First Nations 2024 Scholarship
Overview
ANZSOG First Nations Scholarship
ANZSOG is delighted to advise we have awarded the First Nations Scholarship for 2024, with the recipient, who will take up a place in an ANZSOG program in 2025, to be announced in the coming weeks.
This scholarship, awarded to either an Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander or Māori public servant provides for a funded place on our Executive Master of Public Administration, Deputies Leadership Program, Executive Fellows Program or Towards Strategic Leadership Program.
The First Nations scholarship has traditionally been awarded every two years, with 2024 being the first year to provide scholarship support on an annual basis going forward.
For those who may be in interested in being considered for the 2025 First Nations scholarship next year, we encourage you to subscribe to our regular newsletter, First Nations eNews, for the latest information on the applications process.
The inaugural scholarship was awarded in 2021 to Victorian public servant Brenda McDermott, a proud Palawa woman from the Manegin Community of North West Tasmania. She began the two-year EMPA program in 2022.
Applicants for the scholarship must Identify as either Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander or Māori and be currently working in the public sector in Australia or Aotearoa New Zealand, and are expected to remain in the public service for the period of their scholarship.
Full criteria for the 2023 scholarship application are available here and the 2023 FAQs can be found here.
Related Pages
2024 First Nations Scholarship FAQs
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