Australia Awards – Pakistan: Short Course
Awards 2015
Recipient Profile 1: Business Incubation Managers in Higher Education
Institutions
Award category
This category targets professionals and faculty currently
employed by public and private sector higher education
institutions who are managing the Business/Technology
Incubation Centres, Offices of Research, Innovation and
Commercialisation or Centres for Entrepreneurship. The
Business Incubation Managers in higher education
institutions will be actively involved in the management and
advocacy of such centres. Applicants falling under this
category must be engaged in facilitating the incubatees to
set up a successful business.
The applicant’s work should be aimed at promoting and
strengthening the culture of entrepreneurship within the
higher education institutions.
Applicants must undertake a short course in: Business
Incubation Management.
Applicants must meet program eligibility requirements
available at
http://www.australiaawardspakistan.org/short-courseawards and
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be professionals and faculty members currently
employed by higher education institutions in public and
private sectors;
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have proven experience of managing
Business/Technology Incubation Centres, Offices of
Research, Innovation and Commercialisation or Centres
for Entrepreneurship;
•
have up to one year of relevant work experience with
their current organisation or an organisation of equal
relevance to the priority field of Business Incubation
Management. Preference may be given to applicants with
greater periods of experience;
•
be well positioned to apply and transfer the knowledge
and experience gained through course participation on
their return to Pakistan;
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meet any minimum eligibility criteria stated as course
prerequisites by the Australian tertiary institution
providing the course (including English proficiency); and
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be Pakistani citizens.
Profile specific eligibility criteria
This category targets professionals and faculty who are
employed in higher education institutions in public and
private sector and who are managing Business/Technology
Incubation Centres, Offices of Research, Innovation and
Commercialisation or Centres for Entrepreneurship.
Applicants must be well positioned to apply the knowledge
and experience gained through course participation on their
return to Pakistan. Specifically, their negotiated “Return to
Work” program will involve the implementation of
observations and learnings obtained during the short course
in Australia.
Upon the completion of their course, awardees identified
with a potential to provide input into policy related to
improved services in the priority field, will preferably return
to their key positions in the higher education institutions from
where they will be able to contribute towards reforms.
Female applicants and people with disability are encouraged
to apply.
Support services
The following support services will be available to award
recipients:
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standard Australian aid program short course award
support;
•
access to Australia Awards Alumni – Pakistan services
and activities and;
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applicants with disability, who otherwise meet the
eligibility criteria, will be supported throughout the
selection process and while studying in Australia.
Australia Awards – Pakistan: Short Course Awards 2015: Recipient Profile 1: Business Incubation Managers in Higher Education Institutions / June 2015