Full scholarship available to international postgraduates

27th February 2018 Posted by: Student World Online

THE Australia Awards John Allwright Fellowship is welcoming applications from postgraduate students across a wide range of nationalities:

Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, Fiji, Global, Indonesia, India, Iraq, Kenya, Kiribati, Lao PDR, Malawi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam and Zimbabwe.

This is a full scholarship covering tuition fees plus some living costs.

Applicants must be able to demonstrate that they:

At the time of applying, hold qualifications that would be assessed to be equivalent to at least an Australian bachelor’s degree in a discipline that is relevant to the proposed area of postgraduate study.
Are a scientist or economist from the developing country partner, who is actively involved in a collaborative research project supported by ACIAR at the time of application (in some cases, ACIARwill consider supporting researchers from “advanced pipeline” projects, i.e. in cases where a full project proposal has been approved by ACIAR).
Are jointly supported in the application by the Australian and partner country Project Leaders.
Obtain approval from the employing institution who must agree to the absence of the candidate should he/she receive a Fellowship for the period involved in obtaining the postgraduate qualification.
Demonstrate that he/she is employed on a permanent rather than short-term contract basis.

The closing date for applications is April 30, 2018.

You can view further information and the application page here.