Development Scholarship Opportunites AusAID and SPIRIT programs Development Scholarship Opportunites adelaide.edu.au

AusAID Scholarships Australia Awards Scholarships (formerly Australian Development Scholarships) Australia Awards Leadership Program (formerly Australian Leadership Awards) ACIAR Scholarships (Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research) Co-funded by AusAID; must be existing collaboration in Australia Australia Awards Fellowships (short-term awards to enable candidates from eligible countries to spend a short time in Australia for study, research or professional development) University of Adelaide

Australia Awards Scholarships Available in over 90 countries in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America, the Pacific and South Asia Aim to build knowledge and human capacity in priority areas established for each country/region Mainly fund postgraduate coursework studies (Masters), but undergraduate studies and HDR studies are also funded in some countries for qualified candidates Targeted/open categories Largest scholarship programs: Indonesia (500), Vietnam (250), PNG (130), Philippines (120) University of Adelaide

Australia Awards Scholarships Priority Areas Vary for each country/region, but generally can include areas such as health, education, rural development, governance, public policy, economics, environment, TESOL, water and sanitation, food security, natural resource management, mining, climate change University of Adelaide

Australia Awards Scholarships UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE Currently 222 AusAID students enrolled from 40 countries Largest cohorts from Indonesia (47), Vietnam (43), Cambodia (16), the Maldives (10) and the Philippines (9) ACIAR: 9 AA Leadership program (ALA): 11 AA (ADS): 202 UG: 15 PGC: 179 HDR: 28 University of Adelaide

Australia Awards Scholarships POPULAR PROGRAMS UG Development Studies, Environmental Policy & Management, Engineering, Teaching HDR PhD (Ag Science) 6 PhD (Sciences) 8 PhD (HUMSS) 5 PhD (Business) 2 University of Adelaide

Australia Awards Scholarships Postgraduate Coursework Programs Master of Global Food & Agricultural Business (22) Master of Engineering (19) – Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Mining Master of Education (17) Master of Accounting & Finance (14) Master of Finance & Business Economics (13) Master of Sustainability (11) Master of Environmental Policy & Management (7) Master of Health Economics & Policy (7) Master of Applied Economics (6) Master of International Trade and Development (4) Master of Nursing Science (4) Master of Counselling & Psychotherapy (4) Master of Applied Project Management (4) Master of Applied Linguistics (3) University of Adelaide

Australia Awards Scholarships 2013 PILOT PROGRAM: INDONESIA Split-site programs, using existing joint Masters degrees established by Australian universities with a partner university in Indonesia 3 Australian universities involved – Curtin (17 students), ANU (10 Students) and the University of Adelaide (16 students) - with 23 Indonesian Government agencies One year spent in Indonesia and one year in Australia Indonesian component funded by an Indonesian government agency, Australian component funded by AusAID University of Adelaide

WORLD BANK SPIRIT SCHOLARSHIPS Available in Indonesia only, for building staff capacity in various Indonesian government ministries and agencies Funds Masters or PhD studies at an overseas university ranked in the top 400 universities in the world (THES or QS) MINISTRY OF FINANCE Law, finance, economics, accounting, public administration, management BAPPENAS Law, politics, environmental science & engineering, economics, public policy, agricultural economics, international relations, education, psychology, planning Two types of program funded - Linkages program ( for joint degrees, part in Indonesia and part overseas), or full program overseas University of Adelaide

Current activities Attend events in-country (AusAID information sessions, SPIRIT sessions in Indonesia) Visit relevant agencies/ministries/institutions in-country Promote research strengths Respond to enquiries Program information – being aware of how our programs match scholarship priority areas Issues Which countries to target? How to increase the University’s profile? University of Adelaide