2016/2017 Australian Awards
Scholarship for African Students
Overview
The call for application
is open for the 2016/2017 Australia Awards Scholarship for African Students. There
are two categories of the awards: one is the Australia Awards Scholarships (AASs),
which enable students to undertake higher degree studies in Australia at
Masters Level, and the other is the Short Course Awards (SCAs), which enable student to undertake short-term, targeted professional courses, in Australia
and/or Africa, in a range of development-focused sectors.
Australia Awards (AAs) are
cornerstones of the Australian Government’s development assistance programme
for Africa. They provide access to postgraduate education, training and
professional development opportunities for suitably qualified Africans from
eligible countries. Successful applicants are required to return to their home
countries upon completion of their academic programmes and are expected to
contribute actively to the development in their home countries.
Eligibility
AASs vary by country.
Eligible African countries include Algeria, Angola, Benin Republic, Burkina
Faso, Burundi, Cameroun, Cape Verde, Comoros, Congo Republic, Djibouti, Egypt,
Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius,
Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome & Principe,
Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo,
Tunisia, Uganda, and Zambia.
For the SCAs, eligible
African countries include Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Cote d’Ivoire,
Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Mauritania, Niger,
North Sudan, Republic of Guinea, and South Sudan.
Eligibility criteria are
country specific and include, but not limited to, the following:
- Applicants must be at least 25 years and
not more than 50 years of age at the date of application.
- Applicants must have at least 3 years
relevant post graduate work experience, which must be in a role relevant to
their proposed field of study and employment organization type (e.g. public
sector applicants should demonstrate public sector experience). Preference will
be given to applicants with greater years of experience.
- Applicants must possess, as a minimum,
Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) from a recognized institution of at least 4
years in length with at least a 3rd Class Pass.
- Applicants must not already hold, or be
studying for, a Master’s degree.
- Applicants must be willing to make a
formal commitment to return to their current employer following completion of
the award.
Priority
Fields
Priority fields vary by
country. They include Agriculture/Food security, Education, Health, Public
Policy (including public sector management, public sector reform, trade,
international diplomacy), Environmental management, Natural resources management
(including mining related subjects), Technical and vocational education &
training (available for SCAs only), Energy (including natural gas and oil
technology), Infrastructure, Transport (including ports, roads and airports
management).
Application
deadline
Applications for AASs
run from September 1, 2015 to November 30, 2015
Applications for SCAs
run from September 1, 2015 to December 18, 2015
How
to apply
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