College Scholarships

The ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences (CASS) offers a variety of scholarships. These scholarships are offered at an undergraduate, honours, and graduate level. Contact the relevant School or Centre for more information about a scholarship. 

You can also contact the Scholarships and Prize Officer at awards.cass@anu.edu.au

Recent additions: 

Intending applicants should also review the University-wide scholarships page

General CASS scholarships

Scholarship Value Selection basis
ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences Academic Excellence Masters Scholarship $20,000 Application. Available to citizens of China, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, or Indonesia studying a Master or Master Advanced degree in humanities, arts, or social sciences.
ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences Honours Scholarship Up to $5000 Application
ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences Study Tour and Field Trip Travel Grant  $150 - $3500 Application

ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences Undergraduate Student Exchange Travel Grant

$5000 Application
Elspeth Young Memorial Grant Variable Application
Emmanuel and Jenny Notaras Scholarship $5000 - $20,000 Automatic
International Alliance of Research Universities Global Summer Program Not Applicable Application
John Kirby Memorial Scholarship $5000 Application
Sir Geoffrey Yeend Honours Scholarship $5000 Application 

Summer Research Scholarships

Travel and accomodation allowance Application

 

Art and Music

Scholarship Value Selection basis
ANU Visual Arts Endowment Scholarship $5000 (dependent on year) Automatic

Bassett Downs Honours Scholarship in Glass

$7000 Automatic (every second year)
Christel Larko Music Scholarship Up to $10,000 Automatic
Crompton Undergraduate Scholarship $5000 Automatic
Dennis Griffin Piano Masters Scholarship Tuition stipend Audition
Dennis Griffin Piano Undergraduate Scholarship $5000 Audition
Friends of the School of Music Scholarship $10,000 Automatic, audition
Leonard and Margaret Doman Undergraduate Scholarship for Flute $5000 Audition, interview, entrance tests and/or viva voca
Leonard and Margaret Doman Graduate Scholarship for Flute Variable Automatic
Indigenous Music HDR Scholarship $5000 Automatic
Ken and Vera Fowler Honours Scholarship $5000 Automatic
Max Hawk Travelling Scholarship in the School of Art $1200 Application
Myrtle Thomas Scholarship $5000 Automatic
Nigel Thomson Travel Grant $5000 Automatic
Peter & Lena Karmel Honours Scholarship in Art $5000 Automatic, academic record & exhibition/folio
Peter and Lena Karmel Honours Scholarship in Music $6000 Automatic, academic record and/or audition 
Ruth Pfanner Commencement Scholarship $2500 Automatic
Ruth Pfanner Undergraduate Scholarship $5000 Automatic
School of Art Graduate Materials Award Variable Application
School of Art Travelling Scholarship in Ceramics $500 Application
School of Music Entry Scholarships up to $5000 Automatic & audition
Westende Travelling Scholarship Up to $5000 Application 
Whitworth Roach Scholarship Up to $10,000 Automatic & audition

 

Humanities

Scholarship Value Selection basis
ANU Kathleen Woodroofe PhD Scholarship in the Humanities/Social Sciences $28,854 per annum Application
Primate Conservation Travel Grant $500 - $2000 Application
Rhys Jones Fieldwork Award $1500 Application
Tall Foundation Honours Scholarship in Archaeology $5000 Application
Tall Foundation Honours Scholarship in Classics $5000 Application
Vis and Anjeli Nathan Travel Grant (Anthropology) $1400 Application
Vis and Anjeli Nathan Travel Grant (Philosophy) $2800 Application
 

Indigenous

Scholarship Value Selection basis
Ethel Tory Language Scholarship for Australian Indigenous, European and Middle Eastern Languages  $2500 Application
Indigenous HDR Music Scholarship $5000 Automatic
Malcolm Stewart Scholarship Variable Automatic
Nugget Coombs Indigenous Australian Scholarships Variable Application
Rotary-Alf Gillespie Scholarship for Indigenous Australian Undergraduate Students Variable Application
The CASS Indigenous Australian Graduate Coursework Scholarship $2800 per six-unit course to a maximum of 96 units. Application
The Minoru Hokari Scholarship for Fieldwork Variable Application

 

Languages

Scholarship Value Selection basis
ANU Language Acquisition PhD Scholarship $28,092 per annum Application
Ethel Tory Language Scholarship $2500 Application

Sydney Speaks Master's Thesis Award

$4000 Application

 

Social Sciences

Scholarship Value Selection basis
ANU Kathleen Woodroofe PhD Scholarship in the Humanities/Social Sciences $28,854 per annum Application
Bernard Wheelahan Latin American Travel Grant $1800 By invitation only
The Minoru Hokari Scholarship for Fieldwork Variable Application

 

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Updated:  31 March 2022/Responsible Officer:  CASS Marketing & Communications/Page Contact:  CASS Marketing & Communications