Scholarships and Awards

Batchelor Institute is awarding bequest scholarships to eligible students and staff. 

Beryl Price Scholarships

These scholarships honour the late Beryl Price who was a great advocate of the transformative nature of tertiary education for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander women. The Beryl Price Scholarships assist Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander female staff and students to achieve their educational goals There are four scholarships available: Student Transition Scholarship; Staff Transition Scholarship; Research Training Program Top-Up Scholarship and Indigenous Staff Scholarship.

Student Transition Scholarship

The Student Transition Scholarship is for an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander female student who has completed a VET qualification at certificate level IV or above and is enroled in an undergraduate degree program through Batchelor Institute with CDU. This scholarship is for $5,000 per annum. 

Staff Transition Scholarship

The Staff Transition Scholarship is for an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander female staff member who wishes to move from a teaching position in VET or Higher Education to the other sector. This scholarship is for $5,000 per annum. 

This scholarship will assist the transition of female employees across a diverse range of courses in the VET and Higher Education sectors. Developing the capability of women in key roles for VET and Higher Education will promote and increase engagement, enrolment and completion rates of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Island women within tertiary education.

Research Training Program (RTP) Top-Up Scholarship

The RTP Top-Up Scholarship is intended to attract and support an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander woman into the Batchelor PhD program by offering a Top-Up scholarship over three years to a full time female candidate who has experienced a sustained break from study.

It involves three years at $10,000 per year from the bequest as an addition to the APA annual stipend supplied through Batchelor Institute. This scholarship takes into account the financial hardship for many aspiring Indigenous researchers. The Top-Up scholarship will therefore go a long way toward attracting and sustaining a mature aged candidate through the lengthy research journey.

Indigenous Staff Scholarship

The Indigenous Staff Scholarship provides teaching buy-out for a female Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander teaching staff member of Batchelor Institute who is undertaking either a Masters by Research or PhD on a part time basis. The scholarship enables that staff member to dedicate a percentage of time to achieving a research degree at the Institute. Depending on the award level (Masters of PhD) and the timing of key candidature milestones, this scholarship may be distributed evenly across 3-6 years or timed to support intensive periods of buy out at key stages of the candidature. It has a total value of $30,000. 

Social Justice Scholarship

The bequest for this scholarship was provided by a private donor to encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to take a greater leadership role in advocacy and community justice. A competitive scholarship, it is intended for Northern Territory Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Batchelor tertiary students undertaking full or part time study. 

Applicants will have demonstrated excellence in their undergraduate or postgraduate studies, and an interest in, and commitment to, social justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. 

For more information contact Student Services.

All scholarship applications will be assessed by the Batchelor Scholarships Committee, and recommendations made to the Chief Executive Officer for final approval.

All of the scholarships featured here will be awarded until the bequest funds are fully expended.

Thank you to our students who submitted an application to the Beryl Price scholarships and the Social Justice scholarship – these opportunities have now closed and the winners will be announced shortly.

Please visit this page again for details of scholarships. If you’d like information about any of our scholarships, please contact Student Services.