Deadline: 29-Apr-22
Nominations are now open for the Indonesia Australia Awards.
Australia Awards scholarships are prestigious international awards offered by the Australian Government to the next generation of Indonesian leaders who go on to use their knowledge, skills and experiences to contribute to Indonesia’s growing prosperity.Through study and research, recipients develop the ability to drive change in Indonesia and help build enduring people-to-people links with Australia.
Priority fields of study
The priority areas of study relate directly to the Australian Government’s Covid-19 Development Response Plan for Indonesia are:
Level of study
- Australia Awards scholarships provide citizens of Indonesia with the opportunity to obtain a masters or PhD/doctorate degree from an Australian tertiary institution.
- Awards will be offered for commencement in 2023 within two main categories: Targeted and Non-Targeted Categories.
- Applicants from the Targeted category include:
- Geographic focus areas (GFAs): any candidate working in one of the provinces/geographic focus areas nominated under the GoA/GoI development partnership program. These are: Aceh, East Nusa Tenggara, West Nusa Tenggara, Papua, West Papua, Maluku and North Maluku
- Government of Indonesia (GoI) agencies: any candidate from a government agency (including central, provincial or local), but not extending to employees of state-owned enterprises or state universities.
Benefits
Australia Awards scholarships are offered for the minimum period necessary for the individual to complete the academic program specified by the Australian education institution, including any preparatory training. Scholarship recipients will receive the following:
- return air travel
- a one-off establishment allowance on arrival
- full tuition fees
- contribution to living expenses
- introductory academic program
- overseas student health cover for the duration of the scholarship
- supplementary academic support
- fieldwork allowance for research students and masters by coursework which has a compulsory fieldwork component.
Eligibility Criteria
In addition to the eligibility requirements, candidates from Indonesia must also meet the following conditions:
- be applying for courses that fall within the areas of development priority
- have a Grade Point Average (GPA) of at least 2.9 from undergraduate if applying for a masters or from masters if applying for a doctorate/PhD. For applicants from GFAs and other exceptional candidates (to be determined by DFAT on a case-by-case basis, including people with disabilities), have a GPA equal to or higher than 2.75
- for masters applicants, have an English language proficiency of at least 5.5 in IELTS (or 525 in paper based TOEFL or 69 in internet based TOEFL or 46 in Pearson PTE). For applicants from GFAs and other exceptional candidates (to be determined by DFAT on a case-by-case basis, including people with disabilities) have IELTS 5.0 (or 500 in paper-based TOEFL or 59 in internet based TOEFL or 38 in Pearson PTE)
- for PhD applicants, have an English language proficiency of at least 6.0 in IELTS (or 550 in paper based TOEFL or 79 in internet based TOEFL or 54 in Pearson PTE)
- The IELTS or TOEFL or PTE result must be current (a test result obtained within 2 years at closing date of application will be considered current). No other English language test (including TOEFL prediction test) results will be accepted
- provide contact details of test centre for verification of TOEFL test results
- already hold an undergraduate degree, if applying for a masters
- already have a masters, if applying for a doctorate/PhD. Specialisation/professional certificate is not considered a masters’ degree
- answer all relevant questions on the application form.
For more information, visit https://www.dfat.gov.au/about-us/publications/indonesia-information-for-intake