About the Financial Award
Established in 2017, the Alvin Poh Endowed Scholarship is available to full-time undergraduates at the Singapore Management University. It aims to provide financial assistance to needy undergraduates during their course of study at the University.
Eligibility Criteria
- Full-time undergraduates enrolled in any degree programme
- Good academic results (minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00) and student life activities
- With demonstrable financial needs (gross monthly household per capita income not exceeding $2,500). Gross monthly household per capita income may be revised in accordance with prevailing guidelines to qualify for government bursaries.
The recipients should believe in the notion of paying-it-forward and contributing back to SMU as alumni in the future.
Benefits
- $11,250 (towards subsidised tuition fees and study-related expenses)
- Tenable for one year of study
- May be in concurrent receipt of a bursary for cash allowance, subject to fulfilment of its eligibility criteria.
Learning and Development opportunities
The recipient will be offered mentorship or provided advices by the Donor.
Application
- Apply annually from 1 to 31 January via OASIS >Self-service App - Financial Aid Application
- Interview is required of shortlisted applicants
- Submit a short essay relating to:
- Personal experience that shaped his/her life values/benefits, and
- Past/Current experience at entrepreneurship or entrepreneurship aspirations
Enquiries
Centre for Student Financial Assistance
Office of Admissions and Financial Assistance
Email: finasst@smu.edu.sg
About the Donor
The Alvin Poh Endowed Scholarship is supported by Alvin Poh (BSc (IS), 2010), a proud SMU alumnus who completed the dual-degree programme at SMU School of Information Systems and Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Alvin co-founded Vodien Internet Solutions Pte Ltd, a leading cloud hosting provider in Singapore with over 35,000 companies and 210,000 users’ websites and emails depend on Vodien’s servers and infrastructure.
Education is a strong focus of Alvin Poh’s philanthropy, because he believes that education is the foundation upon which sustainable, wide-spread social impact can be supported. SMU has been a place of great personal growth for Alvin, and gave him the ability to develop as a person. Through this scholarship, Alvin hopes to enable more students to experience the opportunities that SMU can provide, and to inspire philanthropy and encourage more social responsibility.
