Global Experience: 2024 New Colombo Plan Mobility Grant

Thankyou for your interest in applying for the NCP Mobility Grant.

Please refer to our NCP webpage to familiarise yourself with the timeline, upcoming info session, and program information. The Guidelines and Advice to Applicants 2024 has not been released by NCP yet. Please refer to the 2023 versions on the NCP webpage for now. The 2024 versions will be updated as soon as they become available.

Please complete and submit this form to express your interest in organising an NCP Mobility Project in the 2024 Round. Please submit by 10 July to allow sufficient time to complete your official application. Upon submission of the EOI and approval by HOS, the Global Experience team will email a personalised link to you to access the official application form on the ISEO system. For support with any stage of the process, please contact global-experience@newcastle.edu.au

Project Lead (required)The name of the academic who will lead this project

Email address of Project Lead (required)

Which College are you part of? (required)

CHSF

CESE

CHMW

What School are you part of? (required)

Which discipline(s) of students are eligible to participate in your Project? (required)

Proposed Project Destination in the Indo-Pacific Region (required)Remember that if you do not have a working knowledge of the proposed country/city then you can consider using an approved Third Party Provider to organise the project with you.

When do you plan for the Project to take place (between 1 Jan 2024 to 30 September 2025)? (required)You can run a project multiple times in the project period.

What has been your motivation to apply for an NCP mobility grant and what would you like to achieve? (required)

Please provide a brief description of your Project (e.g. type of activities, partners to work with, objective or learning outcomes etc)? (required)

Credit Arrangement (required)List which course code/s the students can be enrolled in for this project. Please note that the government requires your students to be enrolled in a credit bearing course code for this project to access the grant.

Are you already certain the course will be run during your planned travel period? (required)

Yes

Unsure

Have you previously run this Project? (required)

Yes

Unsure

Previous NCP Project reference number and number of grants remainingPlease advise your previous NCP project reference number, and how many of these NCP grants you still have to utilise (if applicable)?

Do you plan to run this Project in collaboration with other Australian universities (i.e. a Consortium project), and if so, which Universities will you be working with? (required)

Please list the partners you will potentially work with for your project (universities, industry partners, NGOs, etc). (required)

Describe how this Mobility Project will establish new and/or deepen people-to-people and institutional partnerships in the Indo-Pacific and maintain these linkages over time? (required)This question relates to the Assessment Criteria for the 2024 NCP Mobility Scholarship Round. A good answer will increase the likelihood of the government funding your project.

Describe how the Mobility Project will recruit and support a diverse range of Students to participate in the Mobility Project? (required)This question relates to the Assessment Criteria for the 2024 NCP Mobility Scholarship Round. A good answer will increase the likelihood of the government funding your project.

Have you prepared a draft budget that outlines the likely costs for students, travelling academics and the School and determined how all of these costs will be covered (including receiving approval where necessary)? (required)

I am aware and understand that travel related to this NCP project for staff and students participating will be arranged/booked by relevant administrative staff within the School through The University travel management company FCM and that all participating will travel as a group. (required)

Yes

To allow for appropriate Staff-to-Student ratios whilst overseas, please detail if you will require additional supervision throughout the study tour, how this will be funded and the likely workload involved. (required)

Thank you for completing the EOI, please be reminded to click on the "Submit" button below.

The next step after HOS endorsement and is to complete a formal application on the DFAT Portal (ISEO). You may start preparing your response to the following Selection Criteria in advance:

Project Title – should include host location, discipline/subject and type of educational activity, for example – Vanuatu Nursing Practicum.
Project Description (500 words) - overview of project, activities, student group, duration (can be multiple modes), general expected outcomes / benefits, why the selected location, funding request (different duration/mode at a different proposed amount), etc.
Criterion 1 Ensuring a high quality education experience (300 words) - Describe the educational value of the mobility project, including learning outcomes relevant to the courses participating students are undertaking at their home university. What competencies will students develop through this mobility experience?
Criterion 2 Deepening people-to-people and institutional linkages with the Indo-Pacific (300 words) - describe how the Project will establish new and/or deepen people-to-people and institutional partnerships in the Indo-Pacific, and build and sustain these linkages over time
Criterion 3 Broadening participation and promoting the New Colombo Plan (300 words) - describe how the Project will support participation by a diverse range of Australian students and promote the NCP in Australia and overseas
Criterion 4 Ensuring sound student welfare management in Mobility Projects (300 words) - Describe how your institution will ensure the safety and welfare of participating students, and manage risks during any disruptive events during the project

Global Experience: 2024 New Colombo Plan Mobility Grant - Expression of Interest for Staff

Thank you for completing the EOI, please be reminded to click on the "Submit" button below.