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 2023.
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, then click Apply when you are ready to complete the online 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.
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 the financial criterion exemplifying 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’.
Please download the Henderson Country Scholarship for New Residents Information Sheet to check you meet the criteria. When ready, click ‘Apply Now’ to start your application.
Henderson Bequest Scholarship Applications close at 11am on December 4, 2023, so make sure to get your applications in before then!
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’.
Please download the Henderson Country Scholarship for Returning Residents Information Sheet to check you meet the criteria. When ready, click ‘Apply Now’ to start your application.
The Jubilee Scholarship was instituted by the Council of the College 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.
Please download the Information Sheet to check you meet the criteria. When ready, click ‘Apply Now’ to start your application.
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.
Please download the Information Sheet to check you meet the criteria. When ready, click ‘Apply Now’ to start your application.
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.
University of Adelaide: www.adelaide.edu.au/scholarships/
University of South Australia: https://i.unisa.edu.au/students/scholarships/
Flinders University: https://students.flinders.edu.au/finances-and-admin/support/scholarships
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 Lincolnc 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 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/
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.
Bursary Applications are first considered in a round that closes at 11am on December 4, 2023, so try to get your applications in before then! However, there may be funds remaining for further rounds so if you have missed this deadline, it’s still worth applying.
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 Rev Dr Geoff Scott Memorial Scholarships for NEW RESIDENTS close at close at 11am on January 10, 2024, so make sure to get your applications in before then!
Please download the Rev Dr Geoff Scott Memorial Scholarship Information Sheet to check you meet the criteria. When ready, click ‘Apply Now’ to start your application.
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.
Please download the Information Sheet to check you meet the criteria. When ready, click ‘Apply Now’ to start your application.
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.
In 2009 Andrew Smith endowed a Scholarship at Lincoln College. The Council 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.
This scholarship is open to returning residents entering their second or subsequent year at Lincoln College.
Please download the Information Sheet to check you meet the criteria. When ready, click ‘Apply Now’ to start your application.
In April 2009, the family of alumnus Datuk Dr Sam Abraham provided a seeing 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.)
Please download the Information Sheet to check you meet the criteria. When ready, click ‘Apply Now’ to start your application.
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.
Click ‘Apply Now’ to start your application.
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 our 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.
