AUSTRALIAN POST GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP

Australian Development Scholarship

GENERAL INFORMATION NOTES

Australian Development Scholarships (ADS) provide opportunities
for Indonesians to study in Australia at POSTGRADUATE level.
Three hundred scholarships are expected to be awarded in 2009 for
commencement in 2009/2010.
Candidates must undertake study in one of the four areas of
development priority.

ADS are offered in three categories: ‘Public’ sector, ‘Open’ and
‘Targeted’. Targeted applicants are employees of agencies associated
with AusAID activities including government organisations, BUMNs,
NGOs, CSOs and key state and private educational institutions which
service the training needs of these organisations.Their nomination
must be facilitated through the Project Leader or the relevant
representative of an AusAID activity.

Public sector applicants are employees from Government
departments, state universities and state-owned enterprises - this
includes non-PNS employees. Their applications must be approved
by the training or foreign cooperation bureaus (BKLN) of their local
or central agencies before being submitted. No prior government
approval is required for those in the Open category. Public servants
cannot apply in the Open category.

Scholarships are for full-time study for a Masters or Doctorate degree
from Australian tertiary institutions. The scholarship provides up to
nine months full-time language and academic preparation in Indonesia.
Students must achieve satisfactory results in this training to be able to
continue their scholarships.

Applications from women and candidates in provinces within the
geographic focus of AusAID’s Country Strategy are
encouraged.

For more information and application from, please visit http://www.adsjakarta.or.id

Closing date September 5, 2008
(source: http://www.adsjakarta.or.id)