Welcome to Australia Awards in Papua New Guinea
Australia Awards are prestigious scholarships and fellowships funded by the Australian Government. A range of long and short-term scholarships for studies in Australia and in Papua New Guinea are offered.
Australia Awards in PNG
Australia’s international development assistance in Papua New Guinea helps promote prosperity, reduce poverty, and enhance political stability.
Australia Awards Scholarships are prestigious international awards offered by the Australian Government to the next generation of global leaders for development. Through study and research, awardees develop the skills and knowledge to drive change and help build enduring people-to-people links with Australia.
Applicants are assessed on their professional and personal qualities, academic competence and, most importantly, their potential to impact on development challenges in Papua New Guinea.
Applications are strongly encouraged from women, people with disability and those living in rural or remote areas.
Australia Awards in Papua New Guinea Priority Sectors
Australia Awards in Papua New Guinea
Australia Awards and ExxonMobil PNG team up to support PNG’s homegrown agribusiness skills
Twenty participants from four provinces of Papua New Guinea have deepened their agribusiness skills in the latest phase of a partnership between ExxonMobil PNG and Australia Awards that is developing PNG’s workforce and human capacity. The Australia Awards...
Sharing lessons, changing lives: two female PNG leaders tell their stories
Leadership takes many forms, from holding high office to positions of responsibility in communities, the workplace or family, and much more in between. Two Australia Awards scholars Janet Towaki and Paula Zebedee Aines (pictured above) are undertaking postgraduate...
Human resources play a vital role in professional organisations’ critical planning and workforce development. To develop skills and leadership in this key area, 24 participants from a range of sectors across Papua New Guinea attended a 12-week Human Resource...