Penghargaan Alumni Australia 2025

Australian alumni represent an extraordinary community of leaders, innovators, and change-makers. With over 200,000 alumni in Indonesia, including senior government officials, business leaders, entrepreneurs, researchers, and community advocates, they are at the forefront of building stronger partnerships between Australia and Indonesia.

Through their work, alumni are contributing to economic growth, security, sustainability, and social progress in both countries. Individually and collectively, they are helping to shape the world around them, as globally mobile, highly skilled alumni, empowered by a world-class Australian education.

The 2025 Australian Alumni Awards, supported by the Australian Embassy in Indonesia, provide the highest recognition for alumni who have demonstrated exceptional achievements at local, national, and international levels. These awards are a platform to celebrate success, share inspiring stories, and highlight the powerful impact of Australian education on Indonesia’s future.

Explore the Awards Criteria and nominate an eligible alumnus before 28 October 2025 at this link. Self-nominations are welcome.

Why the Alumni Awards Matter

The Alumni Awards are not only a celebration of individual excellence but also a recognition of the wider alumni community’s role in advancing Australia-Indonesia relations. By honouring award recipients, we aim to:

• Recognise and showcase the significant contributions of Australian alumni in diverse professional fields.
• Position alumni as ambassadors for Australia, demonstrating the long-term value of Australian education.
• Inspire current and future alumni to pursue excellence, innovation, and leadership.
• Highlight Australia as a world-class education destination for prospective Indonesian students.
• Broaden and deepen people-to-people links between Australia and Indonesia.

Every nomination is an opportunity to showcase how alumni are leading change, whether in government, business, academia, community service, or social innovation.

Alumni Awards Categories

The 2025 Alumni Awards will recognise achievements in three categories:

1. Alumni of the Year

Celebrates visionary leadership and a minimum of a decade of professional excellence, with proven impact at the national or international level.

2. Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award

Recognises alumni who have introduced groundbreaking innovations, built successful enterprises, or conducted research with transformative impact for Indonesia and Australia.

3. Promoting Women’s Empowerment and Social Inclusion Award

Honours alumni who are advancing gender equality, women’s empowerment, and social inclusion, fostering opportunities for women, people with disabilities, indigenous people, and other underrepresented groups.

Who Can Apply?

• Open to all Indonesian nationals who have graduated from a recognised Australian tertiary institution (including short-term tertiary courses).
• Past award winners are not eligible, but previous applicants are welcome to reapply.
• Self-nominations are welcome.
• Third-party nominations are welcome, including from universities, employers, professional associations, and community members.

We especially encourage nominations for alumni from disadvantaged backgrounds, people with disabilities, alumni from equity target provinces, and indigenous people.

Need inspiration? Read stories of past award winners here.

How to Nominate

Submit your nominations here by 28 October 2025.

If you are nominating yourself or someone else, please prepare the following:

• A current biography or CV.
• Personal stories, e.g. your/their experience of studying in Australia and how this has contributed to your/their achievements;
• Supporting materials such as awards, certificates, publications, or media coverage.
• Additional references (e.g. project websites, multimedia content, testimonials).

Criteria for Selection

1. Alumni of the Year

Recognises visionary leadership and a minimum decade of professional excellence with national/international impact. Selection criteria:

• Demonstrated visionary leadership and innovation and best practice at a national or international level;
• Evidence of outstanding contribution to, and recognition by, their profession or industry at a national or international level;
• Demonstrated commitment and contribution to fostering linkages between Australia and Indonesia, particularly within the sphere of diplomatic relations

2. Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award

Recognises exceptional entrepreneurial or research-based innovation that contributes to Indonesia and Australia’s priorities. This can include the creation of a successful enterprise, creative new ideas/designs/products for industry, innovative research findings, or recognition for outstanding entrepreneurial leadership.

Selection criteria:

• Demonstrated excellent achievements in the areas of innovation and entrepreneurship. This can include the creation of/significant involvement in the founding of a successful enterprise, creative new ideas/designs/products for the industry, innovative research findings, or recognition for outstanding entrepreneurial leadership;
• Evidence of outstanding contribution to, and recognition by, their profession or industry;
• Demonstrated commitment/contribution to promoting linkages between Australia and Indonesia.

3. Promoting Women’s Empowerment and Social Inclusion Award

Recognises contributions by an alumnus towards promoting gender equality, women’s empowerment, and social inclusion in the areas of leadership, decision-making, promoting women’s economic empowerment and ending violence against women and children, and fostering diversity and social inclusion by improving the ability and opportunity of women, persons with disabilities, and indigenous people in fully participating in political, economic, and social life.

Selection criteria:

• Demonstrated personal commitment to principles and values of fairness, equality, equity and leadership;
• Evidence of outstanding contributions to, and recognition by, the community and their profession towards promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment and ending violence against women and children; and, promoting diversity and social inclusion by improving the ability and opportunity of women, persons with disabilities, and indigenous people in fully participating in political, economic, and social life;
• Demonstrated commitment/contribution to promoting linkages between Australia and Indonesia.

The Selection Panel may also consider:

• The level of difficulty of the achievement.
• Individual versus group efforts.
• The scale and significance of the impact.

Selection Process

1. Shortlisting: Nominations are reviewed by Australia Awards in Indonesia (AAI), in consultation with the Australian Embassy, for eligibility and completeness.
2. Assessment: The Awards Selection Panel, comprising representatives from AAI and the Australian Embassy Jakarta, assesses shortlisted nominations against the criteria.
3. Final Approval: Recommended candidates are submitted to the Australian Embassy for final consideration.
4. Notification: Nominators and winners are advised of the outcome.

Key dates

Help us celebrate excellence! Nominate yourself or an outstanding alumnus by 28 October 2025: https://oz.link/awards2025.

For more information, please read the FAQs here.