Equinix Sustainability Scholarship

Established in 2021, the Equinix Sustainability Scholarship is to motivate outstanding undergraduates who are enrolled in any School within the University with a passion for sustainability, to spur them on to greater heights of academic excellence and to accord appropriate recognition to the recipients of the Scholarship for their accomplishments.

• Full-time undergraduates in any degree programme proceeding to third year of study in the year of award
• Any nationality
• Achieved good academic results (minimum cumulative GPA of 3.40)
• Must either have declared Sustainability-related major offered by any school or have demonstrated acute passion for Sustainability through personal experiences and activities
• Active in community service and co-curricular activities
• Preference for candidates who have demonstrated or are embarking on activities/initiatives that show an active commitment towards sustainability

• $15,000 per annum (towards subsidised tuition fees)
• Tenable for up to 2 years of study
• Singaporean students may apply for government bursary for cash allowance, subject to fulfilment of its eligibility criteria

Recipients may be offered internship opportunity by the Donor under mutually agreed terms, but acceptance of the internship is not required.

Apply annually from 1 to 31 January via OASIS >All Apps - Financial Aid Application

Centre for Student Financial Assistance
Office of Admissions and Financial Assistance
Email: finasst@smu.edu.sg

Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company. Digital leaders harness our trusted platform to bring together and interconnect the foundational infrastructure that powers their success. We enable our customers to access all the right places, partners and possibilities they need to accelerate advantage. With Equinix, they can scale with agility, speed the launch of digital services, deliver world-class experiences and multiply their value.

In unprecedented times such as now, we want to ensure that students have the opportunity to do well amidst the pandemic. We hope that our giving will encourage and help them succeed.

At Equinix, we design, build and operate our data centers with high energy efficiency standards, and we have a long-term goal of using 100% clean and renewable energy for our global platform. Similarly, SMU’s core priority and focus area are on Sustainable Living as seen in the design of SMU’s buildings, and campus being certified 100% green. Thus, we believe that supporting a Sustainability scholarship will contribute to SMU's efforts in being Sustainable and green.