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01 February 2026

Apply Now for an Australia Awards Scholarship

Are you a future leader from Indonesia aspiring to pursue a Masters or PhD at an Australian university? Apply for an Australia Awa... Read more

Stories

11 February 2026

Overcoming Impostor Syndrome, Lilik Astari Strives to Unlock the Potential of ‘Worthless’ Material

Lilik Astari understands that science can be a daunting career path for girls and women. She has drawn on her resilience and relat... Read more

10 February 2026

Lely Hiryanto Uses Technology to Support Children with Disabilities

For Lely Hiryanto, having the opportunity to study overseas has not only given her greater knowledge, confidence and a broader net... Read more

28 January 2026

Ahmad Agus Setiawan Leads Clean Energy Transitions Through Knowledge and Policy

Ahmad Agus Setiawan’s interest in clean energy began with a wire-screen window in his elementary school in Yogyakarta. From... Read more

28 January 2026

Positive Energy: Dessy Amalia Investigates Future Battery Solutions

When Dessy Amalia decided to pursue her PhD, she knew there would be challenges,from finding a scholarship and supervisor to juggl... Read more

12 January 2026

Hijroatul Maghfiroh: Addressing Ecological Challenges through Interfaith Environmentalism

Hijroatul Maghfiroh believes that small changes will eventually add up to something impactful. This hope has guided her to plant t... Read more

12 January 2026

Zulfan Herman: Balancing Ecological and Economic Growth

For 17 years, Zulfan Herman has been utilising technology for conservation, leveraging data to identify effective and innovative s... Read more

11 December 2025

From Aceh’s Recovery to Indonesia’s First Metro: How William Sabandar Builds a Better Indonesia

An Australian scholarship in the late 1990s set William Sabandar on a path from road planning in remote Maluku to leading reconstr... Read more

09 December 2025

Annette Anhar: Embracing the Culture of Two Nations to Create an Iconic Hospitality Business

Over the past two decades, Annette Anhar has applied her education in Australia to develop a hospitality business that celebrates... Read more

04 December 2025

Alimatul Qibtiyah: A Determined Campaigner for Gender Equality

Professor Alimatul Qibtiyah has been working at the intersection of gender and Islam for over three decades. In that time, she has... Read more

28 November 2025

Cheta Nilawaty Leads the Conversation on Disability Inclusion Through Inclusive Media

By the time Cheta Nilawaty received an Australia Awards Scholarship in 2019, she had already overcome her greatest challenge... Read more

28 November 2025

Bima Aryuna: Building the Inclusive, Gamified Workplace of the Future

Australia Awards alumnus Bima Aryuna wants the workplace to be somewhere that people can learn through having fun, and where the p... Read more

17 November 2025

From Passion to Action: Yuni Asriyanti's Fight for Women and Gender Equity

For Australia Awards alumna Yuni Asriyanti, the pursuit of gender equality and the eradication of violence against women is not on... Read more

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