Australia Awards Fellowships
Australia Awards Fellowships aim to develop leadership, address priority regional development issues, and build partnerships and links between Australian organisations and their partner organisations in developing countries in the Asia-Pacific region, Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa and the Middle East.
Australia Awards Fellowships engage with a wide cross-section of the Australian community on aid delivery issues and priorities for development. Through Australia Awards Fellowships, Australian organisations have the opportunity to build and strengthen links with organisations in developing countries by offering professional development opportunities in Australia.
The goal of Australia Awards Fellowships is to develop appropriately trained current and aspiring leaders in priority areas, who, in the short to medium term, will be in a position to advance key regional policy objectives and increase institutional capacity of partner countries. Australia Awards Fellowships are designed to complement individual bilateral country programs by offering flexible learning opportunities that address current and emerging needs at the country, sub-regional and regional levels.
Australia Awards Fellowships do not lead to academic qualifications. Instead, they are designed to provide short term opportunities for study, research and professional attachment programs in Australia, delivered by Australian organisations, to nominated fellows from eligible countries.
Through Australia Awards Fellowships, Australian organisations can apply for funding to support a range of professional development activities that will build expertise and leadership capacity in eligible countries.
Application process
An eligible application consists of the following:
- A completed online application form submitted by the date specified. The form must include all mandatory attachments (listed below) and be checked and acknowledged at Page 21 by the appropriate Australian organisation office bearer with the authority to commit the organisation to the funding and proposed program.
- Documents required to be attached to the online application form (you MUST use the following AusAID templates; templates are also accessible from within the online application form):
- A detailed and accurate budget based on the template provided (Excel template preferred): Fellowships budget template. The following documents may assist in developing your budget:
- A curriculum vitae (CV) for each nominated fellow, incorporating individual 'return to work plans', based on the template provided (Word template preferred): Fellowships CV template
- A letter of support from each overseas counterpart organisation, signed at a senior level (no template—if the letters of support are not attached, the application will automatically be deemed ineligible)
- An unbound printed hard-copy of your application, including the online submission review page and copies of all supporting documents, should be received by AusAID at the address below by the date specified:
Australia Awards Fellowships Secretariat
AusAID
GPO Box 887
CANBERRA ACT 2601
Street address for courier:
255 London Circuit
CANBERRA ACT 2601
Source: http://www.ausaid.gov.au/australia-awards/pages/fellowships.aspx#submission