Scholarships & Bursaries
What Financial Assistance is Available?
The College provides several forms of financial assistance to ANU residents at Burgmann. They include scholarships and bursaries under meritorious and equity criteria, including community awareness, that reflects the overall ethos of Burgmann.
They are selected from those applicants who can demonstrate all three of the following:
a) Academic merit
b) Financial need
c) Evidence of any kind of community contribution either at a previous education establishment, or with a charity organisation, a church etc.
A personal contribution to the life at Burgmann is an important part of living at the College.
Financial Assistance is granted upon the recommendation of the Scholarships and Bursaries Committee of the Council.
Bursaries are usually awarded for one academic or residential year and are available to both new and returning residents. Application forms are available on the Burgmann website from October onwards. Up to 3 scholarships are available. Closing dates are outlined in the application form you can download below.
Because demand for bursaries and scholarships is high, it is not possible to assist every applicant. Also, while an application may be made for both a bursary and a scholarship, it is not possible to hold both concurrently. The Committee reserves the right not to grant bursaries or scholarships where it is of the view that there is insufficient merit or need.
Burgmann College Bursaries
Bursaries are available for both new residents and continuing residents. The criteria for the award of bursaries is based on financial need, academic merit and community contribution (see above) with the primary weighting on financial need. Six bursaries of up to $7,000 each are available each year.
New Beginnings Flexible Bursary
The purpose of this Bursary is to provide financial support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ANU students living at Burgmann College, so that they may achieve their highest potential, academically and personally. The Bursary may be applied as a credit towards a resident’s fees at Burgmann College, or as a cash payment used to assist with living expenses, and other costs associated with living away from a resident's home, city or town. New Beginnings Bursaries of up to $8,000 are available.
We encourage applicants for the New Beginnings Flexible Bursary to contact us using the form below at any time if you have any questions or would like assistance in completing the application form.
The Ian Darling Scholarship
Commencing in 2024 with thanks to a generous gift from alumnus, Ian Darling AO, The Ian Darling Scholarship is an annual award of $10,000. The Scholarship Committee selects the recipient from applicants who will be a resident of Burgmann College in that year. Selection is based on financial need, academic merit and community contribution with the primary weighing on financial need.
Burgmann College Scholarships
Scholarships are available for new residents at Burgmann College either undergraduate or postgraduate. The criteria for the award of scholarships is the same as for bursaries (academic merit, financial need and community contribution – see above), but with a primary weighting on academic merit. Three scholarships of up to $7,000 each are available each year.
Burgmann Price Scholarship
Established with thanks to the Estate of the late Charles Price, the Burgmann Price Scholarship is an annual award of $7,000. The Scholarship Committee selects the recipient from Australian applicants who are recent or first generation migrant, regional and/or indigenous students and who will be a resident of Burgmann College in that year. Selection is on academic merit, the students’ need for financial support and their contribution to the community.
Charles Hawker Scholarship
The Charles Allan Seymour Hawker Memorial Scholarship Trust Fund was established by the late Kathleen Lilias Needham to perpetuate the memory of her brother Charles Allan Seymour Hawker - scholar, soldier, pastoralist and statesman. The main purpose of the scholarship is to encourage others to follow her brother's example of help and service to his country and his fellow men and women.
These scholarships pay fees at various colleges in the ACT, SA, VIC and NSW to a level determined by the trustees. Applicants must be an Australian citizen.
Most scholarships are awarded to first year undergraduates however 2nd and 3rd year students may also be considered. Successful applicants are required to study at one of the following universities and reside at the affiliated Colleges. At the Australian National University, Burgmann College is the affiliated College.
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Other Financial Assistance
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Tuckwell Scholarship
ANU Scholarships
