Australian Leadership Awards Fellowships Round 13 Open
Australian Leadership Awards Fellowships
Round 13 is now OPEN.
Round 13 will close at 5pm AEDT on Wednesday 21 November 2012.
Australian Leadership Awards (ALA) Fellowships aim to develop leadership, address priority regional development issues, and build partnerships and links between Australian organisations and their partner organisations in developing countries in the Asia-Pacific region, Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa and the Middle East.
The ALA Fellowships program engages with a wide cross-section of the Australian community on aid delivery issues and priorities for development. Through ALA Fellowships, Australian organisations have the opportunity to build and strengthen links with organisations in developing countries by offering professional development opportunities in Australia.
The goal of the ALA Fellowships program is to develop appropriately trained current and aspiring leaders in priority areas, who, in the short to medium term, will be in a position to advance key regional policy objectives and increase institutional capacity of partner countries. ALA Fellowships are designed to complement individual bilateral country programs by offering flexible learning opportunities that address current and emerging needs at the country, sub-regional and regional levels.
ALA Fellowships do not lead to academic qualifications. Instead, they are designed to provide short term opportunities for study, research and professional attachment programs in Australia, delivered by Australian organisations, to nominated fellows from eligible countries.
Through ALA Fellowships, Australian organisations can apply for funding to support a range of professional development activities that will build expertise and leadership capacity in eligible countries.
Applications are accepted from Australian organisations only; individuals are not eligible to apply.
Eligible applicants
Australian organisations
Applications are restricted to Australian organisations that can demonstrate ongoing linkages with overseas counterpart organisations in eligible countries.
Examples of eligible Australian organisations include NGOs, academic institutions, research organisations, business, industry, media, professional associations and Government agencies.
Australian organisations can apply for ALA Fellowship funding through a competitive grant process. Important selection criteria include:
the likely impact of the program or activities
the leadership potential and quality of nominated fellows to assume leadership roles and influence policy reform and development outcomes
the level of support from the overseas counterpart organisation(s) and the sustainability of linkages between the Australian organisation and the overseas counterpart organisation(s) and fellows
the capacity of the Australian organisation to support the program or activities.
Overseas counterpart organisations and individual fellows must be sponsored by an Australian organisation, and may not apply directly for an ALA Fellowship. They may, however, initiate contact with an Australian organisation to explore the latter’s interest in applying for Fellowship funding.
ALA Fellowships support a wide variety of areas and sectors. Australian organisations are encouraged to design programs that address priority areas, including disability and development, economic growth, education, environment, food security, gender, governance, health, human rights, infrastructure, mining for development, regional stability, rural development and water and sanitation.
Fellows
Profiles of previous Fellows
Two Fellows attended a three-week intensive program on climate change mitigation in the Pacific. Find out more about this fellowship.
Prospective fellows identified by Australian organisations must be from an eligible country.
Eligible countries—ALA Fellowships
Fellows who are citizens of the following countries are eligible to be nominated for participation by the applying Australian organisation:
Asia Pacific
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Cambodia, Cook Islands, East Timor, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Kiribati, Laos, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Nauru, Nepal, Niue, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Viet Nam, Wallis & Futuna.
Latin America and Caribbean
Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela.
Africa
Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroun, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Republic of Guinea, Rwanda, Sao Tome & Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Middle East
Applications relating to the Palestinian Territories are also eligible.
Typically, they will be professionals already in leadership positions or have a potential to assume leadership roles that can influence social and economic policy reform and development outcomes. Fellows must be supported by their counterpart organsation to participate in the Fellowship.
Prospecive Fellows must also be eligible to enter Australia on an AusAID 576 Student Visa for the duration of the Fellowship. It is the responsibility of the Australian organisation to ensure Fellows are issued with the appropriate visa in enough time to participate in the proposed Fellowship activities.
Please see Section 6 of the Round 13 Fellowship submission guidelines for the full list of Fellow eligibility criteria.
Individuals cannot apply for an ALA Fellowship directly. Individuals may be eligible for other Australia Awards (external website).
Submission guidelines
ALA Fellowships are awarded twice yearly through a competitive selection process. The ALA Fellowships submission guidelines provide detailed information on the application process.
Round 13 Fellowship submission guidelines
How to apply for ALA Fellowships funding
Application process
For Round 13, AusAID is implementing an online application form for the ALA Fellowships program.
Visit the online application page to register and begin an application, or to complete an existing application.
An eligible application consists of the following:
A completed online application form submitted by 5pm AEDT 21 November 2012. The form must include all mandatory attachments (listed below) and be checked and acknowledged at Page 21 by the appropriate Australian organisation office bearer with the authority to commit the organisation to the funding and proposed program.
Documents required to be attached to the online application form (NB you MUST use these AusAID templates, templates are also accessible from within the online application form):
A detailed and accurate budget based on the template provided (Excel template preferred): ALA Fellowships budget template. The following documents may assist in developing your budget:A curriculum vitae (CV) for each nominated Fellow, incorporating individual 'return to work plans', based on the template provided (Word template preferred): ALA Fellowships CV template
Sample budget
Budget tips
Summary details for each nominated Fellow based on the template provided: ALA Fellowships nominated fellows summary
A letter of support from each overseas counterpart organisation, signed at a senior level (no template—if the letters of support are not attached, the application will automatically be deemed ineligible)
An unbound printed hard-copy of your application, including the online submission review page and copies of all supporting documents, should be received by AusAID at the address below by 5pm AEDT on 21 November:
ALA Fellowships Secretariat
AusAID
GPO Box 887
CANBERRA ACT 2601
Street address for courier:
255 London Circuit
CANBERRA ACT 2601
Emailed or faxed applications will not be accepted.
APPLY ONLINE [external website]
Australian Leadership Awards Fellowships Round 13 Open
