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Australia Awards

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 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), the Department of Industry, Innovation, Climate Change, Science, Research and Tertiary Education (DIICCSRTE) and the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) scholarships together under the Australia Awards program.

A variety of educational, research and professional development opportunities are available through:

Work to establish the Australia Awards commenced in 2010.

Reports

For more highlights, facts, figures and alumni stories, read:

Cover of Australia Awards 2011 Annual Prograss Report.
2011 Annual Progress Report
Australia Awards Board Chair, Professor Geoff Gallop, providing the first copy of the Annual Progress Report to Minister Carr at a meeting in Sydney on 17 August 2012.
Australia Awards Board Chair, Professor Geoff Gallop, providing the first copy of the 2011 Annual Progress Report to Minister Carr at a meeting in Sydney on 17 August 2012.