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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.

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.

If you have been nominated by your university, you will receive an email inviting you to apply for a New Colombo Plan Scholarship. You will have to write and submit the application by the closing date.

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!