Australia Awards – Call for Expression of Interest

Want to make a difference in PNG and become a leader in your field?


Applicants must meet the following criteria:

  • be a citizen of PNG and reside in PNG
  • have at least two years work experience in their sector
  • work in one of the following priority sectors:
    • agriculture
    • health
    • law and justice
    • education
    • governance
    • transport and infrastructure
  • be committed to returning to PNG and contributing to PNG’s development
  • be applying for a progressive qualification or academic level (e.g. higher level than their current qualification)
  • high English proficiency
  • not hold conviction of criminal activities

Make a difference with an Australia Awards Scholarship Intake 2024

Call for expression of interest

Join us for an opportunity to gain a world-class education and become an emerging leader with strong links to Australia.

Through the Australian Government’s Australia Awards Scholarships, your career will benefit from new knowledge, leadership skills and links you create through your global alumni network.

You may register your expression of interest in an Intake 2024 scholarship by providing the following information via email: scholarships@australiaawardspng.org on or before 1 February 2023:

  • Name
  • Highest educational attainment
  • Proposed study area and level of study in Australia
  • Current employer and employment status (e.g. permanent, contractual)
  • Employment location

A member of the scholarships team will contact you regarding your interest. If you meet the eligibility requirements, you will be invited for an information session and individual consultation to be scheduled from February to March 2023. Registration is FREE.

Public Category

If you are a public servant, please check with your human resource manager or SD&T officer if you are listed on your organization’s Learning and Development Plan and therefore eligible to be nominated for overseas training. If you have further questions regarding these requirements, please contact the Department of Personnel Management on 3276 382/358 before registering your interest. Public servants are not allowed to apply under the open category.

Australia Awards PNG does not work through any education agents.

www.australiawardspng.org

Editor’s note

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45 comments

  1. I really proud of Australia Awards Scholarship to PNG because its an opportunity for me and my friends around PNG to improve our field/department that we serve as a public servant around PNG.

  2. I am interested in the scholarship intake for 2024
    Please supply me with sufficient information about same

  3. Dear Salome,

    Kindly supply me more information on Health Courses ; Masters in Human Services .

    1. Just completed my Masters program in Educational leadership and wish to do my doctorate.
      Please kindly advise how should I go about applying for this scholarship.

  4. I am very interested in this scholarships program and will be my first time to apply and I’m still confused on the requirements or how to successfully fill that application to be selected..kindly I needed more tips to help me

  5. Please may I have more information about the scholarship and please submit the application form through my email address provided if possible.

    1. Please i am interested in this scholarship so do kindly send the application form via my email account.

  6. Such a great opportunity for Students to further studies abroad… very Good partnership to help build the human resources and of course support Country’s development in the long run.

  7. I happy first of all to Australia for providing such initiative to develop the leadership that PNG need to take the country further into the future.

  8. Thanks Team ‘Australian Scholarship Awards’ doing great for most. Am interested to know more about the Education courses offered.
    Please, reply via my e-mail provided.
    Appreciate 🙏

  9. I am much more interested about this opportunity especially to gain wealth of knowledge and skills to give back to my country PNG.

  10. I am very much interested to do my masters in Electrical Engineering. Is there any scholarships for the energy sector?

  11. I was longing for an overseas opportunity for studying new knowledge and skills. Looking forward to it.

    Could you provide me the application form?

  12. It’s such a great opportunity for us to study aboard & I’m so interested to apply for it.
    Thank you AusAid.

  13. Please can I know of the location…Australian Aid Scholarship…I am very interested to apply

  14. As a senior public servant I am greatful for Australian scholadship which had benefted alot of Papua New Guinean public servants who are inpressively impacting the public sector. Hence I am interested to enhance my knowledge through Australian scholarships.

  15. I’m a secondary school teacher wanna future my studies in Masters in Education under your scholarship aid. I want more information on the education section.

  16. I am a current first Degree holder in Primary Education attained from PNG’s premier Education University, the University of Goroka and am very interested in enriching my career and thus Qualification with an International Degree. Please supply me with more information about your courses on offer and how to go about applying for my desired Degree. Thank you, Marcus Matalaharo

  17. I am a primary school teacher currently serving with a first degree in Education attained from PNG’s premier Education University, the University of Goroka. Being overlooked promotion-wise, I am again making this attempt to at least be awarded with an international qualification so I can be eligible for hierarchical posts after completion of my studies abroad. Please advise and thus assist me accordingly. Thank you, Marcus Matalaharo

  18. I am a geology content student at the University of Papua New Guinea. After that I joined mineral exploration company.after that went to University of Goroka and completed Post graduate diploma in education program and now I am currently teaching. Now I want to study masters in education so please provide me with more information

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