GSR Foundation Overseas Exchange Grant

Established in 2025, the GSR Foundation Overseas Exchange Grant is to support full-time undergraduates at the School of Computing and Information Systems (“SCIS”) of the University, with demonstrated financial needs, to embark on an overseas exchange programme with one of the University’s partner universities in Asia, in order to allow them to have a more well-rounded worldview. 

• Full-time undergraduates from the School of Computing & Information Systems
• Any nationality
• Participating in international student exchange programmes with SMU partner universities in Asia
• Must have demonstrated evidence of family household income where the gross monthly per capita income is in accordance with prevailing guidelines to qualify for government bursaries [Priority will be given to students with verified per capita income (PCI) and/or Gross Household Income (GHI)]

• Disbursed in SGD, the amount is equivalent to USD 2,133, subject to exchange rate fluctuations at the time of disbursement
• Tenable for the recipient’s one semester of study abroad with an SMU partner university in Asia

• The Recipient must submit a bursary application to validate their household income
• 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

Applications will be invited through Centre for Global Education and Opportunities' call for exchange applications:

• February to March (Fall exchange application)
• July to August (Spring exchange application)

Apply via Oasis > All Apps (Financial Aid Application)

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

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 Overseas Exchange Grant thus aims to enable deserving undergraduate students facing financial hardships from the School of Computing & Information Systems at SMU to embark on semester-long exchange programmes with partner universities in Asia, helping them to become more well-rounded individuals with global worldviews.