Veterans’ Fund Indigenous Scholarships

• To be eligible to apply for the Undergraduate or Graduate Veterans’ Scholarship in the Australia to USA direction, applicants must:

• Be an honorably discharged post 9/11 military veteran from Australia;

• Be an Australian citizen or permanent resident (dual citizens are not eligible);

• Be a recognized member of an Indigenous Australian or Torres Strait Islander community;

• Be undertaking or planning to undertake Undergraduate or Graduate level study (Masters, Ph.D. or Postdoctoral Research) at an accredited educational institution in the US;

• Be studying or planning to study for a minimum of one-year full-time in the US.

• To be eligible to apply for the Undergraduate or Graduate Veterans’ Scholarships in the USA to Australia direction, applicants must:

• Be an honorably discharged post 9/11 military veteran from the US;

• Be a US citizen or permanent resident (dual citizens are not eligible);

• Be a recognized member of a Native American, Alaskan Native or Native Hawaiian community;

• Be undertaking or planning to undertake Undergraduate or Graduate level study (Masters, Ph.D. or Postdoctoral Research) at an accredited educational institution in the Australia;

• Be studying or planning to study for a minimum of one year full-time in Australia.

These scholarships will provide support of up to US $40,000 to use toward travel, living, tuition and other associated educational costs and may be used in conjunction with other veteran support such as the GI Bill.

Australia to USA: Open for application on January 24 to March 31.

USA to Australia: Open for application on August 1 to September 30.