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Australia Awards PNG
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 from the provinces.
Australia Awards Papua New Guinea Priority Sectors
Australia Awards Papua New Guinea
STEM education is the way forward
In the ever-evolving digital world, technology is continuously changing our lives and the way we are doing things. This is why mathematics and computing teacher Raphael Ulka (pictured above), is encouraging his students to research and learn as much as they can about...
A bright future ahead of lost years
Challenges in pursuing education is a familiar story across Papua New Guinea. For father of three John Timothy (pictured above), such a story is all too real. Now that he's about to complete his master's degree as an Australia Awards scholar, John looks back on his...
Leading from the front to tackle COVID-19
Rose Begani (pictured above) admits she was hesitant at first to get a COVID-19 vaccination but that soon changed after she researched and examined the facts. “I considered that vaccines have saved lives from preventable diseases such as polio, smallpox and TB and...