Each year the Australian National University may offer a number of awards known as the Indigenous Commonwealth Education Costs Scholarship with the objective to assist Indigenous students with education costs related to studying at the University.

The John Kirby Memorial Scholarship is available for award each year to an eligible ANU bachelor degree student who has been nominated to and has been accepted by University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ) to study at that University as an exchange student under the terms of the Student Exchange Agreement signed by both institutions and administered through the Student Mobility Program.

The objective of the award is to assist an undergraduate Indigenous Australian student to undertake an approved program of study.

Funding for this award has been provided to honour the memory of Lindsay and his father Joseph Croft. 

Each year the Tjabal Indigenous Higher Education Centre offers the Judith Wright Scholarship with the aim of assisting female Indigenous students undertake research in their chosen field of study in the future.

The scholarship has been generously established in memory of the distinguished Indigenous Australian, Ken Wanganeen. Mr Wanganeen completed his first degree with honours at Flinders University and during his career became Assistant Secretary in the Department of Aboriginal Affairs. He was committed to developing constructive ways of bringing the people of Australia together.

The objective of the Award is to provide support to a law student originating from Queensland.

Funding for this Award has been provided by Lady Jessie Jane Groom, widow of Sir Littleton Groom. Sir Littleton Groom was an administrative and constitutional Lawyer who held the offices of Commonwealth Attorney General and Speaker of the House of Representatives.

The Scholarship is to assist a student who is enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program offered by the ANU School of Art, who has received approval for a period of study exchange at an overseas institution with which the School of Art has an approved exchange program, and who has demonstrated a high capacity for achievement in their chosen field of Arts practice.

Each year the ANU College of Business and Economics  may award the Mitchell Scholarship.The Scholarship will be available to an eligible current student from a rural background who demonstrates academic ability and evidence of financial need.

Each year the Australian National University offers  the National Indigenous Merit Scholarship with the aim of acknowledging the academic excellence of Indigenous students in secondary school studies and provide assistance with costs related to tertiary studies.