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Applications for the 2011 intake are now closed.

Important Note: preference will be given to candidates that are associated with one or more of the three Australia-Africa Agricultural Research Partnerships being funded under the Australian Food Security Program in Africa: ACIAR-CIMMYT; CSIRO-BecA; and CSIRO-CORAF.

 
Application Process:
  1. Carefully read the information given in the PhD Application Pack – click here to download it in Microsoft Word 1997-2003 format, or click here for PDF format.
  2. Check your eligibility against the ‘Desired Applicant Profile’ requirements outlined on the second page of the Application Pack.
  3. Submit the documents shown in (2) below to GRM International at the details given in (6) below by 30 June 2010.  Incomplete applications may be rejected.
  4. Candidates that are shortlisted for interview will be contacted.  Interviews are currently scheduled for August 2010  (although this may be subject to change so please keep checking this website). If you are not contacted by end July 2010 you should assume your application was unsuccessful.
  5. After the interviews, all interviewees will be given an information session explaining the rest the ADS and visa application processes.
  6. All interviewees will be notified around mid-to-late-September 2010 whether they are Priority or Reserve candidates, or unsuccessful.

Applicants that do not meet the eligibility criteria will be disqualified.


(2) Application Documents

Applicants  are invited to forward the following documents for consideration:

Failure to complete the application form and submit all documentation requested will lead to automatic disqualification. No undergraduate nominations will be considered.


Important note: preference will be given to candidates that are associated with one or more of the three Australia-Africa Agricultural Research Partnerships being funded under the Australian Food Security Program in Africa: ACIAR-CIMMYT; CSIRO-BecA; and CSIRO-CORAF.


(3) ADS Category

Not applicable.


(4) Priority Sectors

  • Agricultural PhD Research

(5) Closing date for Receipt of Applications

30 June 2010

(6) Address for Application Submissions

Physical Address:
GRM International
Africa ADS Programme
2nd Floor, Hatfield Plaza South Tower, 1122 Burnett Street
Hatfield, 0028, Pretoria
South Africa


Postal Address:
Private Bag X38, Hatfield, 0028
Pretoria, South Africa


Telephone:  +27 (0) 12 362 4360
Facsimile:  +27 (0) 86 602 3719
Email: application@adsafrica.org; or leannez@adsafrica.org


(7) English Language Proficiency:

To gain admission to an Australian University applicants will need to have a level of English language competency as indicated by at least an overall band of 6.5 in an International English Language Testing System (IELTS) test that was taken not before September 2009. Alternatively, candidates may provide one of the following proofs of English language proficiency.

  1. Candidates that have studied at a University within the last five years which instructed in English may present an official letter from that institution indicating that the medium of instruction was English. Click here for an example.
  2. Candidates that have been out of University for longer than five years, but have worked recently in a professional environment that used English as the main language, may present a letter signed by their employer confirming that English was the medium of interaction in the workplace. Click here for an example.

If a candidate’s tertiary education or current medium of interaction is a language other than English, the candidate may be required to sit an IELTS test and undertake English Language Training prior to being offered a scholarship.  For further Information on IELTS click here.


Please click here for a PDF version of the Australian Development Scholarships Handbook.
 It details conditions relating to eligibility and payment of entitlements.