Scholarships and Grants

Applications for bursary funds to assist with semester two studies are closing on 28 July 2025. A bursary is a financial award given to a student, to help cover the cost of education. It may be granted towards the payment of tuition fees, living expenses, or study materials such as books. Unlike a loan, bursaries do not need to be repaid.

This $25,000 scholarship for study at Eva Burrows College will be awarded to a female who has undertaken substantial paid or unpaid work in the delivery of the mission of The Salvation Army in the previous two years and is seeking support to develop their leadership capabilities.

Applications for the Tertiary Access Payment are open! Regional or remote Year 12 graduates who plan to relocate or have already relocated for tertiary study may be eligible to receive a payment of either $3,000 or $5,000.

In order to promote the dignity and role of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in the church and society. the 2025 Missionary Sisters of Service Scholarship will support postgraduate coursework study in theology.

The Janette Gray PhD Scholarship provides a Research Fee Scholarship and Research Stipend Scholarship to study a PhD in one of the disciplines of Theology at the University of Divinity.

Trinity College Theological School in Melbourne, Australia, is an Anglican college of the University of Divinity. The College invites local and international applications for full-time PhD scholarships, available for commencement in 2025.

Therese D’Orsa Mission Education bursaries have been created in recognition of Therese’s contribution to the Church, available to support students and research into missiological thinking and action.

The Maple Equality and Inclusion Scholarship has been established to help provide people with a disability, greater access to affordable educational opportunities. This Scholarship is open to any individual within the Australian Community who identifies as having a disability. The aim of this scholarship is to support a student’s integration into tertiary education. It is known that students with disability may have additional obstacles to overcome in accessing tertiary education, particularly the additional costs involved, which can be considerable and variable.

The Missionary Sisters of Service Scholarship is to be awarded for the first time in 2024 to mark the 80th anniversary of the order’s founding. The scholarship fully covers the recipient’s tuition fees for postgraduate study at the University of Divinity.