How To Apply

 

Applications are now open. Click here to apply.

 

ELIGIBILITY

To be eligible for a PMPA Awards, candidates must be:

  • a postgraduate Australian Development Scholarship (ADS) or Australian Leadership Award Scholarship (ALAS) student from one of the following countries: Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, East Timor, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis & Futuna
  • completing their ADS or ALAS studies in Semester 2 of 2012 or Semester 1 of 2013
  • not in receipt of an Allison Sudrajat or Greg Urwin award
  • not applying for an upgrade from a Masters to a PhD degree


APPLICATION PROCESS

  1. Eligible students submit an application using the online application form. The Program Manager is available to provide advice and guidance on the completion of the application.
  2. The application should include:details of any community or university activities in which the applicant is involved either in Australia or their home country; work placement objectives (applicants are not required to name a prospective host organisation at the time of application); a statement outlining the relevance of the proposed work placement to the applicant's studies, the applicant's future career and the applicant's home organisation or country, inlcuding potential on-going relationship opportunities.
  3. Applicants must also submit a CV. An academic transcript is not required at the time of application.

 

SELECTION CRITERIA

 

Applicants will be assessed against the following criteria:

  1. Personal attributes: contribution to and involvement in community and university activities both in Australia and in their home country, demonstrated leadership capacity/ potential
  2. Work placement proposal: relevance of the proposed work placement to the applicant's academic/ employment background and future career plans, relevance of the prosposed work placement and future plans to the development of the applicant's home country/ region
  3. Sustained academic achievement

  

APPLICATION TIMELINE

Applications Open: Now. Click here to apply.

Applications Close: 20 May 2012

Interviews for short-listed candidates: June/ July 2012

Notification of awards: mid-September 2012

Placements begin: within four months of the awardee completing their postgraduate studies