Fully Funded Australia Award Scholarship|2023

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Overview of Fully funded Australia Award Scholarship

Do you have dream to study in Australia and looking for fully funded scholarship? Then you are at right place and fully funded Australia award scholarship is perfect for you. Because, this fully funded Australia award scholarship covers tuition fees, accommodation, monthly allowance, health insurance and many more. In this blog, I will explain in details about what kind of benefits this scholarship will give, step by step process for the application, eligibility criteria and terms and condition.

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Official announcement of Fully funded Australia Award scholarship

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Education Level

Bachelor, Master and PHD

Eligible Countries

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Sponsor

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Australia

About Scholarship

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade administrates the Australia Awards Scholarships, and that are long-term awards.

They intend to support the needs of development of Australia’s partner nations in accordance with regional and bilateral agreements.
They enable students from poor nations, particularly those in the Indo-Pacific area, to pursue full-time undergraduate or postgraduate studies at participating Australian universities and Technical and Further Education (TAFE) institutes. This scholarship gives students with study and research opportunities that help them to gain the skills and knowledge they need to create change and contribute to development in their home countries.

For International students, fully funded Australia Award Scholarship is one of the best scholarship. Undergraduate, post graduate and PHD candidates are eligible to grab this scholarship. Beneficiaries will get full tuition, a travel allowance, living costs, an establishment allowance, and other benefits.

Available Faculties

Almost all courses are available under this scholarship

Scholarship Coverage

Selected Candidates will get the following;

Full tuition fees
return air travel–payment of a single return, economy class airfare to and from Australia, via the most direct route
Establishment allowance–a once only payment as a contribution towards accommodation expenses, text books, study materials
Contribution to Living Expenses (CLE) – a fortnightly contribution to basic living expenses paid at a rate determined by the department.
Introductory Academic Program (IAP)–a compulsory program prior to the commencement of formal academic studies covering information on living and studying in Australia
Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC) for the duration of the award (for award holder only)–provided to cover the scholar’s basic medical costs (with the exception of pre-existing conditions)
Pre-course English (PCE) fees–if deemed necessary PCE may be available for students for in-country and/or in-Australia training
Supplementary academic support may be available to ensure a scholar’s academic success or enhance their academic experience
Fieldwork (for research awards and Masters by coursework which have a research component where fieldwork is compulsory) may be available for eligible research students for one return economy class airfare via the most direct route to their country of citizenship or within Australia.

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Eligibility Criteria

A) Citizens of one of the participating countries in Asia, Pacific, Africa, and the Middle East.
B) Be a minimum of 18 years of age on 1 February of the year of commencing the scholarship;
C) Not be a citizen of Australia, hold permanent residency in Australia or be applying for a visa to live in Australia permanently;
D) Be a citizen of a participating country (as listed on the Australia Awards website) and be residing in and applying for the scholarship from their country of citizenship;
E) Not be married to, engaged to, or a de facto of a person who holds, or is eligible to hold, Australian or New Zealand citizenship or permanent residency, at any time during the application, selection or mobilization phases (note: residents of Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau with New Zealand citizenship are eligible but must apply for a Student visa [subclass 500]);
F) Not have previously received a long-term Australia Award unless they have resided outside of Australia for twice the length of the total time that they were in Australia (for example, a previous awardee who has been on an Australia Awards Scholarship in Australia for four years will not be eligible to apply for another Australia Awards Scholarship until they have resided outside Australia for eight years);
G) Not be current serving military personnel;
H) Have satisfied any specific criteria established by the Program Area or the government of the applicant’s country of citizenship (e.g. having worked a certain number of years in an appropriate sector);
I) Be able to satisfy all requirements of the Department of Home Affairs to hold a Student Visa. This may mean that the Program Area will need to withdraw an award offer if the recipient cannot satisfy the visa requirements;
J) Be able to satisfy the admission requirements of the institution at which the award is to be undertaken (this may mean that Program Areas will need to withdraw an award offer if the recipient cannot satisfy the institution’s admission requirements. This may not be known until Program Areas request a placement at selected institutions);
K) Not be applying for a scholarship for a course of study at an academic level lesser than they have already achieved (eg be applying for a Master’s scholarship when they already hold a PhD); and
Applicants must inform the Program Area of any connection or relationship to staff employed at Program Areas (including locally engaged staff at post) or with managing contractors so that the application may be properly and transparently managed.

Read the complete eligibility criteria in the Australia Awards Policy Handbook (PDF)