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Australia Awards in Indonesia

The Australia Awards are prestigious, transformational scholarships and short courses offered to emerging leaders for study, research and professional development in Australia

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Alvi Kusuma Wardani — HSP Recipient. Alvi presented her research at Biomolecular Horizons in Melbourne, gaining connections with Australian researchers. At ICAPPS in Yogya, she reconnected with colleagues and explored collaborations, including with BRIN.
Alvi Kusuma Wardani — HSP Recipient. Alvi presented her research at Biomolecular Horizons in Melbourne, gaining connections with Australian researchers. At ICAPPS in Yogya, she reconnected with colleagues and explored collaborations, including with BRIN.

Hadi Soesastro Prize

The Hadi Soesastro Prize honours one of Indonesia’s most eminent thinkers, the late Professor Hadi Soesastro, a great friend of Australia. Professor Soesastro was an economist, academic and public intellectual with close personal, intellectual and policy connections to Australia, who made major contributions to Asia-Pacific cooperation and development in Indonesia.

The Hadi Soesastro Prize is offered to Australia Awards PhD scholars to support personal development and networking opportunities. Prizes in the form of grant funding are provided for discrete activities that enhance the potential for scholars as future alumni to contribute to the achievement of AAI’s five intermediate outcomes, namely:

  1. Indonesian alumni apply new knowledge and skills within their organisations and professional contexts.
  2. Indonesian alumni leverage their strengthened networks in their professional contexts.
  3. Women, people with disability, alumni from equity target provinces  and other marginalised groups exercise enhanced leadership and empowerment.
  4. AAI Alumni perceive Australia and Australia society positively.
  5. Relevant alumni and Indonesian organisation strengthen their collaboration.

Grants are provided for discrete activities that support AAI scholars currently undertaking PhD level study in Australia to:

  • apply new knowledge and skills within their organisations and professions
  • strengthen and leverage their networks
  • take up leadership opportunities and empower others to lead
  • strengthen their connections with Australia
  • collaborate with one another

Eligibility

  • The Hadi Soesastro Prize (HSP) is open to AAI scholars currently undertaking PhD level study in Australia.

Grant Features

  • Preference to grant proposals in the range of AUD 3,000 - 10,000
  • Reimbursement for expenses and direct payment to service providers are the preferred methods of funding. Advances will be considered, but are less preferred.

Indicative Activities

Grants are for discrete, one-off activities, not complex projects with multiple inputs. Activities are specific tasks that will have an immediate impact on specific outcomes, as opposed to projects which are comprehensive initiatives with coordinated, sustained efforts. Grant-funded activities should have a clearly identified activity completion milestone.

Eligible activities include:

  • Delivering or attending training, workshops and seminars (one training event, workshop or seminar per grant)
  • Personal or professional development courses (one course per grant, course duration not exceeding three months).
  • Professional networking events (one event per grant).
  • Activities that form part of AAI short course award projects (single activity input per grant).
  • Capacity building, mentoring or coaching (one event, session or activity per grant).
  • Academic research and research-related activities (if field research, one field visit only per grant, research duration three months).
  • Knowledge and technology transfer (one event, session or activity per grant).
  • Public awareness campaigns (campaign duration no longer than three months).

Grant-funded activities should be undertaken within three months of the awarding of the grant with a clearly identified activity completion milestone.

Grant Guidelines

We encourage eligible scholars seeking grant opportunities to download and review the following documents for a complete understanding of the AAI grant requirements.

How to apply

Grant applications can be submitted online using the following link:

HSP Application

Applicants with disability are encouraged to inform AAI should assistance is required to fill out the online application.

Please complete the application for the Hadi Soesastro Prize 2025 Round 1 and submit it before 16 February 2025, at 11:45 PM WIB (Western Indonesia Time).

Applications should address all they key questions written in the application form.

Applications may be deemed ineligible if they are incomplete or do not address the selection criteria.

Unsuccessful applicants and previous grantees are welcome to submit applications in subsequent application rounds.

Late submissions will not be accepted.

If you have any questions about the Hadi Soesastro Prize, please contact us at Grants@australiaawardsindonesia.org and use the subject line: “Queries – HSP 2025”.


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