The New Colombo Plan program has opened many doors to past scholars and each agrees that the experience was invaluable in bringing about new opportunities to shape their individual futures and for some, in unexpected ways.

Victorian Jade Bujeya combined her passions for science, community service and travel to complete her New Colombo Plan Scholarship.

Four Reasons to Apply for a New Colombo Plan Experience

2019 New Colombo Plan scholar Sarel Steinauer has been fascinated by other countries and their cultures from a young age.

Highlights from the New Colombo Plan Scholars and Fellows for 2021 event.

The New Colombo Plan Mobility Program provides funding to Australian universities to support Australian undergraduate students to participate in semester-based or short-term study, internships or research in 40 host locations across the Indo-Pacific region.

In accordance with Clause 3.2.2, Teaming Arrangements on page 8 of the EOI document, the following list of organisations have expressed an interest in providing inputs as part of a team response to deliver the Managed Administration and Support Services for the NCP.

The experience of being a New Colombo Plan (NCP) scholar brings with it a multitude of new opportunities, but not everything will always goes the way you may have planned, as some of our alumni attest.

2019 New Colombo Plan scholar Cherry Zheng was driven to apply for an NCP scholarship as the program aligned strongly with her own pursuit of intellectual exploration.

Application for the 2021 New Colombo Plan Scholarship Program close on 18 August 2020. We’ve asked former scholars for their top 5 tips to help you get your application into shape and in on time.

Sam Pearn-Rowe, a graduate of Chemical Engineering, Curtin University, knew little about India before visiting for the first time in 2016 to undertake a six-month New Colombo Plan (NCP) Student Mobility Program. Three years on, he is a frequent visitor, taking advantage of the second largest start-up ecosystem in the world.

New Colombo Plan Alumni Ambassador Rund Alnasser says being awarded a mobility grant to study in Vietnam and Singapore changed her perspective on her future career path. 

For 2019 NCP Fiji Scholar, Naomi Joyce, her scholarship experience strengthened her passion for innovation, boosted her confidence in working in unfamiliar settings, and enabled her to gain invaluable work-ready skills.

A big congratulations to 2018 New Colombo Plan scholar Jake Boudsocq on being awarded a 2020 Victorian Supreme Court Prize for academic excellence!

New Colombo Plan scholar Julia Hill is completing a Bachelor of Music in violin at the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University.

We love hearing about the life changing experiences and expanded horizons of our New Colombo Plan students and Alumni.

Announcing 125 New Colombo Plan Scholarships to talented undergraduates to live, learn and intern in the Indo-Pacific region.

Raymart said the work and study experiences had reinforced his passion for diplomacy and his goal to work in the field after graduation.

Christopher Hams was the first student from Ballarat’s Federation University to be awarded a New Colombo Plan scholarship.

Construction management student Won-Hae Shim decided to undertake her New Colombo Plan scholarship in Nepal.

Sholto Douglas used his 2018 New Colombo Plan Scholarship to pursue his passion for artificial intelligence and machine learning in China.

Inaugural NCP ASEAN fellow Hayley Winchombe made the most of her time in the region, including interning with the ASEAN Foundation in Jakarta.

Mitsui & Co. (Australia) warmly embraced the New Colombo Plan from its launch in 2014.

The NCP Industry Symposium explored ways for business, government & universities to prepare more legal graduates for international careers.

His journey has taken him from Gympie in regional Queensland to the bright lights of Japan’s fifth biggest city, Sapporo.

Cindy Huang chases dream of running her own start-up company

Pratul Awasthi is on a positive and exciting path in life. Much of his confidence stems from his 2014 New Colombo Plan (NCP) scholarship that led to studies at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and an internship with Telstra in the same country.

The New Colombo Plan mobility program recently supported Tim Ha from the University of Western Australia to participate in an Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Humanitarian Design Summit in Cambodia.