Michael Livingston Bursary

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

About the Financial Award

Established in 2021, the Michael Livingston Bursary is available to full-time Singaporean undergraduates at the Singapore Management University. It is aimed to assist the financially needy undergraduates to achieve academic excellence.

Eligibility Criteria

  • Full-time undergraduates enrolled in any degree programme
  • Singapore Citizens
  • With demonstrated evidence of financial neediness (with gross monthly household per capita income in accordance with prevailing guidelines to qualify for government bursaries)

Benefits

  • $8,000 (towards subsidised tuition fee)
  • Tenable for one year of study
  • May be in concurrent receipt of another bursary for cash allowance, 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 Michael Livingston Bursary is made possible by Mr Michael Livingston. Mr Livingston is a successful oil trader and investor in various sectors. As part of his philanthropic outreach, he has taken a special interest in supporting the less privileged in the country he loves, and which has given him so many opportunities. 

The Bursary is available to full-time Singaporean undergraduates at the Singapore Management University. This is an extension of Mr Livingston's desire to motivate and encourage undergraduate students to achieve greater heights of academic and practical excellence. Mr Livingston hopes that in the future, recipients of his bursary will learn to pay forward and help others who are less privileged.

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