The Australia Awards aim to promote knowledge, education links and
enduring ties between Australia and our neighbours through Australia’s
extensive scholarship programs.
The Australia Awards are comprised of two streams: an achievement stream
that targets the best and brightest students, researchers and
professionals to come to Australia and for Australians to do the same
offshore;
and a development stream that builds capacity in developing countries.
The Australia Awards initiative will, over time, build a new generation of global leaders with strong links to Australia.
The Australia Awards brings the Australian Agency for International
Development (AusAID) and the Department of Education, Employment and
Workplace Relations (DEEWR) scholarships together under the Australia
Awards program.