Each year, the Australian Government sponsors people from a number of developing countries to study in Australia through Australian Development Scholarships (ADS). The ADS program in Indonesia aims to promote private and public sector human resource development in areas of agreed development priority.
ADS in 2011 is offering up to 400 scholarships for aspirants from Indonesia who want to and are eligible to avail this opportunity.
Types of Scholarships
The program is open to all public sector employees and employees from private universities and NGOs, private companies or recent graduates. There are three categories of ADS applications: Public, Open and Targeted. Candidates who are government employees apply for ADS through Public category. Candidates who are non-government employees may apply through the Open category. Targeted category is available for candidates employed by government or non-government agencies associated with AusAID projects or AusAID related activities identified by AusAID.
General Eligibility:
Candidates must:
– Be an Indonesian citizen and not have permanent residence in Australia or New Zealand;
– Not be married or engaged to a person who is eligible to hold Australian or New Zealand citizenship or permanent residence status, at any stage of application, selection, mobilisation processes or while on-scholarship in Australian;
– Satisfy Australian Government requirements for international student entry to Australia (health, character, etc);
– Not hold or have held a Government of Australia Scholarship to study outside Indonesia in the 24 months preceding the application — 24 months to be calculated from the of arrival back in Indonesia to the ADS application closing date;
– Be applying to commence a new course of study and not be seeking support through ADS for a course already commenced in Australia;
-Be able to take up the scholarship in the year for which it is offered;
– Be able to satisfy all requirements of the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) for an AusAID student visa; and
– Be able to satisfy the admission requirements of the Australian university at which the scholarship is to be undertaken.
SCHOLARSHIP ENTITLEMENTS
Fortnightly stipend – to be paid at single stipend; Tuition fees; Return air fares; Establishment allowance; Health cover (only for student during the length of stay in Australia); Some overseas fieldwork travel cost; A reunion air fare at the completions of each successful year of study, except the final year; and Editorial / Tutorial assistance.
Last date for submitting the application for this round of scholarship is August 26, 2011
For more information, specific eligibility and details, please visit this link.
