous, 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th year Nursing Science or Nursing-Midwifery
Value: $6,000
Open to: Indigenous, 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th year Nursing Science or Nursing-Midwifery
Value: $6,000
Walker Business Bursary
Open to: Students who have completed 24 credit points in an undergraduate course
Value: $2,000
Open to: Students who have completed 24 credit points in an undergraduate course
Value: $2,000
Youth Justice First Nations Scholarship
Open to: Undergraduate or Post graduate
Value: $15,000 including placement
Open to: Undergraduate or Post graduate
Value: $15,000 including placement
Yvonne Thomas Bursary
Open to: Female undergraduate students aged 25 and over (at time of closing date)
Value: $3,000
Open to: Female undergraduate students aged 25 and over (at time of closing date)
Value: $3,000
Undergraduate (First Year)
Amuthan Medical Research Bursary
Open to: Students currently enrolled full-time in the Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery
Value: $1,800
Opening date: 1 March 2020
Closing date: 22 May 2020
Open to: Students currently enrolled full-time in the Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery
Value: $1,800
Opening date: 1 March 2020
Closing date: 22 May 2020
Arrow Energy-JCU Go Further Indigenous Tertiary Scholarships
Open to: Australian Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders
Value: $10,000 full time, $5,000 part time
Open to: Australian Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders
Value: $10,000 full time, $5,000 part time
Australian South Sea Islander Community Foundation Scholarship
Open to: Australian South Sea Islanders studying an undergraduate degree
Value: $5,000
Open to: Australian South Sea Islanders studying an undergraduate degree
Value: $5,000
Central Highlands District Health Council Bursary
Open to: First year students studying any undergraduate human health sciences course
Value: $3,000
Open to: First year students studying any undergraduate human health sciences course
Value: $3,000
Destination Australia Scholarship - Domestic
Open to: New Students commencing full time study.
Value: $15,000
Open to: New Students commencing full time study.
Value: $15,000
Destination Australia Scholarship - International
Open to: New Students commencing full time study.
Value: $15,000
Open to: New Students commencing full time study.
Value: $15,000
Friends of Good Schooling Scholarship in Education
Open to: Undergraduate, full time, internal, Townsville campus only
Value: up to $8,054
Open to: Undergraduate, full time, internal, Townsville campus only
Value: up to $8,054
Hugh Alexander Grierson Trust Scholarship
Open to: Undergraduate Australian Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders studying full time with preference given to veterinary science or scientific research.
Value: $5,000
Open to: Undergraduate Australian Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders studying full time with preference given to veterinary science or scientific research.
Value: $5,000
Inclusion Works Bursary
Open to: Undergraduate, enrolled in WS4511
Value: $1,000
Opening date: 1 May 2020
Closing date: 31 July 2020
Open to: Undergraduate, enrolled in WS4511
Value: $1,000
Opening date: 1 May 2020
Closing date: 31 July 2020
J K O'Brien Scholarship for Health Sciences
Open to: Undergraduate 1st year, full time, Human Health
Value: $10,000
Open to: Undergraduate 1st year, full time, Human Health
Value: $10,000
JCU Access Fund
Open to: Access Scholarships and Bursaries: full-time students in their first calendar year of study experiencing financial hardship. Support Grants: full-time students in their second calendar year of study experiencing financial hardship.
Open to: Access Scholarships and Bursaries: full-time students in their first calendar year of study experiencing financial hardship. Support Grants: full-time students in their second calendar year of study experiencing financial hardship.
JCU Deans' Scholarship
Open to: Undergraduate first year (school leaver), High academic achiever, domestic student
Value: $10,000
Open to: Undergraduate first year (school leaver), High academic achiever, domestic student
Value: $10,000
John and Janice King Bursary
Open to: Papua New Guinean citizens enrolled full time in a course offered by the Division of Tropical Health & Medicine
Value: $3,000
Open to: Papua New Guinean citizens enrolled full time in a course offered by the Division of Tropical Health & Medicine
Value: $3,000
North Queensland Gas Pipeline Regional Women's Scholarship
Open to: 1st or 2nd year students enrolled full time in Bachelor of Engineering (honours)
Value: $6,000
Open to: 1st or 2nd year students enrolled full time in Bachelor of Engineering (honours)
Value: $6,000
QCoal Foundation Scholarship
Open to: First year students with preference given to Geology or Science (excludes Marine Biology)
Value: $10,000
Open to: First year students with preference given to Geology or Science (excludes Marine Biology)
Value: $10,000
Ross River Solar Farm Regional Women's Scholarship
Open to: 1st or 2nd year students enrolled full time in Bachelor of Engineering (honours)
Value: $6,000
Open to: 1st or 2nd year students enrolled full time in Bachelor of Engineering (honours)
Value: $6,000
The George Alexander Foundation Undergraduate Scholarship
Open to: Undergraduate, commencing from rural or regional location
Value: $8,000
Open to: Undergraduate, commencing from rural or regional location
Value: $8,000
The Wood Scholarship
Open to: Indigenous students commencing either undergraduate of post graduate studies within the Division of Tropical Health and Medicine.
Value: Up to $25,000
Open to: Indigenous students commencing either undergraduate of post graduate studies within the Division of Tropical Health and Medicine.
Value: Up to $25,000
Townsville Hospital & Health Service Scholarship
Open to: Indigenous, 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th year Nursing Science or Nursing-Midwifery
Value: $6,000
Open to: Indigenous, 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th year Nursing Science or Nursing-Midwifery
Value: $6,000
Yvonne Thomas Bursary
Open to: Female undergraduate students aged 25 and over (at time of closing date)
Value: $3,000
Open to: Female undergraduate students aged 25 and over (at time of closing date)
Value: $3,000