Eligibility

To be eligible for a Scholarship, and to remain eligible during the Scholarship Program if a Scholarship is awarded, applicants must:

• be an Australian citizen;
• not be a current citizen or permanent resident of their proposed host location(s);
• be enrolled in and undertaking, until completion of all components of the NCP Scholarship Program, at least one Bachelor Degree, Honours Degree or eligible undergraduate language-focused course at an Australian campus of an Australian university;
• be between 18 and 30 years of age (inclusive) for non-Indigenous applicants, or between 18 and 35 years of age (inclusive) for Indigenous applicants, on 1 January 2027;
• not be a previous recipient of an NCP Scholarship; and
• not be an employee of the branch of DFAT or the contractor that administers the NCP.

Scholars must continue to meet these eligibility requirements during the term of their Scholarship.

Note: As of the most recent round of NCP Scholarship Guidelines, scholars may not undertake any components of the scholarship after completing the final credits of their Australian bachelor degree. This means that if your semester exchange/ISA will be the final semester of your degree, your scholarship period will end at the end of that semester exchange/ISA.

Please note that these eligibility criteria are based on the 2026 round of applications. These are subject to change when DFAT releases their guidelines for the 2027 round.