Australia Awards
Australia Awards in Papua New Guinea are designed to promote knowledge and leadership, and enduring ties between Australia and Papua New Guinea. Our goal is to contribute to building a qualified workforce, filling critical human resource gaps, and supporting good leadership in Papua New Guinea, thereby assisting with addressing the nation’s economic and development challenges.
Australia Awards in Papua New Guinea offers three study options:
- Australia Awards Scholarships for Papua New Guineans to study primarily postgraduate courses in Australia;
- Australia Awards In-PNG Scholarships for Papua New Guineans to study in PNG to meet critical workforce gaps; and
- Australia Awards Fellowships (short courses) for Papua New Guineans to undertake short-term professional development study in Australia.
Australia Awards
Australia Awards Scholarships aim to contribute to the development needs of Australia’s partner countries. The opportunities provided develop the skills and knowledge of individuals to drive change and contribute to development in their own countries.
Equal opportunity
Australia Awards are merit-based scholarships. We are committed to ensuring an equal representation of women and men and that persons with disability and people living and working in rural areas are provided fair access to pursuing further studies under an Australia Award.
PNG priority sectors
Every year, both the Governments of Australia and Papua New Guinea agree on priority sectors that will target key development areas in PNG these include: agriculture, education, governance, health, law and justice, and transport and infrastructure.
Australia Global Alumni
Australia’s global alumni community includes people from around the world who engage in an Australian education or training experience in Australia and offshore. It also includes Australians who study, research and undertake professional development overseas.
Celebrating Australian alumni
Australia’s global alumni are highly talented, globally mobile, and empowered by their world-class Australian education. They are current and future leaders, influencers and change-makers. Individually and collectively, Australia’s global alumni are helping to shape the world around them.
PNG Australia Alumni Association
The Papua New Guinea Australia Alumni Association empowers our members to contribute to the growth and development of Papua New Guinea and to foster productive relationships between Australia and PNG.
Australia Awards in Papua New Guinea
Australia Awards in PNG Stories
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...
read moreHuman 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...
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Teaching, a calling back to the provinces as Australia Awards scholars share vital skills
Hard work, dedication and the support of Australia Awards Scholarships helped 28 teachers graduate with a Diploma in Primary Teaching from Sacred Heart Teachers College in Port Moresby in 2018. Many of these graduates have since returned to their home villages to fill...
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