Australian Human Rights Institute Global Student Fellowship 2026 – YOA

Deadline: July 19, 2026

Applications are open for the Australian Human Rights Institute Global Student Fellowship 2026. The Australian Human Rights Institute’s Global Student Fellowship program offers college students with monetary help to undertake a placement at a number one worldwide improvement or human rights organisation in Australia or the Asia–Pacific area.

The Australian Human Rights Institute produces world-main analysis and advances debate on vital human rights points. Through analysis, training and strategic collaborations, the Institute is dedicated to defending rights, dismantling inequality, and fostering a tradition of accountability the place human rights abuses are challenged and rectified.

Benefits

The Fellowship offers monetary help to assist cowl prices related to enterprise a placement, together with journey, lodging, lease and day-to-day dwelling bills. Support is obtainable via a 3-tier funding mannequin, with the quantity decided by the placement of the host organisation.

• Local placements (Sydney): AUD $6,500 (GST-free) 
• Interstate placements: AUD $7,500 (GST-free) 
• International placements: AUD $8,500 (GST-free) 

Eligibility

• Applicants have to be a scholar enrolled in any UNSW diploma by coursework. Strong precedence might be given to college students of their penultimate 12 months of study.
• Applicants will need to have at the least one topic to finish upon return from their Fellowship in Term 1, 2027.   
• Applicants will need to have a WAM of 70+ on the time of making use of. 
• Applicants will need to have the flexibility to finish the fellowship with out compromising their research, together with assessments and examination durations.   
• Applicants ought to have a demonstrated, robust curiosity and want for a profession in human rights and/or worldwide improvement.  

Application

Applicants are required to reply a set of questions and add a CV as part of the application course of. CVs must be updated and embrace training, skilled and volunteer expertise (max. 2 pages).

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For extra data, go to Australian Human Rights Institute’s Global Student Fellowship.