Australia Awards Fellowships 2025 (Round 20) for Developing countries: Fellows from developing countries looking for in-study or professional development activities, can submit applications thru an Australian organisation. Apply below.
When is Application Deadline:
13th October 2024 at midnight (AEDT).
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Tell Me About Australia Awards Fellowships:
Australia engages with developing countries at government, business, professional and community levels. Australia Awards Fellowships offer Australian organisations, from all sectors, the opportunity to deepen and broaden their links with leaders and professionals in developing countries. By providing opportunities for Fellows to undertake short term study and professional development in Australia, they aim to:
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- strengthen partnerships and links between Australian organisations and partner organisations in developing countries, in support of Australia’s strategic development objectives; and
- increasing the capability and professional development of selected Fellows to advance priority development issues bilaterally, sub-regionally and regionally.
The program is designed to complement Australia’s individual bilateral and regional development programs and long-term scholarships by offering senior and mid-career officials and professionals who will be in a position to advance priority development and foreign affairs issues on their return home. Fellowship activities aim to provide high-quality training, exchange of expertise, skills and knowledge, and opportunities to enhance networks on issues of shared interest. Activities can include a combination of short-term study and/or training, research, professional attachments and networking experiences.
Type:
Fellowship
Which Fields are Eligible?
Fellowship proposals must clearly align with ONE (only) of the following six priority areas:
● Climate change, adaptation, resilience and green energy (including critical mineral mining): Fellowships covering climate change adaptation, resilience, climate science, energy transition and nature-based solutions including (but not limited to); blue carbon and carbon-market, climate resilient and regenerative agriculture, climate smart water, sustainable ocean economy and sustainable mining for critical minerals, as well as transition to low emissions intensive economies, building clean energy
supply chains and hydrogen economy.
● Health: Fellowships covering health in the areas of communicable diseases, non-communicable diseases, including mental health; sexual and reproductive health and rights; health system strengthening, including building workforce capacity; health security including pandemic prevention, preparedness and response, and One Health approaches.
● Gender equality, disability equity and social inclusion: Fellowships targeting gender equality and women’s and girls’ empowerment, and/ or disability equity. These could include proposals for Fellowships in legal and regulatory reform (that eliminates discrimination and advances de jure equality), disability inclusive policy and budgeting; responding to and eliminating sexual and genderbased violence; gender-responsive and/ disability inclusive social protection; economic empowerment of women and/or people with disabilities, including access to finance and gender-responsive business
enabling environments; leadership of women and/or people with disabilities; equitable access to quality essential services and investing in systems strengthening (education, training, health); equitable access to infrastructure or the Women, Peace and Security agenda.
● Digital Economy, cyber resilience, and media engagement: Fellowships with a focus on the digital economy and future architecture and environment needed to deliver prosperity, protection, and longterm capability. This could include cyber capacity building or future-proofing critical assets, technologies and industries and technological obsolescence. Fellowships with a focus on enhancing the viability and capability of the media sector and journalism are also welcome. This could include digital resilience and transformation of media organisations, practical use of generative artificial intelligence and digital tools such as social media and other web-based platforms, digital storytelling and innovative audience analysis.
● Maritime and the Blue Economy: Fellowships with a focus on maritime cooperation and development – leading to longer term prosperity, protection of environment and maritime cooperation, including in areas such as, environmental management and reduction of plastic pollutants. Applications could also focus on outcomes for future development of the blue economy including in areas such as maritime policy, resource management, maritime law and protection, meteorological surveying, as well logistics,
cold supply chain and transition to sustainable green energy maritime supply chain networks.
● Infrastructure and connectivity: Fellowships that provide Indo-Pacific countries with skills and relationships that support development and management of quality, resilient and sustainable infrastructure, and connectivity. This could include telecommunications, clean energy, disaster resilience, logistics, public private partnerships (PPPs), procurement, infrastructure pricing and cost estimation, project planning and management, infrastructure standards, aviation, telecommunications,
energy, ports, broadcasting, and transport.
Who can Apply for Australia Awards Fellowships?
Applicants (ie organisations)
Australian Organisations in partnership with Overseas Counterpart Organisations (OCOs) in eligible developing countries are invited to apply for an Australia Awards Fellowship.
There is an expectation that Australian organisations demonstrate commitment to the partnership and Fellowship program through a co-contribution.
Applicants must be Australian Organisations who are legal entities with a current Australian Business Number (ABN). Examples include:
- Australian organisations, institutions, and businesses — for example but not limited to privatesector, research centres, higher education providers, vocational education and training providers, peak bodies, Australian chambers of commerce, community groups, non-government organisations, media organisations, professional associations, and industry bodies. New Australian Organisations must be willing to complete the Development Due Diligence Assessment – see section 6.4.
- Australian Government departments — (Federal, State/Territory and local), government agencies, statutory authorities, and Government Business Enterprises.
Fellows
Australia Awards Fellowships target senior officials and mid-career professionals, who, in the short to medium term, will be in a position to advance priority development and foreign affairs issues on their return home. To be eligible, all Fellows nominated by Australian organisations must:
● be a minimum of 18 years of age at the time of commencing the Fellowship;
● not have Australian permanent resident status or be applying for permanent residency;
● be a citizen of and residing in an eligible developing country. The Fellow’s country of citizenship and residency may differ;
● not be current serving military personnel;
not be married or engaged to, or be a de facto of a person who holds, or is eligible to hold, Australian or New Zealand citizenship or permanent residency;
● have been working in their country of citizenship or residency and in an area relevant to the Fellowship activities preceding the date of the proposed commencement of their Fellowship;
● be able to satisfy all requirements determined by the Department of Home Affairs for a visa;
● be able to participate in the nominated Fellowship activities at the time and for the full duration proposed by the Australian Host Organisation (AHO);
● be able to travel without family members as DFAT will only fund and provide visa support letters for individual Fellows, not their family members;
● have an adequate level of English language ability to be able to fully participate in the program, including an ability to complete the Fellow’s Completion Survey at the conclusion of their Fellowship;
o Note: AHOs are responsible for ensuring Fellows have an adequate level of English language ability or must implement appropriate measures to enable Fellows to fully participate in and benefit from the Fellowship activities (e.g., translation services).
o DFAT does not recommend using translation services for Multi-country Fellowships where use of translation services may compromise learning outcomes or where English language capabilities differ substantially amongst Fellows.
● If successful in their application AHOs should consult with the relevant DFAT post in their selection of candidates for Fellowships (in some instances there may be candidates whose Posts may be able to identify as high calibre potential Fellows).
Which Countries are Eligible?
Pacific: Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Wallis and Futuna.
Southeast Asia: Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam
South Asia: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka and Middle East Iraq, Jordan and Occupied Palestinian Territories
Africa: Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Caribbean: Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Suriname.
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Where will Award be Taken?
Australia
How Many Awards?
Not specified
What is the Benefit of Australia Awards Fellowships?
Funding of up to $34,500 per Fellow is offered on a competitive basis to Australian organisations to host Fellows from eligible countries for activities delivered both in Australia and offshore for between a minimum two weeks and maximum 52 weeks. A minimum of two weeks of Fellowship activities must be conducted/delivered in Australia.
How to Apply:
Fellowship applications must be submitted online via SmartyGrants
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