Australia Awards

Promoting opportunities for all

Under the Comprehensive Aid Policy Framework, Australia has committed to have at least 17,000 people awarded a tertiary Scholarship and return home to assist with their countries development, with at least half of the scholarships going to women. The aid program is achieving results and we are on track to meet these targets with over 8,000 awards offered since 2011 and an estimated 4,300 awards to be offered in 2013, of which half are expected to be women.

AusAID's Australia Awards—fast facts

The Australian Government has provided more than 100,000 Australia Awards for study in Australia dating back to the start of the Colombo Plan in the 1950s. These Awards have contributed to the development of exceptional students from developing countries in the Asia–Pacific region and beyond. Many of these scholars have gone on to hold senior leadership roles in their countries and professions.

• AusAID offers Australia Awards to people from over 100 developing countries.
• AusAID will provide more than 4,300 Australia Awards in 2013.
• In the last five years AusAID has provided more than 16,000 Australia Awards to developing countries.
• Over the last decade half of all AusAID's Australia Awards have been for women. 
• The top three countries receiving the most Australia Awards are Indonesia, Vietnam and Papua New Guinea. 

See more about Australia Awards in each of the following countries:

• Africa
• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• Cambodia
• Caribbean
• Cook Islands
• Federated States of Micronesia
• Fiji
• Indonesia
• Kiribati
• Laos
• Latin America
• Maldives
• Marshall Islands
• Mongolia
• Myanmar
• Nauru
• Nepal
• Niue
• Pakistan
• Philippines
• Papua New Guinea
• Republic of Palau
• Samoa
• Solomon Islands
• Sri Lanka
• Timor-Leste
• Tonga
• Tuvalu
• Vanuatu
• Vietnam

Estimated regional allocations for 2012–13

The estimated values are as follows:

• Asia: $202,681,350
• Pacific: $60,176,687
• Sub-Saharan Africa: $50,008,380
• North Africa and the Middle East: $8,794,856
• North, Central and South American: $9,338,727

Australia Awards development assistance 2008–09 to 2012–13

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The values are as follows (million):

• 2008–09: $155.6
• 2009–10: $183.2
• 2010–11: $236.6
• 2011–12: $284.9
• 2012–13: $331.0*

* = projected funding for 2012–13

Australia Awards by field of study 2011–12*

* = Intake 2012 (FY 2011–12) AusAID's awards data as of 18 February 2013
** = Includes Economics, Law, Policy/Political Science, Development studies , International relations
*** = Includes Information Technology, Communication, Journalism, Media Studies and Design, Architecture and Building, Food, Hospitality and Personal Services.

Australia Awards Fellowships—Fellows funded 2011–12

Australia Awards Fellowships—Successful Australian host organisations funded 2011/12

The exact values are as follows:

• University: $15,952,841
• NGO: $3,870,872
• Private/Industry body: $2,643,246
• Government: $3,367,306

Australia Awards 2011—at a glance

Distribution of Australia Awards 2011

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Australia Awards recipients include incoming international scholars from countries around the world*, as well as outgoing Australian scholars studying in countries overseas.

*Visual representation only