Destination Australia Program 2024 (Round 5)
Tender ID: 531656
Tender Details
Tender Description
The Australian Government is inviting applications through a targeted competitive process to apply to deliver services under the – International Education Support program – Destination Australia Program 2024 (Round 5) from 2023–24 to 2026–27.
The grant program provides grants to Australian tertiary education providers in regional areas to offer scholarships to domestic and international students. The program includes funding to administer and promote those scholarships and promote tertiary education in regional Australia more broadly.
The objectives of the grant opportunity are to:
- support higher education and Vocational Education and Training (VET) providers in regional Australia to provide scholarships to domestic and international students to study in regional Australia
- facilitate domestic and international students completing an Australian qualification at a higher education or VET provider in regional Australia
- help fix areas of skills shortages and fill future skills needs by awarding scholarships to domestic and international students studying courses that are aligned with the Australian Government’s National Skills Priority List
- in addition, enable domestic students from underrepresented groups to access tertiary education in regional Australia.
The intended outcomes of the grant opportunity are:
- the sustainability and growth of tertiary education providers and communities in regional Australia
- scholarship students encouraged to live and work in regional Australia post-study
- regions share in the social, cultural, and economic benefits of our international education sector.
Eligibility:
Please note this application process is for eligible tertiary education providers only and is not for students who wish to apply for a scholarship in 2024.
You are eligible to apply for this grant opportunity if you can demonstrate that you meet all of the following criteria:
- you are a registered Australian tertiary education provider
- if you intend to provide scholarships to international students – you are currently registered on the Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students (CRICOS)
- your campus location at which scholarship students will study is entirely or in part in a regional area.
Grant Activity Timeframe:
Application period - 14 July 2023 to 10 August 2023
Assessment of applications - Early September 2023
Approval of outcomes of selection process - Early November 2023
Notification to unsuccessful applicants - Mid November 2023
Negotiations and award of grant agreements - December 2023
Earliest start date of grant activity - January 2024
End date of grant activity - As stated in your grant agreement, if successful.
Location
New South Wales : Central West : Far North Coast : Far West : Hunter : Illawarra : Mid North Coast : Murray : New England : Orana : Riverina : Southern Highlands : Sydney
Queensland : Cairns & Far North Queensland : Gladstone : Mackay Whitsunday Region : Mount Isa & North West Region : Rockhampton : South East Queensland : South West & Darling Downs : The Central West : Townsville : Wide Bay Burnett
Victoria : Barwon South West : Gippsland : Grampians : Hume : Loddon Mallee : Melbourne
South Australia : Adelaide : Eyre & Western : Far North : Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island : Limestone Coast : Murray & Mallee : York & Mid North
Northern Territory : Big Rivers : Central Australia : East Arnhem : Greater Darwin
Australian Capital Territory
Tasmania
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