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
- Any nationality
- 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
- $15,000 per annum (towards subsidised tuition fees)
- Tenable for one year of study
Conditions of Award
- Singaporean students may be in concurrent receipt of a government bursary, subject to fulfilment of its eligibility criteria
- The Recipient must not hold any other awards of similar nature during the tenure of the Award, except with the prior written approval of the University
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 >All Apps - 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.
