For the Australia Awards Fellowships 2025, applications are being accepted. Through fostering closer ties between Australian organizations and their regional partners, the Australia Awards Fellowships seek to expand networks of influence and leadership. Fellowships are awarded to officials and professionals in their senior and mid-career stages who possess the necessary leadership qualities to propel developmental results in key areas and enhance partner nations’ institutional capacity.
Australian organizations can seek funding through Australia Awards Fellowships to facilitate and support a variety of professional development activities, such as study tours, work attachments, supervised research, management or leadership courses, program meetings and visits, or a combination of these. The duration of a fellowship might range from two weeks to fifty-two weeks. They include teaching Vietnamese government officials about coastal and marine sustainability and conservation, as well as providing specialized training to Timorese physicians working in the endoscopic sections of two prestigious Australian hospitals.
Advantages
Australian organizations may apply for financing of up to AUD $34,500 per Fellow, with a limit of 15 Fellows, to pay for appropriate in-Australia travel as well as return airfare.
– training expenses.
– the cost of living and lodging.
– Australia-specific medical insurance premiums (exclusive to Fellowship holders).
– particular support for individuals with disabilities.
– potential extra charges for program.
Eligibility
Businesses, non-governmental groups, and government institutions located in Australia are all welcome to apply. To fund Fellowships, organizations must be legitimate businesses having an Australian Business Number, be able to show that they have connections to partner organizations in the participating nations and be able to provide money or in kind. Individuals are not eligible to apply for the program.
All nominees for Fellows must satisfy the following general qualifying standards, as determined by the Australian organization:
– Not be an Australian permanent resident, an applicant for permanent residency, or the spouse of a permanent resident.
– be a national of one of the qualifying nations.
– not be active-duty members of the armed forces.
– be able to meet all standards set forth by the Department of Home Affairs for subclass 500 (DFAT-sponsored) student visas.
– be eligible to take part in Fellowship activities.
DFAT will only finance and issue visa support letters for individual Fellows, not their families, so you will be free to go without them.
– Fellows who need assistance due to a handicap must travel with a caregiver
Member Countries
Southeast Asia:
Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vietnam, Malaysia, Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, and the Philippines.
South Asia and the Middle East:
Occupied Palestinian Territories, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Iraq, Jordan, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
Pacific:
Wallis and Futuna, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, and Tonga.
Africa:
Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe; Botswana; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Egypt; Ghana; Kenya; Lesotho; Madagascar; Malawi; Mauritius; Morocco; Mozambique; Namibia; Sierra Leone; Zimbabwe.
Caribbean:
Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Suriname, Haiti, Jamaica, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, and Belize.
Europe:
The Ukraine
How to Apply
All applications must be completed and submitted before 11:59 PM (AEST), October 13,2024. Applications submitted after the deadline or incomplete applications will be unaccepted. Also, there is no acceptance for emailed or faxed applications.