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Applications for 2009 ADS closed 31 March 2008.

Information

ADS are offered to equal numbers of women and men for study in contracted Australian Universities and Institutes of Technical and Further Education (TAFE).

ADS are NOT available for courses offered in PNG or any other South Pacific Country – only Australia.

Applications for ADS:

1. Should align with the Medium Term Development Strategy and Development Co-ordination Strategy.
2. Should contribute to personal career development and the development of Papua New Guinea.
3. Some preference will be given to applicants from the Sandaun, Bougainville and Western provinces.
4. Applications will not be considered in Pilot Training, Divinity or any Double Degree program.
5. Programs which are available at institutions within PNG will not be supported.
6. Should demonstrate a minimum of 2 years work experience.

Competition for ADS is strong and academic results of applicants need to be very high. Minimum qualification required to be eligible for an ADS award is a completed Grade 12 or a recognised equivalent qualification.

Public Sector:

Public sector employees are nominated by the Department of Personnel Management (DPM). Interested persons should contact their organisation's Staff Development Officer who will liaise with DPM through the Senior Training Officer, Human Resource Training, Ph 3276358, PO Box 519, Waigani.

Open Sector:

This includes - The Formal Sector - Private Companies, and Non Formal Sector - Self Employed, employees and members of non-government organisations, church agencies, Women’s; Youth and Social Groups and Associations and the unemployed. To secure more information contact the National Training Council (NTC) through the Scholarship Liaison Officer, Ph 3212244, PO Box 1170, Boroko.

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Australian Development Scholarship Institutions

AusAID has contracts with a number of Australian Universities and Tertiary Institutes of TAFE to deliver education services to the ADS program. These institutes are contracted to provide training, feedback and support for ADS awardees.

It is NOT A REQUIREMENT and IT IS NOT ENCOURAGED, that applicants secure a place at one of the Institutes prior to submitting an application.

AusAID through PATTAF will negotiate placement for the successful ADS awardees.

The Institutes contracted to AusAID for the ADS program are:-

• James Cook University
• University of Queensland
• University of Southern Queensland
• Queensland University of Technology
• Central Queensland University
• Bond University
• Carnegie Mellon University
• Charles Darwin University
• Charles Sturt University
• Deakin University
• Griffith University
• La Trobe University
• Macquarie University
• Murdoch University
• RMIT University
• University of Adelaide
• University of New England
• University of Notre Dame Australia
• University of New South Wales
• University of Technology, Sydney
• Southern Cross University
• University of Sydney
• University of Newcastle
• Australian National University
• Monash University
• Swinburne Institute of Technology
• University of Melbourne
• Victoria University of Technology
• Australian Maritime College
• University of Tasmania
• University of Canberra
• University of South Australia
• University of the Sunshine Coast
• University of Western Sydney
• University of Wollongong
• Flinders University
• University of Western Australia
• Curtin University of Technology
• Canberra Institute of Technology

Technical And Further Education:-

• TAFE Queensland
• Swinburne Institute of Technology
• Victoria Institute of Technology
• Barrier Reef Institute of TAFE
• Box Hill Institute of TAFE
• Brisbane North Institute of TAFE
• Chisholm Institute of TAFE
• Gold Coast Institute of TAFE
• Gordon Institute of TAFE
• Holmsglen Institute of TAFE
• Kangan Batman Institute of TAFE
• Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE
• Southbank Institute of Technology
• Sunshine Coast Institute of TAFE
• TAFE NSW
• TAFE South Australia
• TAFE WA
• Tropical North Queensland TAFE
• William Angliss Institute of TAFE
• Yeronga Institute of TAFE

For further information and links to the Institutions see Related Links.

Click here for general information on AusAID, and the Global Australian Development Scholarship Program

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