Australia Awards Scholarships

Sri Lanka
Intake 2016

Eligibility Checklist
Potential applicants for an Australia Awards Scholarship in Sri Lanka for Intake 2016 are encouraged to use this checklist to
check whether they may satisfy the eligibility criteria for an Australia Award in Sri Lanka before they commence an
application. This checklist is not exhaustive and must be read in conjunction with the Country Profile for Sri Lanka for Intake
2016 and other information available at: http://www.australiaawardssouthasia.org/how-to-apply/sri-lanka
Please note that Australia Awards Scholarships will only be awarded to persons who apply for an Award in the prescribed
manner and are selected through the formal selection process. Full details of the application and selection process and the
conditions of award are available at: http://www.australiaawardssouthasia.org/how-to-apply/sri-lanka
Criterion

Your Response/Eligibility

Personal Details
Yes please continue to Q2
Q1

Are you over 18 years of age?

Q2

Are you a citizen of Sri Lanka and currently residing in and

applying from Sri Lanka?

Q3

Are you married, engaged to, or a de facto of a person who holds,

or is eligible to hold, Australian or New Zealand citizenship or
permanent residency?

Q4

Are you applying for a visa to live in Australia?

Q5

Are you current serving military personnel?

No you are ineligible

Yes please continue to Q3
No you are ineligible
Yes you are ineligible
No please continue to Q4
Yes you are ineligible
No please continue to Q5
Yes you are ineligible
No please continue to Q6

Qualifications

Q6

Do you currently have an educational qualification which is at

least equivalent to an Australian Bachelors degree e.g. honors or
Masters degree from Sri Lanka (or another country)?
Please check the Education Qualification Equivalence Guide or check
with your proposed Australian university if you are unsure if your
qualification is accredited & accepted by the Australia Awards

Q7

Are you currently studying abroad?

Yes please continue to Q7

No you are ineligible

Yes you are ineligible

No please continue to Q8

Previous Scholarships

Q8

Have you received any Government of Sri Lanka or foreign

government scholarship which is 1 year or more in duration?
Please contact the Australia Awards Office Sri Lanka if you are unsure
if your scholarship falls within this category

Yes you are ineligible

No please continue to Q9

Q9

Have you ever received an Australian government scholarship

longer than 6 months but less than one year?
Please contact the Australia Awards Office Sri Lanka if you are unsure
if your scholarship falls within this category

Q10

Have resided outside of Australia for twice the length of the total
time that you were in Australia for your previous Australian
Government scholarship?
(For example, if you were on an Australia Awards Scholarship in
Australia for 8 months you will not be eligible to apply for another
Australia Awards Scholarship until you have resided outside Australia
for 16 months)

Yes please continue to Q10

No please continue to Q11

Yes please continue to Q11

No you are ineligible

Proposed Study Program

Does your proposed study program fall within one of the Priority
Sectors and one of the nominated fields of study for that Priority
Sector detailed below?

Priority Sector
(Development Theme)

Fields of Study

Relating to improving education quality and

building an inclusive quality school system
at primary and secondary levels.
Education

Q11
Governance

Applicants should be involved in overall

policy, planning or management at the
national or subnational level including
Curriculum Development and Teacher
Education.

Including:

Development Studies

Law including International Law,

Human Rights Law, and Legal Policy

Public Administration

Public Financial Management

Public Policy

Yes please continue to Q12

No you are ineligible. If you fall within
one of the Priority Sectors but not one
of the nominated Fields of Study for
that Priority Sector, you are ineligible
unless unless you change your
proposed field of study

Including:

Development Economics and Rural

Development targeted at supporting
communities, particularly in Northern,
Eastern, Sabaragamuwa, and Uwa
Sustainable Economic
Provinces, and creating links to
Development
markets to generate incomes and
reduce vulnerability

relating to the development of high

quality and accessible vocational
training that is well aligned to labour
markets.

Q12

Is your chosen course of study in Australia at the Masters level &

less than 104 weeks in duration?

Yes please continue to Q13

No you are ineligible

Work Experience

Q13

If you are working in the PUBLIC SECTOR, can you provide a

letter from your employer confirming that you are confirmed in
your current position & have at least 3 years post qualification
experience in the public sector with 2 years in a field relevant to
the proposed course of study?
If you are working in the PRIVATE SECTOR, can you provide a
letter from your employer confirming that you have at least 3
years post qualification experience in a field relevant to the
proposed course of study?

Yes please continue to Q14

No you are ineligible

English Language Proficiency

Were you born or working in Northern, Eastern, Sabaragamuwa
or Uwa Province; OR
Are you a person with a disability; OR
Are you working in the disability area?
Q14

[Note: Under Australian law, disability includes physical, intellectual,

psychiatric, sensory, neurological and learning disability, physical
disfigurement, and the presence in the body of disease-causing
organisms. People with disability who are otherwise eligible are
encouraged to apply for an Australia Award.]

Q15

Do you have:
a minimum IELTS (Academic module) overall score of 6.5 with
no individual band less than 6.0; OR
a TOEFL paper-based test score of at least 580, or a TOEFL
computer based test score of at least 92, with a minimum of
21 in all subtests; OR
a Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic) overall
score of 58, with no communicative skill score less than 50,
which will still be valid on 1 January 2016?
[Note: Awardees must meet the English language requirement of their
course which may be higher than these levels. Check your chosen
Universitys website for details.]

Q16

Do you have:
a minimum IELTS (Academic module) overall score of 6.0 with
no individual band less than 5.0; OR
an equivalent TOEFL paper-based/internet based test score,
which will still be valid on 1 January 2016?
[Note: Awardees must meet the English language requirement of their
course which may be higher than these levels. Check your chosen
Universitys website for details.]

Yes please continue to Q16

No please continue to Q15

Yes you may be eligible. We

encourage you to investigate further at:
http://www.australiaawardssouthasia.or
g/how-to-apply/sri-lanka
No you are ineligible unless you can
satisfy this criterion & submit the
results sheet along with your
scholarship application by 30 April
2015

Yes you may be eligible. We

encourage you to investigate further at:
http://www.australiaawardssouthasia.or
g/how-to-apply/sri-lanka
No you are ineligible unless you can
satisfy this criterion & submit the
results sheet along with your
scholarship application by 30 April
2015

Supporting Documentation

Q17

Can you submit all the supporting documents required along with
your application?
[Note: List of required documents can be found in the Sri Lanka
Country Profile for Intake 2016 available at:
http://www.australiaawardssouthasia.org/how-to-apply/sri-lanka]

Yes you may be eligible. We

encourage you to investigate further at:
http://australiaawardsssrilanka.org
No you are ineligible unless you can
satisfy this criterion by 30 April 2014