ACU Indigenous Research (HDR) Stipend Scholarship

The Australian Catholic University offers ACU Indigenous Research (HDR) Stipend Scholarships to support Indigenous Australians to undertake a Research Doctorate or Research Masters degree.

Benefits

Successful applicants will be awarded a scholarship package consisting of:

• ACU Indigenous Research (HDR) Stipend Scholarship: Living allowance of AUD $52,352* per annum (full-time), paid as a fortnightly stipend.
• Research Training Program (RTP) Fees Offset Scholarship: Full fee offset valued at approximately AUD $30,000 per annum for the minimum duration of your degree.

* 2025 value, indexed annually.

Eligibility

To be eligible for an ACU Indigenous Research (HDR) Stipend Scholarship, the following criteria must be met:

• a student must be an Indigenous domestic student enrolled in an accredited research higher degree at ACU; and
• a student must not be receiving income from another source to support their general living costs while undertaking their course of study if that income is greater than 75 per cent of the student's Stipend rate. Income unrelated to the student's course of study or income received for the student's course of study, but not for the purposes of supporting general living costs, will not be taken into account.

ACU Indigenous Research (HDR) Stipend Scholarships are open to Indigenous applicants whose research aligns with any of ACU's broad areas of expertise:

• Explore research in the Faculty of Education and Arts
• Explore research in the Faculty of Health Sciences
• Explore research in the Faculty of Law and Business
• Explore research in the Faculty of Theology and Philosophy
• Discover ACU's Institutes and Centres

Applications

Application deadline

Applications are open all year round.

How to apply

Visit the How to apply page for application instructions.

Are you a current research candidate?

• Visit the Student Portal and download the scholarship application form.
• Submit your completed form with required documentation to the Graduate Research School at grad.research@acu.edu.au.

ACU Indigenous Research (HDR) Stipend Scholarships are funded by the Australian Government and are awarded and administered in accordance with the ACU Research Training Program Scholarship Policy. The information listed here is subject to change without notice.