Lincoln College seeks to encourage academic success, strong community values
and personal development for all our residents and to ensure that, as far as possible, financial
circumstances are not a barrier to gaining the full benefits of college life for university success.
A generous financial assistance program recognises the need, academic success, leadership contributions, and values in all forms, with over $300,000 distributed to a third of our residents through scholarships, grants, prizes, and bursaries in 2024. Scholarship Applications at Lincoln will open soon, so please leave your details below in order to be notified when they open! There are also many external scholarships listed below which are open now, so apply to those through the links provided to external scholarship organisations.
The scholarships available at Lincoln College each have different criteria, and there are opportunities for both new and returning residents. Scholarship applications are reviewed by an independent committee each year. To apply for a scholarship, please read the criteria of each one to determine the best fit for your circumstances and download the Information Sheet for the scholarship you wish to apply for. Please note the information required and the due date (3pm, January 3rd 2025), then click Apply when you are ready to complete the downloadable form.
There is no cost to apply for a scholarship or bursary, so we encourage new College applicants and returning residents to fill out an application form.
Bursaries are awarded at the discretion of the Head of College and are designed to help ease the financial burden of those in genuine need. In particular, Lincoln College acknowledges those disadvantages from genuine financial need, those from remote areas and those with a disability.
Please click ‘Apply Now’ to apply for a bursary and provide the requested information. There are a limited number of bursaries available to both new and returning residents.
Bursaries for new and returning residents are due at 3pm, January 3rd 2025.
The Ben Henderson Country Student Scholarships were specifically created for rural South Australian students attending university in Adelaide and living at Lincoln College.
The Henderson Country Student Scholarship is for students moving into Lincoln College for the first time. It requires the recipient to meet financial need criterion, and exemplify the notion of ‘good character’, academic competency and contribution to community life. Benefactor Ben Henderson’s intention was to give others a chance to succeed and to ‘do good in the world’.
The Henderson Country Student Scholarships for for new residents are due at 3pm, January 3rd 2025.
The Ben Henderson Country Student Scholarships were created explicitly for rural South Australian students attending university in Adelaide and living at Lincoln College.
The Henderson Country Student Scholarship for Returning Residents is for students returning to Lincoln College for a second or subsequent year. It requires the recipient to meet the financial criterion whilst exemplifying the notion of ‘good character’, academic competency and contribution to community life. Benefactor Ben Henderson intended to give others a chance to succeed and ‘do good in the world’.
Scholarships for returners for 2025 will open at the end of November, please check back then.
The Reverend Dr Geoff Scott Memorial Scholarship is in memory of the former Principal of Lincoln College, Rev Dr Geoff Scott, who passed away in 2013. Lincoln’s close association with overseas students was brought closer during Geoff’s term as Principal from 1984 to 1994.
The Rev Dr Geoff Scott Memorial Scholarships are available to students from Singapore and Malaysia who are prospective members of the College who are applying for their first year and will be full-time students at a South Australian tertiary institution. They should also have shown potential in their chosen field of study.
The Geoff Scott Scholarships for for new residents from Singapore or Malaysia are due at 3pm, January 3rd 2025.
Dr CK Cheong (alumnus 1962 – 63), or ‘C.K.’ as he is affectionately known, is one of Lincoln College’s most illustrious alumni. Dr CK Cheong has served in the Singaporean and S.E. Asian communities in the areas of governance, leadership and finance. IN 2012, Dr Cheong endowed a scholarship for a student at Lincoln College who is achieving in areas of mathematics or science.
This scholarship is open to returning residents entering their second or subsequent year at Lincoln College and is intended to reward academic excellence in mathematics or science.
Scholarships for returners for 2025 will open at the end of November, please check back then.
Andrew Smith was a resident at Lincoln College from 1958 to 1963 and graduated M.B. from the University of Adelaide. Whilst a student, Andrew participated in student affairs. He was a member of the Rowing 8 in the High Table Cup Competition, the year in which Lincoln College beat St. Marks for the first time. In 1963, his fellow students elected him president of the Lincoln College Club. He later served on the Lincoln College Board.
In 2009 Andrew Smith endowed a Scholarship at Lincoln College. The Board agreed to name this scholarship the Jane Smith Scholarship in recognition of the contribution of Andrew’s wife Jane has made to Lincoln College. Whilst Jane is not an Alumna of the College, she is a true friend to Lincoln, and her friendship, advice and hospitality have blessed many of its residents. She has also extensively supported Andrew in his endeavours with the College.
These scholarships are open to returning residents entering their second or subsequent years at Lincoln College.
Scholarships for returners for 2025 will open at the end of November, please check back then.
The Frank Hambly Memorial Scholarship was established to commemorate the service to Lincoln College of the Reverend William Frank Hambly, M.A, D.D, who was Master of the College from its inception in 1952 to his death in 1972.
This scholarship is open to returning residents and is awarded to recognise and encourage academic excellence.
Scholarships for returners for 2025 will open at the end of November, please check back then.
The Jubilee Scholarship was instituted by the College Board to celebrate 50 years of continuous service to university students in South Australia since the opening of the College by the Methodist Church in 1952.
This scholarship is made possible thanks to the generous donations of past collegians who have contributed to the Jubilee Scholarship fund. It is open to returning residents entering their second or subsequent year at Lincoln College. It is intended to reward all-around academic achievement and contribution to community life at Lincoln.
Scholarships for returners for 2025 will open at the end of November, please check back then.
In April 2009, the family of alumnus Datuk Dr Sam Abraham provided a seeding endowment for what has become the Colombo Spirit Scholarship.
Lincoln Alumnus Sam Abraham was a recipient of a Colombo exchange from Malaysia. This scholarship has been created to reflect his enduring spirit and legacy, as well as the spirit of the Colombo venture: knowledge, skills, friendship, cultural exchange, and people-to-people relationships.
The Colombo Plan was crucial to the growth of Australian tertiary education in the international market. Lincoln College has long benefited from the short-term and long-term effects of the Colombo Plan and the scholars who travelled here to earn their degrees via the scheme. The College has had Colombo Plan recipients in residence from several Colombo plan countries, mainly Malaysia. Their spirit imbues the spirit of Lincoln College.
Though not often acknowledged, the Colombo Plan students, particularly those from Malaysia (the single biggest group), played a significant part in reshaping Australia, its culture, its values and its people. Many of those students were active not only in their universities as student leaders but worked across the spectrum of employment during their vacations, lived with Australian families and spent countless hours speaking at service club meetings. Their contribution to Australia, whilst unmeasured, was as enormous as it is valuable…”in the case of Malaysia and Australia, the Colombo Plan was the foundation for an enduring understanding based on people-to-people relationships.”
p 13, 1951-2001: The Colombo Plan; Geoff Sauer (Ed.)
Scholarships for returners for 2025 will open at the end of November, please check back then.
All Lincoln residents join the Alumni Association when they leave Lincoln – it’s a way of staying in touch with the College and giving back in your post-college years.
The Alumni Association funds a scholarship for residents who can demonstrate a connection with Lincoln through their values, ideals or personal history.
Scholarships for returners for 2025 will open at the end of November, please check back then.
All students are encouraged to apply for scholarships they may be eligible for through their university. The University of Adelaide, University of South Australia and Flinders University all offer a range of merit and equity scholarships for new students. We encourage you to regularly check their scholarship pages and to apply for any scholarships you may be eligible for.
The Country Education Foundation provides an excellent scholarships guide with links to a wide range of scholarships, bursaries and other support available for students from rural Australia. We strongly encourage all students from rural and remote backgrounds to use this guide to identify any support they might be eligible for. www.cef.org.au/scholarships-guide/
Many First Nations students from remote and regional areas are eligible for the Abstudy Residential Costs Option for financial support at College.
The Aurora Foundation lists many other scholarships available to First Nations students in need of financial assistance.
Many SA universities have specific financial assistance available to First Nations students.
University of Adelaide
Centrelink, including Youth Allowance, Rent Assistance and ABSTUDY
The Australian Government provides means-tested financial support to students in need through a variety of programs. The most common supports received by students at Lincoln College are Youth Allowance, Rent Assistance, and ABSTUDY (Residential Costs Option). You can check your eligibility on the Centrelink website. www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/centrelink
The RMHC Charlie Bell Scholarship Program provides financial assistance to a deserving young person who has experienced serious illness or injury.
The Charlie Bell Scholarship awards an annual one-off grant of up to $5,000 to a young person to assist towards their tertiary education (TAFE, Uni, etc). Only one scholarship is awarded each year.
Who is eligible?
Conditions
Conditions for receiving the scholarship ad an application form can be found on the RMHC website.
The closing date for applications is 30th November 2024.
KCA-Millicent Mill scholarship will be awarded to an Engineering student who has at a minimum completed Year 12, and will be undertaking full-time tertiary studies in 2025. The disciplines of Engineering relevant to a Manufacturing Process (e.g. Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical or Mechatronics) are recognised as applicable to this Scholarship.
The KCA – Millicent Mill Scholarship student will receive $2,000 per year for each year of the scholarship up to four years of a full-time degree if they progress successfully in their course of study.
Paid vacation employment will also be offered at the Mill to coincide with University holidays. Activities during vacation employment will be programmed to assist the student’s particular course.
At the successful completion of their course of study the scholarship holder will be considered for employment in our graduate program.
Apply via the Kimberly-Clark website.
The closing date for applications is Sunday, 2 November 2024.
Originally established in 1983, the Wyndham Richardson Scholarship Fund awards scholarships based on merit or reasons of equity to promote a recipient’s tertiary education. These scholarships are available to Australian Citizens or Australian Permanent Residents from any State or Territory studying in a tertiary institution in South Australia.There are two scholarship rounds per year, with the current round closing on 31 May. Applications can be submitted via their website with supporting documentation.
Since its establishment, the Trust has distributed over $800,000 to more than 500 students as either direct grants or through the three universities and TAFE in South Australia.
We acknowledge this land that we meet on today is the traditional lands for the Kaurna people and that we respect their spiritual relationship with their country.
We also acknowledge the Kaurna people as the custodians of the Adelaide region and that their cultural and heritage beliefs are still as important to the living Kaurna people today.
We also pay respects to the cultural authority of Aboriginal people visiting/attending from other areas of South Australia/Australia.
We acknowledge this land that we meet on today is the traditional lands for the Kaurna people and that we respect their spiritual relationship with their country. We also acknowledge the Kaurna people as the custodians of the Adelaide region and that their cultural and heritage beliefs are still as important to the living Kaurna people today. We also pay respects to the cultural authority of Aboriginal people visiting/attending from other areas of South Australia/Australia.
We acknowledge this land that we meet on today is the traditional lands for the Kaurna people and that we respect their spiritual relationship with their country. We also acknowledge the Kaurna people as the custodians of the Adelaide region and that their cultural and heritage beliefs are still as important to the living Kaurna people today. We also pay respects to the cultural authority of Aboriginal people visiting/attending from other areas of South Australia/Australia.
