Scholarships Information

Foundation Partner Named Scholarships

Accenture

Accenture in Australia brings innovation to improve the way Australia lives, works, plays, protects and grows. Accenture is committed to ensuring an inclusive environment for all employees regardless of their sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.

Accenture announced its multi-year support for The Pinnacle Foundation in 2020. The Accenture Scholarship is awarded to a student studying in a commercial discipline.

AGL

AGL operates the country’s largest electricity generation portfolio and is the largest ASX-listed investor in renewable energy. It is committed to LGBTIQ+ inclusion.

AGL announced its multi-year support for The Pinnacle Foundation in 2019. The AGL Scholarship is awarded to a student from the La Trobe Valley region of Victoria.

Allens

Allens is a leading international law firm with a long and proud heritage of shaping the future for its clients, people and the communities in which the firm works.

Allens announced its multi-year support for The Pinnacle Foundation in 2020. The Allens Scholarship is awarded to a student studying law.

BHP

BHP announced its multi-year support for The Pinnacle Foundation in 2019. BHP is committed to contributing to society through engagement and advocacy on important issues and by supporting targeted development areas to benefit the communities where it operates.

BHP provides three Named Scholarships, one for each of its major operating areas, in Queensland, South Australia, and Western Australia.

Bibbulmun Fund

The Bibbulmun Fund aims to open new possibilites for Aboriginal enterprise and foster entrepreneurial leadership. It supports regionally relevant initiatives that facilitate positive impact throughout Aboriginal Australia. The Bibbulmun Fund is held in trust by the Fremantle Foundation.

The Bibbulmun Fund Scholarship is awarded to a student from an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander background.

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia is a proud and long-standing partner of The Pinnacle Foundation. The Commonwealth Bank supports a broad range of activities that bring long term benefits to all Australians.

Commonwealth Bank Scholarships are awarded in every state in Australia, with particular emphasis on education, medical, youth, science, technology, the arts, and the environment.

Herbert Smith Freehills

The IRIS Scholarship is open to all Pinnacle scholarship applicants.

The IRIS Network is Herbert Smith Freehills’ global LGBT+ and Ally network. The name IRIS is short for Inclusion, Respecting Identity and Sexuality, and reflects Herbert Smith Freehills’ commitment to fostering a genuinely inclusive culture and a community of belonging for people of diverse sexual orientations and gender identities.

Iris is also the Greek goddess of the rainbow, the international symbol for LGBT+ communities worldwide.

Hydro Tasmania

Hydro Tasmania is Australia’s leading clean energy business and largest generator of renewable energy.

Hydro Tasmania announced its multi-year support for The Pinnacle Foundation in 2021. The Hydro Tasmania Scholarship is open to all Tasmanian scholarship applicants.

King & Wood Mallesons

King & Wood Mallesons is a leading international law firm headquartered in Asia. It is recognised as one of the world’s most innovative law firms.

King & Wood Mallesons announced its multi-year support for The Pinnacle Foundation in 2019. The King & Wood Mallesons Scholarship is awarded to a student studying law.

L’Oreal

For more than a century, L’Oreal has devoted its energy and competencies to one business: beauty. L’Oreal embraces beauty for all.

In 2020, L’Oreal made a multi-year commitment to support The Pinnacle Foundation. The L’Oreal Scholarship is open to all scholarship applicants.

Maddocks

Maddocks is a proudly independent Australian law firm with a diverse range of national and international clients across key industry sectors. Maddocks believes that people perform better when they can bring their whole self to work.

Maddocks expanded its multi-year partnership with The Pinnacle Foundation in 2021. The Maddocks Scholarship is awarded to a student studying law.

QBE Group

We welcome general insurance company, QBE Group, for its fifth year supporting The Pinnacle Foundation. As part of its commitment to encouraging diversity and inclusion, QBE supports community initiatives that promote acceptance and opportunity for vulnerable and under-represented groups.

The QBE Scholarship is open to all scholarship applicants.

Qube

Qube’s vision is to be Australia’s leading provider of integrated logistics solutions focused on import and export supply chains. Qube is dedicated to creating an environment in which inclusion, equity and diversity are recognised as being essential to employee well-being, which in turn drives the performance.

Qube announced its multi-year support for The Pinnacle Foundation in 2021. The Qube Scholarship is open to all scholarship applicants.

Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto made a multi-year commitment to support The Pinnacle Foundation program in 2021. Rio Tinto seeks to foster a culture where every voice is heard, every idea is encouraged and everyone is supported.

The Thrive Scholarships are open to all Pinnacle scholarship applicants. Thrive is the name of Rio Tinto’s internal LGBTIQ+ network.

SHK

SHK is an Asia Pacific executive search and outplacement firm. It is a long-standing champion of diversity and inclusion.

SHK announced its multi-year support for The Pinnacle Foundation in 2018. The SHK Scholarship is awarded to a student studying in a commercial discipline in Victoria.

The Sir James McNeill Trust

The Sir James McNeill Trust is proud to award three scholarships for young LGBTIQ+ Australians to realise their full potential and overcome challenges arising from their identity.

The Sir James McNeill Trust Scholarships are open to all scholarship applicants.

The St.George Foundation

The St.George Foundation supports community organisations to improve the lives of Australian youth who are physically, socially or economically disadvantaged.

The St.George Foundation has been a long-term partner of The Pinnacle Foundation. The St.George Foundation Scholarship is open to all scholarship applicants.

WPP AU NZ

WPP AUNZ is the region’s leading creative transformation agency, and part of the global powerhouse, WPP.

WPP AUNZ announced its multi-year support for The Pinnacle Foundation in 2021.

The WPP AUNZ Scholarship is open to all scholarship applicants.

Named Scholarships

The Alan Joyce AC & Shane Lloyd Scholarship

The Alan Joyce AC and Shane Lloyd Scholarship is open to all Pinnacle scholarship applicants.

The Allan Howard Scholarship

The Allan Howard Scholarship is open to Pinnacle scholarship applicants from rural or regional Australia.

The Andrew Staite Scholarship

The Andrew Staite Scholarship is open to all Pinnacle scholarship applicants.

The Australian Marriage Equality Scholarship

This scholarship was created through an enduring impact grant from AME, and will be awarded in perpetuity to celebrate the achievement of marriage equality and the efforts of so many to get us there. It will be awarded annually, ideally to an Indigenous or Torres Strait Islander scholar or a scholar from rural, regional or remote Australia.

The Berg Family Foundation Scholarship

The Berg Family Foundation Scholarship is open to eligible applicants who are Indigenous or first in family to undertake higher education or from rural or remote Australia.

The Bill Chambers Scholarship

The Bill Chambers Scholarship is open to all Pinnacle scholarship applicants.

The Clark Walton Scholarship

The Clark Walton Scholarship is for a student studying architecture, design, planning or visual and creative arts at either TAFE or university level.

The Darryl Wild Scholarship

The Darryl Wild Scholarship is for a student studying Marketing at an approved tertiary institution.

The Dr Craig White & Rod Anderson Scholarship

The Dr Craig White and Rod Anderson Scholarship is for Tasmanian Pinnacle scholarship applicants who are first in family to attend university.

The Dr Vinay Kumar Scholarship

The Dr Vinay Kumar Scholarship is awarded to students studying either medicine or a performing arts discipline.

The Duncan Peerman & Paul Zahra Scholarship

The Duncan Peerman and Paul Zahra Scholarship is open to all Pinnacle scholarship applicants.

The Frank Ford AM & Sam Harvey Scholarship

The Frank Ford AM and Sam Harvey Scholarship is open to students from South Australia who are studying performing arts, technical theatre or arts management in South Australia.

The Geoffrey Smith & Gary Singer Scholarship

The Geoffrey Smith & Gary Singer Scholarship is open to all Pinnacle scholarship applicants.

The Greg Livingstone Scholarship

The Greg Livingstone Scholarship is open to all Pinnacle scholarship applicants.

The Harvey Milk Scholarship

The Harvey Milk Scholarship is open to all Pinnacle scholarship applicants.

The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG Scholarship

The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG Scholarship is open to Pinnacle scholarship applicants studying law.

The James Collins & Tony Nelson Scholarship

The James Collins and Tony Nelson Scholarship is for a student keen to pursue studies in Science, Digital or Aviation.

The John Goldbaum Scholarship

The John Goldbaum Scholarship is open to all Pinnacle scholarship applicants.

The Justin D’Agostino PH & KC Yeo Scholarship

The Justin D’Agostino PH and KC Yeo Scholarship is open to all Pinnacle scholarship applicants.

The Maurice Joyce Scholarship

The Maurice Joyce Scholarship is open to all Pinnacle scholarship applicants who are studying in the fields of science or mathematics.

The Michael Gorman Scholarship

The Michael Gorman Scholarship is open to all Pinnacle scholarship applicants.

The Mike Gordon Scholarships

The Mike Gordon Scholarships (2) are awarded to rural, regional and remote scholars studying: in artistic fields (to be a voice); science, technology, engineering, arts or maths fields (to sustain the land they come from); and humanities fields (enhancing the quality of life in the community).

The Murray J. Collins – The City Gardener Scholarship

The Murray J. Collins – the City Gardener Scholarship is open to students from country Victoria. Ideally, they will seek to study in the fields of agriculture, horticulture or landscape design.

The Olrem Scholarships (x3)

The Olrem Scholarships are open to all Pinnacle scholarship applicants from Western Australia.

The Peter Brennan AM & Michael Lynch Scholarship (No. 1)

The Peter Brennan AM and Michael Lynch Scholarship (No. 1) is open to students ideally studying at The University of Western Sydney.

The Peter Brennan AM & Michael Lynch Scholarship (No. 2)

The Peter Brennan AM and Michael Lynch Scholarship (No. 2) is open to students ideally who have grown up in Western Sydney.

The Pippa Downes Scholarship

The Pippa Downes Scholarship is for an athlete competing or training at the national level and aspiring to represent Australia whilst also pursuing their full-time academic goals, or for an Indigenous student.

The Reg Holloway Scholarship

The Reg Holloway Scholarship is open to a student wishing to pursue a career in music.

The Ros & Diana Coffey Scholarship

The Ros and Diana Coffey Scholarship is open to all Pinnacle scholarship applicants.

The Selig Family Scholarship

The Selig Family Scholarship is open to all Pinnacle scholarship applicants.

The Shelley Argent OAM Scholarship

This scholarship is open to any student studying at a Brisbane educational facility.

The Snow Foundation Scholarship

The Snow Foundation Scholarship is for a student studying or living in the ACT/Canberra Region and undertaking a course at an approved tertiary institution.

The Tea Uglow Scholarship

The Tea Uglow Scholarship is open to trans students who lack family support.

The Tom Snow Scholarship

The Tom Snow Scholarship is open to all Pinnacle scholarship applicants.

The Yarranabbe Foundation Scholarship

The Yarranabbe Foundation Scholarship is open to eligible applicants studying in the fields of business, law or engineering.