Australia Awards Fellowship (Round 18) Faculty internal EOI now open

Applications for Round 18 of the Australia Awards Fellowship are now open.

FUNDER

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY

Australia Awards Fellowship (Round 18)

BRIEF DETAILS

Australia Awards Fellowships offer eligible Australian organisations, from all sectors, the opportunity to deepen and broaden their links with leaders and professionals in developing countries by hosting  Fellows from overseas partner organisations. Australian organisations identify their relevant development expertise and submit a Fellowship proposal with an overall aim of:

• strengthening partnerships and links between Australian organisations and partner organisations in developing countries, in support of Australia’s strategic development objectives; and 
• increasing the capability and professional development of selected Fellows to advance priority development issues bilaterally, sub-regionally and/or regionally.

The program is designed to complement Australia’s individual bilateral and regional development programs and long-term scholarships by offering future leaders and mid-career professionals who will be in a position to advance priority development and foreign affairs issues on their return home. Fellowship activities aim to provide high-quality training, exchange of expertise, skills, and knowledge, and opportunities to enhance networks on issues of shared interest. Activities can include a combination of short-term study and/or training, research, professional attachments, and networking experiences.

AVAILABLE FUNDING

Funding of up to $30,000 per Fellow is offered on a competitive basis to Australian organisations to host Fellows from eligible countries for activities delivered both in Australia and offshore for between minimum 2 weeks and maximum 52 weeks, the majority (over 70%) of the Fellowship must be conducted in Australia. Australian organisations must demonstrate commitment to the program and ongoing collaboration by providing a co-contribution to the Fellowship costs.

UNIVERSITY LIMITS AND FACULTY EOI PROCESS

As per the scheme guidelines, Monash University may only submit a total of FIVE applications across the University and therefore an EOI process is in place.

The deadline for submission of EOI applications to the Faculty Research Office using the template is Monday 12 December at 10:00 AM (AEDT). There will be a Faculty review and shortlisting process to select the top 5 applications to proceed to the cross-Faculty review stage.

• Applicants will be notified of the outcome of the cross-Faculty review on or shortly after 10 January 2023. 
• The MRO deadline for compliance checks (via Pure) is 10:00 AM (AEDT) on 16 January 2023.  
• Final applications are due to the funder via the SmartyGrants online portal by 11:59 PM (AEDT) on Sunday 22 January 2023.  

NOTE: Please do not create a Pure record for your EOI. Only applications nominated by Monash for submission to the funder should be entered into Pure.

If you have any queries about the EOI process, please contact the Faculty Research Office (medicine.research@monash.edu).