AusAID’s Australia Awards

AusAID’s Australia Awards are an important component of Australia’s investment in education in Papua New Guinea. They provide long and short term study and professional development opportunities for Papua New Guineans. The awards aim to:

• develop capacity and leadership skills so that Papua New Guineans can contribute to development of PNG
• build people-to-people linkages at the individual, institutional and country levels

 

Change to Award Names

AusAID’s two main Awards have been renamed as follows

• Australian Development Scholarships are now Australia Awards Scholarships
• Australia Leadership Awards Fellowships are now Australia Awards Fellowships

The new names are part of an exciting new phase in the Australia awards, but they do not in any way alter the conditions of the Awards, or our regard for our current scholars and Alumni, who are an important part of the Australia Awards.

 

AusAID’s Australia Awards available to Papua New Guineans to apply for include:

• Australia Awards Scholarships (AAS), APPLICATIONS FOR 2014 AUSTRALIA AWARDS NOW CLOSED!
  • Supplementary ADS awards
    • Australia Awards Leadership Program, formerly Australia Leadership Awards Scholarship
    • Allison Sudradjat Prize, formerly Allison Sudradjat Award
    • Prime Minister’s Pacific Program, formerly Prime Minister’s Pacific-Australia Awards
  • Australia Awards Pacific Scholarships (AAPS) for studies in:
    • Diploma/Bachelor in Nursing
    • Bachelor in Midwifery
    • Community Health Worker Certificate
  • Australia Awards Fellowships

   

  Other Australian scholarships Papua New Guineans can apply for include the Endeavour Awards.  For further information visit the Australia Awards

   

  Women, people living in provincial areas and people with disability and their carers are strongly encouraged to apply for an AusAID Australia Award.

   

  As well as AusAID’s Australia Awards scholarships program, competitive small grants of up to K30,000 are also made available to established organisations to build leadership capacity and professional skills in PNG… read more

   

  Alumni Stories

  Australia Awards Alumni networks facilitate strong and enduring links to Australia. The networks facilitate the ongoing exchange of knowledge and continuing friendships amongst alumni.

   

  Alexander Rheeney is the first Papua New Guinean to be an intern at the Lowy Institute for International Policy, Australia’s top think tank… read more