Information about Scholarships in Australia

Australian Scholarships

The Australia Awards are comprised of*two streams: an achievement stream that targets the best and brightest students, researchers and professionals to come to Australia and for Australians to do the same offshore; and a development stream that builds capacity in developing countries.
The Australia Awards brings the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) and the Department of Education,
Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) scholarships together under the Australia Awards program."

There are three programs available under the Australia Awards. They are:

Endeavour Awards is the Australian Government’s internationally competitive, merit-based scholarship program. Applications for the second round
of the 2011 Endeavour Executive Awards will open on 1 December 2010 and close 31 January 2011.
www.deewr.gov.au/EndeavourAwards

Australian Leadership Awards (ALA) 
focus on developing leaders who can influence social and economic policy reform and development outcomes in both their own
countries and in the Asia-Pacific region. Round 9 opens on 25 October 2010 and closes at 5pm AEDT on 1 December 2010. Applications are accepted from Australian organisations only; individuals are not eligible to apply directly.
www.ausaid.gov.au/scholar


Australian Development Scholarships (ADS)
aim to contribute to the long-term development needs of Australia's partner countries to promote good governance, economic growth and human development. ADS provides people with the necessary skills and knowledge to drive change and influence the development outcomes of their own country, through obtaining tertiary qualifications at participating Australian institutions. Selection processes for the 2011 academic year are already underway. Country specific information on the 2012 intake will be available shortly.
www.ausaid.gov.au/scholar

Institution specific scholarships
There are scholarships which the universities offer under their own name.
www.studyinaustralia.gov.au

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.