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Roberta Sykes Cambridge Scholarship

This scholarship is available to Masters or PhD applicants from Australia who are of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent, in any subject. It is tenable at any College.

Offered in partnership with The Aurora Education Foundation and Cambridge Australia Scholarships.

Value

  • University tuition fee
  • Annual stipend (sufficient for a single person)
  • Immigration Health Surcharge
  • Travel costs to and from the UK at the commencement and conclusion of the Scholarship

Conditions

  • Applicants should be of Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent
  • Applicants should have been awarded, or be about to be awarded, an undergraduate degree from a recognized University

How to apply

Candidates are nominated by the Aurora Education Foundation

To ensure that they are considered for this scholarship, applicants must: 

  1. check with the Aurora Education Foundation the funding call deadlines and details of the application process, and apply accordingly; and 
  2. apply for admission to the University of Cambridge by the funding deadline specific to their course (please refer to the Postgraduate Course Directory)

For more information, please visit About our postgraduate scholarships

Funding Partner

The Roberta Sykes Indigenous Education Foundation

The Roberta Sykes Indigenous Education Foundation has been supporting indigenous Australian students for over 25 years.

It is named after Roberta 'Bobbi' Sykes, the first black Australian to graduate from an American university, who worked throughout her life to encourage the development of high educational aspirations in the indigenous community and to facilitate goals which had previously been described as 'overly ambitious', such as postgraduate study at world-renowned universities.

The Foundation, with Cambridge Australia Scholarships and the Cambridge Trust, together co-fund the Roberta Sykes Cambridge Scholarship, which is available to Australian students of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent, studying for a Masters or PhD degree in any subject.

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