Australian Leadership Awards (ALA)

Applications are now open for the 2010 Australian Leadership Awards (ALA)

The ALA Scholarships is one of the Australian Government scholarship programs managed by the Australian Agency for International Development, AusAID. Australia provides more than A$133 million worth of scholarships annually throughout the world.

The ALA Scholarships provide funding for study at Masters and Doctorate levels in Australia’s leading education institutions. Around 150 Scholarships are being offered for students from countries within the region to study at Australian universities in 2010.

Scholars will be selected on merit from a highly competitive regional pool on the basis of demonstrated leadership qualities and academic achievement.

Study programs must relate to AusAID’s priority areas of focus, which include disability, economic growth, education, environment, food security, gender, governance, health, human rights, infrastructure, regional stability, rural development and water & sanitation.

Students at Australian universities are taught by academics recognised internationally for quality research. Australia’s major universities are consistently ranked among the top 50 in the world by the Times Higher Education London and make major and world-leading contributions to international research projects and initiatives.

As well as providing higher education degrees, ALA Scholarships also offer scholars the opportunity to participate in a unique Leadership Development Program.

Applications for 2010 ALA Scholarships close on 30 June 2009. For further information visit http://www.ausaid.gov.au/scholar/ala.cfm.