GSR Foundation Study Award

Financial Aid Type: Bursaries & Study Awards, Donors
Nationality: Singapore Citizen, Permanent Resident, Foreigner
Student Type: Prospective Students, Current Students

About the Financial Award

Established in 2024, the GSR Foundation Study Award is available to full-time undergraduates from the School of Computing and Information Systems.  It aims to encourage bright undergraduates to aspire for academic excellence in spite of adversity and financial hardship.

Eligibility Criteria

  • Full-time undergraduates from the School of Computing and Information Systems
  • Any nationality
  • With demonstrated evidence of family financial hardships (with gross monthly household per capita income in accordance with prevailing guidelines to qualify for government bursaries)

Benefits

  • $10,083 per annum (towards subsidised tuition fee)
  • Tenable for one year of study
  • May be in concurrent receipt of a government bursary, subject to fulfilment of its eligibility criteria

Application

Shortlisting of candidates for consideration will be from the list of applicants applying for SMU-administered bursaries in the year of award.

Enquiries

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

About the Donor

The GSR Foundation envisions a world in which no one is excluded from participating in, or benefitting from, the advancement of technology and its role in progress. Established by GSR, a global cryptocurrency trading firm, as an independent charity in the United Kingdom, the GSR Foundation makes grants to excellent non-profits in furtherance of this vision. The GSR Foundation Study Award thus aims to enable deserving undergraduate students facing financial hardships from the SMU School of Computing & Information Systems to have a quality education, so that they too can have a better future.

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