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Australia Awards Scholarships

Sri Lanka

Intake 2015

Eligibility Checklist

Potential applicants for an Australia Awards Scholarships in Sri Lanka for Intake 2015 are encouraged to use this checklist to

check whether they maysatisfy the eligibility criteria for an Australia Award in Sri Lanka before they commence an

application. This checklist is not exhaustive and must be read in conjunction with the Country Profile for Sri Lanka for Intake

2015 and the information available at: http://australiaawardssrilanka.org.

Please note that Australia Awards will only be awarded to persons who apply for an Award in the prescribed manner and are

selected through the formal selection process. See for full details of the application and selection process and the conditions

of award at: http://australiaawardssrilanka.org.

Criterion Your Response/Eligibility

Personal Details

Q1 Are you over 18 years of age? Yes please continue to Q2No you are ineligible

Q2 Are you a citizen of Sri Lanka and currently residing in and applying from

Sri Lanka?

Yes please continue to Q3

No you are ineligible

Q3 Are you married, engaged to, or a de facto of a person who holds, or is

eligible to hold, Australian or New Zealand citizenship or permanent

residency?

Yes you are ineligible

No please continue to Q4

Q4 Are you applying for a visa to live in Australia? Yes you are ineligible


Q5 Are you current serving military personnel? Yes you are ineligible


Qualifications

Q6 Do you currently have an educational qualification which is at leastequivalent to an Australian Bachelors degree e.g. honors or Masters

degree from Sri Lanka (or another country)?

Please contact the Australia Awards Office Sri Lanka if you are unsure if yourqualification is accredited & accepted by the Australia Awards

Yes please continue to Q7No you are ineligible

Q7 Are you currently studying abroad? Yes you are ineligible


Previous Scholarships

Q8 Have you received any GoSL or foreign (including Australian) government

scholarship which is 1 year or more in duration?

Please contact the Australia Awards Office Sri Lanka if you are unsure if yourscholarship falls within this category

Yes you are ineligible


Q9 Have you ever received an Australian government scholarship longer than 6

months but less than one year?Please contact the Australia Awards Office Sri Lanka if you are unsure if your

scholarship falls within this category



Q10 Have resided outside of Australia for twice the length of the total time that

you were in Australia for your previous Australian Government scholarship?

(for example, if you were on an Australia Awards Scholarship in Australia for 8

months you will not be eligible to apply for another Australia Awards Scholarshipuntil you have resided outside Australia for 16 months)



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Proposed Study Program

Q11 Does your proposed study program fall within one of the Priority Sectors

and one of the nominated fields of study for that Priority Sector detailed

below?

Priority Sector

(Development Theme)

Field of Study

Education Relating to inclusive, quality education at Primary andSecondary levels. Applicants should be involved in

overall policy, planning or management at the nationalor subnational level.

Health Relating to Water and Sanitation; and Nutrition.Particularly targeted at addressing root causes of

issues in respect of Water and Sanitation; and Nutritionin vulnerable groups in Northern, Eastern,

Sabaragamuwa, Uwa and Central Provinces.

Sustainable economic

growth

Relating to Community Forestry; Rural Development and

Technical Vocational Education & Training (TVET) -particularly targeting areas with strong incomegeneration potential in Northern, Eastern,Sabaragamuwa, Uwa and Central Provinces.

Relating to Public Administration, Financial Managementand Development Economics in any of the areas of

Community Forestry; Rural Development and TVET.


No you are ineligible. If you fall

within one of the Priority Sectors

but not one of the nominated Fields

of Study for that Priority Sector, you

are ineligible unless you change

your proposed field of study

Q12 Is your chosen course of study in Australia at the Masters level & less than

104 weeks in duration?



Work Experience

Q13 If you are working in the PUBLIC SECTOR, can you provide a letter from

your employer confirming that you are confirmed in your current position &

have at least 3 years post qualification experience in the public sector with

2 years in a field relevant to the proposed course of study?

If you are working in the PRIVATE SECTOR, can you provide a letter from

your employer confirming that you have at least 3 years post qualification

experience in a field relevant to the proposed course of study?



English Language Proficiency

Q14 Do you have a minimum IELTS overall score of 6.5 (Academic module) with

no band less than 6.0; or a TOEFL paper-based test score of at least 580, or

a TOEFL computer based test score of at least 92, with a minimum of 21 in

all subtests; or a Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic) overall

score of 58, with no communicative skill score less than 50, which will still

be valid on 1 January 2015?#

Yes youmaybe eligible. We

encourage you to investigate

further at:

http://australiaawardssrilanka.org

No you are ineligible unless you

can satisfy this criterion & submit

the results sheet along with your

scholarship application by 30 April

2014

Supporting Documentation

Q15 Can you submit all the supporting documents required* along with your

application?

Yes youmaybe eligible. We

encourage you to investigate further at:

http://australiaawardsssrilanka.org

No you are ineligible unless you

can satisfy this criterion by 30 April

2014

# Awardees must meet the English language requirement of their course which may be higher than these levels. Check your chosen

Universitys website for details.

*List of required documents can be found in the Sri Lanka Country Profile for Intake 2015 available at: http://australiaawardssrilanka.org.

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