About the Scholarships
Charlie Perkins Scholarships give students the opportunity to become leaders, not only in their field but in the broader community.
The Scholarships were launched in 2009 in memory of leader and activist Dr Charlie Perkins - the first Aboriginal man to graduate from university. In 2009, with the assistance of the University of Oxford, the Charlie Perkins Trust established annual Charlie Perkins Scholarships to support two talented Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Australians each year to undertake postgraduate study at the University of Oxford from 2010. In 2011, with support from the Cambridge Commonwealth, European & International Trust, the Scholarships also became available for study at the University of Cambridge.
These postgraduate Scholarships are directed towards Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Australians who have the potential to become leaders in their field of study and in their communities.
A panel of prominent Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, together with a representative of the British Government and Cambridge Australia Scholarships, select the Charlie Perkins Scholars each year.
Participating Universities:
The Scholarships are offered for study at either the University of Oxford or the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom.
Participating Colleges:
Oxford
The Scholarships are tenable at the following participating colleges at the University of Oxford: Balliol College, Corpus Christi College, Exeter College, Green Templeton College, Jesus College, Keble College, St John's College, Trinity College and Wolfson College.
Cambridge
At the University of Cambridge, the participating colleges include: Darwin College, St Edmund’s College, Trinity College and Wolfson College.
The Scholarships were launched in 2009 in memory of leader and activist Dr Charlie Perkins - the first Aboriginal man to graduate from university. In 2009, with the assistance of the University of Oxford, the Charlie Perkins Trust established annual Charlie Perkins Scholarships to support two talented Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Australians each year to undertake postgraduate study at the University of Oxford from 2010. In 2011, with support from the Cambridge Commonwealth, European & International Trust, the Scholarships also became available for study at the University of Cambridge.
These postgraduate Scholarships are directed towards Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Australians who have the potential to become leaders in their field of study and in their communities.
A panel of prominent Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, together with a representative of the British Government and Cambridge Australia Scholarships, select the Charlie Perkins Scholars each year.
Participating Universities:
The Scholarships are offered for study at either the University of Oxford or the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom.
Participating Colleges:
Oxford
The Scholarships are tenable at the following participating colleges at the University of Oxford: Balliol College, Corpus Christi College, Exeter College, Green Templeton College, Jesus College, Keble College, St John's College, Trinity College and Wolfson College.
Cambridge
At the University of Cambridge, the participating colleges include: Darwin College, St Edmund’s College, Trinity College and Wolfson College.