College Scholarships

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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

General
Art and Music
Humanities
Indigenous
Languages
Social Sciences

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