My understanding is that Australia is included in the the Asia Pacific region, so I would assume it applies to this region only. However as I said, the words they used was "likely find out by the end of next week" but from the other posts in this forum it sounds like we could all be waiting until end of April for the central office in Bonn to finalise the results. Fingers crossed!
I spoke to someone in the DAAD Australia office on Friday and they advised that they are currently finalising scholarship awards and that those who applied for Masters - All disciplines will likely find out by the end of next week Fingers crossed!
They also said the process has been slower this year due to the pandemic.
Hi, I'm from AUS and also haven't heard anything yet and am very much in the same boat. I've already had to defer accepting offers for further study and potential full-time work. I submitted my application on 20th October and was asked to submit additional documentation in early November which I did. My status is still "paper copies received" and the last direct message I got was "For now your application will be presented to the selection committee end of January 2021."
So based off all the comments in this forum I'm hoping to hear something soon but more likely March/April. I previously received a Winter course scholarship in undergrad from DAAD and that took a while to receive... now I've applied for Masters - All disciplines hoping to return to Humboldt Uni Berlin to do European Studies (auf deutsch) where I spent a year on exchange. Hopefully we find out soon! What are you planning on studying and where?