New Colombo Plan news

Lyndon Davis led a First Nations study tour to K’gari and the Sunshine Coast last month, giving New Colombo Plan scholars a better understanding of First Nations’ practices.

The 2014 New Colombo Plan scholar is now the Deputy Director of the Global Institute for Women's Leadership at the Australian National University. 

Iain Payne has developed strong connections with Nepal over the past 13 years as a volunteer, student, intern and consultant.

For 15 Flinders University students, studying marine biology, animal behaviour, and biodiversity and conservation, the chance to learn critical scientific skills in Palau through a New Colombo Plan mobility project has nurtured a renewed enthusiasm for their research and their future careers. 

New Colombo Plan alumnus Oliver Pang is part of the green technology innovation movement. And it is through the myriad of startups founded by passionate individuals determined to make a difference, that he believes global transformation can happen.

Third-year Bachelor of Science student at Griffith University, Jordan McGrath has a passion for global conservation and using his mathematical mind to solve environmental problems.

Jenna Hawes says her time in the Republic of Korea and India gave her experiences that were instrumental in building her career in international development.

Only about 400 Australians visit Mongolia each year and in 2017, Dr Josh Tobin was one of them. He says his month-long New Colombo Plan mobility placement in Mongolia was a revelation.

As an undergraduate student of Human Biology at the University of Western Australia, Anton Lucanus intended to return to Australia to study medicine after completing his New Colombo Plan (NCP) Scholarship in Indonesia in 2015.

150 Australian undergraduates will be awarded New Colombo Plan (NCP) Scholarships at an awards ceremony at Parliament House in Canberra on 5 December 2023.