Australian Government Australia Awards Pacific Scholarships 2023

Brief Description about Pacific Scholarships.

• Fully Funded
• Australian Universities
• Postgraduate, Undergraduate, Graduate
• All Subjects
• International Students
• Australia

Scholarship Description:

Australia Awards Pacific Scholarships provide people from Pacific developing countries with opportunities to study at selected education institutions in the Pacific region. The purpose of the Australia Awards Pacific Scholarships is to give people the opportunity to gain and build the knowledge and skills to drive positive change, and influence their home country’s development.

Degree Level:

Australian Government Australia Awards Pacific Scholarships 2023 (FULLY_FUNDED) is available to undertake Postgraduate, Undergraduate, Graduate level programs at Australian Universities.

Available Subjects:

Following subject are available to study under this scholarship program.

• All Subjects

Scholarship Benefits:

Scholarship entitlements vary between countries and institution of enrolment.

Generally entitlements cover a return airfare from your home country to the country of study, academic and other compulsory fees, an establishment allowance and a living allowance paid fortnightly.

In some countries the living allowance may be paid at a higher rate when the student is joined long term by one or more family members. No assistance is available for the airfares of family members.

Eligible Nationalities:

All Nationalities

Eligibility Criteria:

Australia Awards Pacific Scholarships are currently offered for study at Pacific tertiary institutions in Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Fiji, Samoa, and Wallis and Futuna.

The Solomon Islands program is not currently offering new scholarships for study in the Pacific region under the AAPS. Australia Awards Scholarships for Solomon Islanders are only offered for study in Australia.

To be eligible for a scholarship applicants must:

• Be a citizen of and a resident in the Australia Awards Pacific Scholarships participating country
• Not have or be entitled to permanent residence in Australia; and not be married or engaged to be married to a person who holds or is eligible to hold Australian or New Zealand citizenship or permanent residence status (unless their country does not issue passports–the Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau)
• Meet specific eligibility criteria imposed by the government of the applicant’s country of citizenship
• Satisfy the host government’s immigration requirements for regional students
• Not hold another scholarship during the period of the Australia Awards Pacific Scholarship
• Not be transferring from another scholarship
• Not hold or have held an Australian Government scholarship in the two years preceding the proposed time of commencement of the Australia Awards Pacific Scholarship.

Application Procedure:

The students are required to comply with the relevant Country or Regional Profile before submitting their admission online applications via OASIS at the university.

If you intend to apply for an Australia Awards Pacific Scholarship, you must read the Australia Awards Pacific Scholarships Policy Handbook.

Scholarship enquiries in each participating country should be directed to the relevant Australian diplomatic mission in that country.

Contact addresses for each Australian diplomatic mission are available below:

Federated States of Micronesia citizenship.

Australian Embassy Federated States of Micronesia

PO Box S, Kolonia
Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia

Telephone: +6913205448

[email protected]

Fiji citizenship.

Australian High Commission in Fiji

37 Princes Rd (Tamavua)
Suva, Fiji
PO Box 214, Suva

Telephone: +679 338 2211

Fax: +679 338 2065

[email protected]

Kiribati citizenship.

Australian High Commission in Kiribati

PO Box 77, Bairiki
Tarawa, Kiribati

Telephone: +686 21 184

Fax: +686 21 904

[email protected]

Marshall Islands citizenship.

See: Australian Embassy Federated States of Micronesia

Nauru citizenship
Australian High Commission in Nauru

MQ45 NPC Oe. Aiwo District, Republic of Nauru

Telephone: +674 557 3380

Fax: +674 557 3382

Niue citizenship

Australian High Commission in Niue

Tapeu-Porritt Rd
Alofi
Niue

Phone: +683 4173

[email protected]

Palau citizenship

See: Australian Embassy Federated States of Micronesia

Papua New Guinea citizenship
The Scholarships PNG Facility

Ground Floor, Port Tower, Hunter Street (near Defense Haus)
Port Moresby

Telephone: +675 321 1766

Fax: +675 321 1828

Samoa citizenship

Australian High Commission Samoa

PO Box 704, Apia, Samoa

Telephone: (685) 23411

Fax: (685) 23151

[email protected]

Solomon Islands citizenship

Australian High Commission in Solomon Islands

Cnr Hibiscus Ave & Mud Alley, Honiara, Solomon Islands
PO Box 589, Honiara

Telephone: +677 21 561

[email protected]

Tonga citizenship.

Australian High Commission in Tonga

Salote Road, Nuku’Alofa, Tonga
Private Bag 35, Nuku’Alofa

Telephone: +676 23 244

Fax: +676 23 243

[email protected]

Tuvalu citizenship.

See: Australian High Commission in Fiji

Vanuatu citizenship
Australian High Commission in Vanuatu

Winston Churchill Avenue, Port Vila, Vanuatu
PO Box 111, Port Vila

Telephone: +678 22 777

Fax: +678 23 948

[email protected]

Wallis and Futuna citizenship.

Australian Consulate-General in New Caledonia

Immeuble Norwich, 2nd floor, 11 rue Georges Baudoux, Artillerie
98800 Noumea, New Caledonia
Boite Postale No 22, 98845 Noumea Cedex

Telephone: +687 272 414

[email protected]