New Colombo Plan Scholarships
The New Colombo Plan (NCP) Scholarship Program involves a highly competitive student application process where Monash University selects up to 15 students who will be nominated to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) for their consideration. The 2025 scholarship program provides prestigious scholarships in Australia, to support high-achieving students to undertake a semester (or year-long) exchange or study abroad program at a higher education institution commencing on or between 1 January 2025 and 15 December 2025.
The NCP, launched in 2014, aims to lift knowledge in Australia of the Indo-Pacific by supporting Australian undergraduates to study and undertake internships in the region. The strategic objective of the NCP is to strengthen Australia’s regional standing by building a diverse cohort of Australian alumni with deeper Indo-Pacific knowledge, capability and connections. The intended outcomes of the NCP are:
- increased number and diversity of Australian university undergraduates with Indo-Pacific capability;
- deeper people-to-people and institutional relationships between Australia and the Indo-Pacific, and
- students and alumni connected with leaders in government, business and civil society in the Indo-Pacific.
See here for an article about the 2024 Monash cohort and their planned programs.
Information Session
To learn more, we encourage you to attend one of our NCP Scholarship information sessions.
Am I eligible to apply?
How can I get nominated by Monash?
What are the host locations for New Colombo Plan Scholars?
Applications
Click the button below to submit your applications to Monash Abroad for the 2025 round of NCP Scholarships. The deadline for submissions to Monash Abroad is the 17th of May at 4pm AEST. Ensure that you meet the eligibility requirements above.
Please note that you will also have to submit a separate application with Monash Abroad for a semester exchange/independent study abroad, for either Semester 1, 2025 or Semester 2, 2025. You can apply through the host institution brochure page on the Monash Abroad Program Search.