Compare / Australia Awards vs Manaaki New Zealand
Australia Awards vs Manaaki New Zealand
The two Pacific development scholarships compared: country coverage, funding and application windows.
| Australia Awards Scholarship | Manaaki New Zealand Scholarship | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade | New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
| Funding | Fully funded | Fully funded |
| Study destinations | Australia | New Zealand |
| Degree levels | master | master, PhD |
| Who can apply | Developing countries, particularly the Indo-Pacific region | Citizens of 80+ eligible partner countries |
| Current cycle | 2027 intake: closes 30 Apr 2026 | 2027 round: closes 31 Mar 2027 |
| Cycle notes | 下一轮 2028 intake 申请待官方公布（下方为上一轮 2027 intake 周期日期，供时间参考）。下一轮待公布——2027 intake 已于 2026-04-30 关闭,2028 intake 预计 2027 年 2 月开放 | Opens February 2027, closes 31 March 2027 for most partner countries; may close early where application volume is high |
Data verified 15 Jul 2026 against official sources. Nothing here is a paid placement.
Our read
Sibling schemes with the same development logic and different maps: Australia Awards runs deeper quotas across Asia and the Pacific with a February–April window; Manaaki covers 80+ partner countries with a February–March window and famously closes early in high-volume countries.
Eligibility is country-list driven for both, so the first check is whether your country is on each list and at what level. Where both apply, the windows overlap almost exactly — prepare one strong development-impact narrative and file both.
Australia Awards Scholarship
Manaaki New Zealand Scholarship
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