Full scholarship available to international postgraduates

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.