With an eye on future global competitiveness, many countries are fighting over the best and brightest postgraduates from around the world by offering generous benefits for worthy international students that include full-tuition scholarship, monthly living-cost allowances and comprehensive insurance coverage.
Citizens of Hong Kong and Macau eyeing postgraduate study, research or professional development in Australia can apply for scholarships under the government's Endeavour Awards scheme.
A merit-based scholarship, it offers internationally competitive benefits and includes the Endeavour Postgraduate Awards and Research Fellowships.
The postgraduate awards are available to students at a masters or PhD level, by research or coursework of up to two years for masters and four years for PhD. The maximum value is A$118,500 (about HK$900,000) and A$228,500 respectively.
Meanwhile, the research fellowships - valued at up to A$23,500 - are awarded to postdoctoral fellows and postgraduate students who are pursuing a Hong Kong or Macau masters degree or PhD, to undertake short-term research activities in Australia, for a period of four to six months.
After completing her PhD, specialising in cardiopulmonary physiotherapy at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), Shirley Ngai received an Endeavour fellowship for postdoctoral research projects at the University of Sydney.
