{"id":28179,"date":"2025-05-22T08:26:55","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T00:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/?post_type=oasis-news&#038;p=28179"},"modified":"2025-05-27T15:21:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T07:21:15","slug":"expressions-of-interest-are-now-open-for-2026-new-colombo-plan-scholarships","status":"publish","type":"oasis-news","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/oasis-news\/expressions-of-interest-are-now-open-for-2026-new-colombo-plan-scholarships\/","title":{"rendered":"Expressions of interest are now open for 2026 New Colombo Plan scholarships"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Are you interested in studying abroad in Indo-Pacific regions in 2026? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you have passion to lead and serve the community? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Have you developed your resilience and adaptability through your experience? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Are you interested in building and deepening relationship between Australia and surrounding Indo-Pacific regions?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you answer yes to these questions, we encourage you to <strong>express your interest<\/strong> for the prestigious New Colombo Plan scholarship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the scholarship<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The New Colombo Plan (NCP) is an initiative of the Australian Government which aims to <strong>lift knowledge of the Indo-Pacific in Australia<\/strong> and strengthen our people-to-people and institutional relationships, through study, language training and work placement undertaken by Australian undergraduate students in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What is included?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unparalleled opportunities for selected students to undertake long term study and work experience in the Indo-Pacific region. NCP Scholars will be <strong>supported by generous scholarship benefits<\/strong> and a dedicated case manager throughout their program. Benefits include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Travel allowance $3,000 (one-off)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Establishment allowance $3,000 (one-off)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Monthly scholarship allowance up to $3,000<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mental health allowance up to $1,000<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Health and travel insurance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dedicated case manager<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Language training allowance up to $10,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Where applicable, in addition to the above, up to one academic year\u2019s international tuition fees to a max value of $15,000 per semester or $10,000 per trimester directly to the host university (for a fee-paying student who is going to a non-partner university).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How do I express my interest?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To check if you are eligible and to express your interest, please visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/scholarships.curtin.edu.au\/Scholarship\/?id=7598\">Scholarships website<\/a>. Successful expression of interest students will be <strong>nominated from Curtin<\/strong> to apply for this prestigious scholarship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hurry \u2013 expressions of interest close on Sunday 29 June 2025.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Want to know more? Attend the information session!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Curtin Scholarships team are hosting an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/events\/2026-new-colombo-plan-information-session\/\">information session<\/a> on Thursday 29 May, from 1pm to 3pm at 200A.220LT (Bankwest Theatre). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/pages\/responsepage.aspx?id=1wx0WmhXCU2uE_cGsJ-iLDjAu3ISUXZMuE4sMASrjx5UM1ZFR0FSNDJQODNLREZCSVhYRkZSNlNaVS4u\">register online<\/a> before 11pm on Wednesday 28 May as places are limited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your chance to experience unparalleled opportunities to undertake long term study and work experience in the Indo-Pacific region. | Reading time: 2 mins<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4412,"featured_media":22060,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"6052,5170,5650,4795,6196,8388","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","wds_primary_oasis-categories":0,"footnotes":""},"oasis-categories":[142],"class_list":["post-28179","oasis-news","type-oasis-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","oasis-categories-opportunities"],"acf":{"post_options":{"":null,"banner":{"image":false}}},"featured_image":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Semester-Exchange-OASIS-News-1588x500.jpg","author_meta":{"first_name":"Louis","last_name":"Humberstone","display_name":"Louis Humberstone"},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-13 17:29:46","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"oasis-categories","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-news\/28179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oasis-news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-news\/28179\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"oasis-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-categories?post=28179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}