Australian High Commission
MEDIA RELEASE
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2 February 2012
Applications open for Australian Development Scholarships
The Australian High Commissioner-designate, Robyn Mudie, has announced the opening of applications for the 2013 intake of the Australian Development Awards. Development Awards include Australian Development Scholarships and Australian Leadership Award Scholarships.
“The Development Awards scheme is open to high achieving Maldivians in the public, private and community sectors for study at Bachelors and Masters levels,” Ms Mudie said.
“I encourage those who have a desire to drive change and influence economic and social development in Maldives to apply.”
Australia invests in high achieving Maldivians who can be catalysts for national progress now and in the future. Priority sectors for studies in 2013 are Education, Environment, Health and Engineering.
The Awards scheme is designed to develop capacity and leadership skills so that individuals can contribute to development in their country or region and to build people-to-people links at the individual, institutional and country levels.
Successful applicants must be available to commence studies at Australian tertiary institutions in 2013.
Development Awards are administered by the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) and align with Australia’s development assistance in Maldives, targeting human resource gaps in priority sectors.
Full details on the application process, including English language requirements and other criteria, can be found at
http://www.ausaid.gov.au/scholar/eligiblecountries.cfm http://www.southasiascholarships.org/maldives
Applications close on 30 April 2012.
Media contact: Vanessa Hegarty on 2463200