CFPs: Australia Awards Scholarships in Tonga

Priority Areas

• The priority areas of study for eligible Tonga are:
  • Governance and Economics – including governance, public policy, public financial management, and accounting.
  • Health – all clinical qualifications, community and public health, and allied health qualifications particularly physiotherapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy, exercise physiology, and nutrition and dietetics.
  • Infrastructure – engineering, surveying, and aviation policy and management.
  • Sciences – all scientific fields, including environmental management, agriculture, aquaculture / fisheries, energy, and climate change and disaster preparedness and resilience.
  • Education – teaching qualifications, policy and management.
  • Information Technology and Cyber Security.
  • Community Development and Inclusion – community and social development, including gender equality studies and disability inclusion.

Benefits

• Scholarship recipients will receive the following:
  • Return air travel
  • A one-off establishment allowance on arrival
  • Full tuition fees
  • Contribution to living expenses
  • Introductory academic program
  • Overseas student health cover for the duration of the scholarship
  • Supplementary academic support
  • Fieldwork allowance for research students and masters by coursework which has a compulsory fieldwork component

Eligibility Criteria

• In addition to the eligibility requirements, candidates from Tonga must also meet the following conditions:
  • Applicant must not have been terminated from a course of study in the five (5) years preceding time of application.
  • Recipients under the Newington Program who have completed their secondary school education in Australia in the year prior are eligible to apply for a long-term Australia Awards.
  • Applicant must not be a dual citizen with either Australia or New Zealand, hold permanent residency in Australia or New Zealand or be applying for a visa to live in Australia or New Zealand permanently.
  • Applicant must not have held a long-term scholarship to study outside their home country in the 24 months preceding to time of application. In-country awards do not apply in this instance.
  • Australia Awards (Master’s & PhD) applicants must have at least three years’ work experience in the chosen field of study.

Application Requirements

• Proof of citizenship i.e. birth certificate / passport if available and photographic identification i.e. student card / drivers licence if passport is not available
• Tertiary degree certificates
• Academic transcripts (where they are not in English please provide an English translation)
• IELTS, TOEFL or PTE academic results (English language test results will be requested separately if required)
• Academic referee report with Institution stamp:
  • 2 x if applying for Masters/PhD by Research
  • 1 x if applying for Master’s by coursework
• Employment referee report
• Academic reference letter with stamp and an employment reference letter with stamp (if you have worked or are currently working)
• Curriculum vitae (CV)/Resume
• Development impact plan

For more information, visit Australian Government.