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The New Colombo Plan Scholarship Program is a signature initiative of the Australian Government, which aims to lift knowledge of the Indo-Pacific in Australia by supporting young Australians to undertake semester-based study and internships or mentorships in 40 participating countries.

Applications for the 2020 intake are now closed.

Scholarship benefits

The New Colombo Plan Scholarship includes:

  • tuition fees to cover the cost of study for up to one Academic Year (including student service and amenities fees), where Scholars are studying as fee-paying international students, up to a maximum of $20,000 ($10,000 per semester or $6,666 per trimester). These fees are payable directly to the Host Institution. The Scholarship will only provide for international tuition fees if no current exchange agreement place is available between the Home University and the Host Institution.
  • tuition fees to cover the cost of Language Training, for up to six months up to a maximum of $10,000 for Scholars studying as fee-paying international students (or $6,666 per trimester). These fees are only for in-country Language Training, and must be for an official language of the Host Country and are payable directly to the Language Training provider.
  • Scholars undertaking less than one month of full-time Language Training or part-time Language Training concurrent with another full-time program component, may have Language Training tuition fees paid up to a maximum of $1,500.
  • the combined cost of semester tuition fees and Language Training tuition fees must not exceed the $20,000 ($10,000 per semester or $6,666 per trimester) mentioned above.
  • a travel allowance of $2,500 to contribute to costs associated with the Scholar’s travel to and from the Host Location.
  • an establishment allowance of $2,500 to contribute to the costs associated with the Scholar settling into their Host Location.
  • a monthly stipend of $2,500 to contribute to the Scholar’s basic living costs in their Host Location.
  • health and travel insurance for the duration of their overseas Scholarship Program.
  • a dedicated Case Manager for the duration of their Scholarship Program who provides services including pre-departure briefings, advice on health and travel insurance, advice and assistance relating to accommodation, and payment of allowances.
  • New Colombo Plan Fellows (the top-ranked Scholar in each location and top ranked Indigenous Scholar) will receive an additional benefit of $1,000 to purchase study materials for use during their Scholarship Program.
  • Scholarships may be sponsored by Private Sector Organisations for the duration of the Scholar’s Scholarship Program. This may include in-kind benefits provided direct to the Scholars, such as training opportunities.

Eligibility

To be eligible to apply, you must:

  • be nominated by Griffith University.
  • be an Australian citizen. Applicants cannot undertake their Scholarship in a Host Location in which they hold dual citizenship or permanent residency; or in which they have previously been a citizen or permanent resident.
  • be enrolled on-campus at Griffith University during the application process.
  • be between 18 and 28 years of age (inclusive) on 1 January 2020.
  • be undertaking at least one Bachelor Degree or Bachelor Honours Degree when the Scholarship Program commences.
  • have achieved a minimum 70% graded average (5.0 GPA) or equivalent for your undergraduate program at the time of application.
  • not be a previous recipient of a New Colombo Plan Scholarship.

2020 NCP Scholarship guidelines

Application

Griffith University is only able to nominate 10 undergraduate students to apply each year and the internal process to select these 10 nominees is now open. To apply, you must complete the formal Expression of Interest ( EOI ) by the due date, no late applications will be accepted.

Please note this is a very competitive process and your EOI will mirror the actual application so it is important to ensure that you complete all the criteria to the best of your ability. Prior to working on your EOI, we recommend that you:

Applications for the 2020 intake are now closed.