The 2019 New Colombo Plan Scholars have been announced with 125 scholarships awarded to students to study in the Indo-Pacific region.

We are delighted to announce that the following 2019 New Colombo Plan Scholars will undertake study in Indonesia through – and with the assistance of – the Australian Consortium for ‘In-Country’ Indonesian Studies (ACICIS). Through their study in Indonesia, these students are set to gain a deeper understanding of of Australia’s near northern neighbour, while developing their Indonesian language and cross-cultural communication skills. We look forward to seeing the contribution made by these 2019 NCP Scholars to the strengthening of the Australia-Indonesia relationship into the future.

Semester 1, 2019

Balram Dhillon (The University of Melbourne) – Flexible Language Immersion ProgramGadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta

Cameron Allan (ASEAN Fellow) (The Australian National University) – Flexible Language Immersion ProgramGadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta & West Java Field Study, Parahyangan Catholic University, Bandung

Dana Throssell (The Australian National University) – Flexible Language Immersion ProgramGadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta & West Java Field Study, Parahyangan Catholic University, Bandung

Liam McFadzean-Lodge (The University of Melbourne) – Flexible Language Immersion ProgramGadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta

Miranda Lucas (Monash University) – Development Studies Immersion ProgramGadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta

Zachary Look (Griffith University) – Flexible Language Immersion ProgramGadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta & East Java Field Study, Muhammadiyah University, Malang

Semester 2, 2019

Adam Hegedus (UNSW Australia) – Development Studies Immersion ProgramGadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta

Bethany Hosking (Monash University) – Flexible Language Immersion ProgramGadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta

Clare McBride-Kelly (The Australian National University) – Flexible Language Immersion ProgramGadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta & West Java Field Study, Parahyangan Catholic University, Bandung

Grace Williams (The University of Tasmania) – Indonesian Business, Law & Society Program, Islamic University of Indonesia, Yogyakarta

Jack Collard (Fellow and Indigenous Fellow) (The University of Western Australia) – Flexible Language Immersion ProgramGadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta

Lucas Cary (The University of Western Australia) – Agriculture Semester Program, Bogor Agricultural University, Bogor

Madeleine McGarvey (RMIT University) – West Java Field Study, Parahyangan Catholic University, Bandung

Congratulations to all New Colombo Plan Scholars! ACICIS Study Indonesia looks forward to receiving these students on our in-country semester programs in 2019.