Australia Awards are prestigious international Scholarships and Fellowships funded by the Australian Government.
Opportunities will be provided for people from developing countries, particularly those countries located in the Indo-Pacific region. In South and West Asia, Australia Awards are offered in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Maldives, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.
Only Masters Degrees - ranging from 12 to 24 months – will be supported for study commencing in 2019 for Bangladeshi applicants. For study commencing in 2019, applications will be accepted from the following groups:
Group 1: Government of Bangladesh officials, limited to Bangladesh cadre officials, officers of the Bangladesh Bank and Judicial Service officials.
Group 2: workers from development organisations, specifically non-government organisations (for example BRAC), civil society organisations, community-based organisations, and international development agencies (for example United Nations agencies)
Group 3: employees of private sector organisations
Group 4: those coming from the academia, research institutions (for example icddr,b), media and cultural organisations (for example historical museums).
Applications open 1 February 2018 and will close 30 April 2018. Late applications will not be considered.
Interviewing of shortlisted applicants will take place between June and July 2018.
Final results will be released by August 2018. All applicants will be notified about the status of their application by 31 August 2018, at the latest.
Before submitting an application for an Australia Awards Scholarship, applicants MUST read both the Scholarships Policy Handbook and the Bangladesh Country Profile.
All details about Australia Awards Scholarships are contained in the Handbook. Bangladesh-specific information is contained in the Country Profile.
You are eligible if you are a citizen of Bangladesh and have at least two years of work experience and you are NOT eligible if you are married, engaged to, or are a de facto of a person who holds, or is eligible to hold, Australian or New Zealand citizenship or permanent residency, at any part of the application, selection or mobilisation phases and if you currently serving as a military personnel. For details, please check with their website:
