Australian Development Scholarships ADS
Australian Government
AusAID
IDP Education Australia Ltd (IDP) is under contract to the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) for the off-shore management of the Australian Development Scholarship (ADS) Program in Indonesia.
The Australian Development Scholarships Program funds Indonesians for higher degree study in Australia through a joint selection process overseen by the Government of Australia and the Government of Indonesia and consistent with mutually agreed general policy objectives.
Please note that the ADS scholarship program is a different program to the new Australian Partnership Scholarship (APS) Program. For full details on APS go to http://www.apsprogram.or.id/
The off-shore component of the ADS Program is managed by IDP through an IDP established ADS Project Office in Jakarta to ensure efficient end effective administration of the ADS scheme in Indonesia.
Number and length of Awards
The number of ADS awards each year will depend on Australian budget appropriations and is expected to be 300 in 2005/2006. The scholarships will be allocated as follows :
2/3 (i.e. 200) will be public category awards and 1/3 (i.e. 100) open category awards; an equal number of awards will be offered to men and women.
Up to 33% of scholarships will be awarded to nominated candidates from agencies involved with AusAID projects or AusAID related activities, including state universities and other key education institutions in AusAID target areas, plus linked NGOs and CSOs; at least 30 percent (100) of awards will be offered to applicants from the Eastern provinces in line with AusAID’s Country Program Strategy – East Java, South Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi, East Nusa Tenggara, West Nusa Tenggara, Papua, Maluku, North Maluku;
90 percent (270) of awards at Masters level and 10 percent (30) at PhD level;
35 percent of awards (35) in the open category will be allocated to applicants from private universities; and
6 scholarships will be awarded in the field of Health to applicants normally resident in Bali.
The length of the ADS scholarship is for the minimum period needed to complete the award. This is determined by the university.
AusAID
IDP Education Australia Ltd (IDP) is under contract to the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) for the off-shore management of the Australian Development Scholarship (ADS) Program in Indonesia.
The Australian Development Scholarships Program funds Indonesians for higher degree study in Australia through a joint selection process overseen by the Government of Australia and the Government of Indonesia and consistent with mutually agreed general policy objectives.
Please note that the ADS scholarship program is a different program to the new Australian Partnership Scholarship (APS) Program. For full details on APS go to http://www.apsprogram.or.id/
The off-shore component of the ADS Program is managed by IDP through an IDP established ADS Project Office in Jakarta to ensure efficient end effective administration of the ADS scheme in Indonesia.
Number and length of Awards
The number of ADS awards each year will depend on Australian budget appropriations and is expected to be 300 in 2005/2006. The scholarships will be allocated as follows :
2/3 (i.e. 200) will be public category awards and 1/3 (i.e. 100) open category awards; an equal number of awards will be offered to men and women.
Up to 33% of scholarships will be awarded to nominated candidates from agencies involved with AusAID projects or AusAID related activities, including state universities and other key education institutions in AusAID target areas, plus linked NGOs and CSOs; at least 30 percent (100) of awards will be offered to applicants from the Eastern provinces in line with AusAID’s Country Program Strategy – East Java, South Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi, East Nusa Tenggara, West Nusa Tenggara, Papua, Maluku, North Maluku;
90 percent (270) of awards at Masters level and 10 percent (30) at PhD level;
35 percent of awards (35) in the open category will be allocated to applicants from private universities; and
6 scholarships will be awarded in the field of Health to applicants normally resident in Bali.
The length of the ADS scholarship is for the minimum period needed to complete the award. This is determined by the university.
