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.
Applications are accepted from Australian organisations only; individuals are not eligible to apply.
Eligible applicants
Australian organisations
This video provides more information on Australia Awards
Fellowships (formerly ALA Fellowships) and how to apply. It also
includes a case study on a fellowship delivered by the Burnet Institute
and funded by AusAID. This fellowship was designed to develop the
knowledge, skills and professional contacts of eleven health officials
from Malaria prone districts of Nepal. It aimed to help them achieve the
goal of eliminating malaria in their communities.
Watch this video on YouTube
Applications are restricted to Australian organisations that
can demonstrate ongoing linkages with overseas counterpart organisations
in
eligible countries.
Examples of eligible Australian organisations include NGOs, academic
institutions, research organisations, business, industry, media,
professional associations and government agencies.
Australian organisations can apply for Australia Awards
Fellowships funding through a competitive grant process. Important
selection criteria include:
- the likely impact of the program or activities
- the leadership potential and quality of nominated fellows
to assume leadership roles and influence policy reform and development
outcomes
- the level of support from the overseas counterpart
organisation(s) and the sustainability of linkages between the
Australian organisation and the overseas counterpart organisation(s)
and fellows
- the capacity of the Australian organisation to support the program or activities.
Overseas counterpart organisations and individual fellows
must be sponsored by an Australian organisation, and may not apply
directly for Australia Awards Fellowships. They may, however, initiate
contact with an Australian organisation to explore the organisation’s
interest in applying for fellowship funding.
Australia Awards Fellowships support a wide variety of areas
and sectors. Australian organisations are encouraged to design programs
that address priority areas, including disability and development,
economic growth, education, environment, food security, gender,
governance, health, human rights, infrastructure, mining for
development, regional stability, rural development and water and
sanitation.
Organisations funded under previous rounds [PDF 100kb]
Organisations funded under previous rounds [Word 107kb]
Fellows
Prospective fellows identified by Australian organisations must be from an
eligible country.
Typically, they will be professionals already in leadership
positions or have a potential to assume leadership roles that can
influence social and economic policy reform and development outcomes.
Fellows must be supported by their counterpart organisation to
participate in the fellowship.
Prospective fellows must also be eligible to enter Australia
on an AusAID 576 Student Visa for the duration of the fellowship. It
is the responsibility of the Australian organisation to ensure fellows
are issued with the appropriate visa in enough time to participate in
the proposed fellowship activities.
Please see Section 6 of the
Round 13 Fellowship submission guidelines for the full list of fellow eligibility criteria.
Individuals cannot apply for Australia Awards Fellowships directly. Individuals may be eligible for
other Australia Awards (external website).
Submission guidelines
Australia Awards Fellowships are awarded twice yearly through a
competitive selection process. The Australia Awards Fellowships
submission guidelines provide detailed information on the application
process.
Round 13 Fellowship submission guidelines
How to apply for Australia Awards Fellowships funding
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
Emailed or faxed applications will not be accepted.
Additional resources
Additional resources to assist in preparing or acquitting your application:
- Adviser Remuneration Framework
- Activity Completion Report [Word 120kb]
- Guidelines on returning unspent funds to AusAID
Fact sheet
Read the Australia Awards Fellowships fact sheet for a summary of the program.
If after reading all materials on this website, you still have questions, please email all enquiries to
fellowships@ausaid.gov.au
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