Bursaries

Updated on 1 January 2010

Bursaries are offered at different times of the academic year and eligibility criteria varies. Please refer to this website or your RP student email account for bursaries that are opened for application.

Notes:
  1. Students who are already in receipt of any bursary in the same academic year should not be applying for another bursary in the same year.
  2. Students must be enrolled as a full-time student at the time when the bursary is awarded.
  3. Bursaries are usually awarded for one academic year unless stated otherwise by the donors. Students are required to re-apply annually for consideration.

List of Bursaries available in AY09/10:
For general enquiries about bursaries administered by RP, please email help-bursary@rp.sg
List of Bursaries
CDC/CCC - Polytechnic Bursary
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Eligibility Criteria
  1. Singapore Citizens
  2. *Gross monthly per capita income of $500 and below
  3. Not in receipt of other scholarship/bursary or study grant in the same academic year
Quantum $1,200 per academic year
Application Period Application closed for AY0910
Application Procedures -
MOE Polytechnic Bursary
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Eligibility Criteria
  1. Singapore Citizens
  2. *Gross monthly per capita income of $1,200 and below
  3. Not in receipt of other scholarship/bursary or study grant in the same academic year
Quantum $800 per academic year
Application Period Application closed for AY0910
Application Procedures Look out for email announcement sent to your RP student's email account
Corporate-Sponsored Bursaries
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Eligibility Criteria
  1. No disciplinary records
  2. Good academic results
  3. Potential to contribute to the society/industry
  4. Other eligibility criteria specified by the donors may apply

  5. Shortlisted applicants are required to attend a compulsory interview session
Quantum $1,000 - $1,500 per academic year
Application Period Application closed for AY0910
Application Procedures -
Cheng Beng Buddhist Society
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Eligibility Criteria
  1. Singapore Citizen and Permanent Resident are eligible to apply
  2. One application form per family regardless of number of children
  3. Only low income families are eligible to apply (Total family per capita income not exceeding $400)
Quantum $700 per academic year
Application Period Application closed for AY0910
Application Procedures Email help-bursary@rp.sg for a copy of the application form
Hope Centre (Singapore) Student Bursary Award 2009
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Eligibility Criteria
  1. Singapore Citizens or Permanent Residents
  2. Full-time students in a local institution (Primary/Secondary/JC/ITE/Polytechnic/University)
  3. From families with gross monthly income of $1,500 or below
  4. With good conduct & satisfactory academic performance
  5. Students not receiving any other government/company/charity funded scholarship or bursary award will be given priority
Quantum $1,200 per academic year
Application Period Application closed for AY0910
Application Procedures Application form available from Central Singapore Community Development Council or downloaded from Hope Centre (Singapore) website www.hopecentre.org.sg. For more information, please call 6348 5479 or email office@hopecentre.org.sg.
Ngee Ann Kongsi Tertiary Bursary
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Eligibility Criteria
  1. Singapore Citizens or Permanent Residents
  2. Teochew
  3. Currently studying or have been admitted to Republic Polytechnic
  4. Currently not in recipient of other scholarship or bursary
  5. Good conduct
  6. Applicant with outstanding academic results may apply for Scholarship
  7. Applicant who needs financial assistance may apply for bursary, which at least a pass grade for all subjects is required
Quantum $2,500 per academic year
Application Period Application closed for AY0910
Application Procedures More information can be found here.
Singapore Buddhist Lodge Bursary
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Eligibility Criteria

Applications must

  1. be Singapore Citizens or Permanent Residents, regardless of race, religion and sex
  2. be of good conduct and from poor or needy family
  3. pass their latest semester examination
  4. not be recipients of bursary awards given by other organisations
Quantum $1,200 per annum
Application Period Application closed for AY0910
Application Procedures Look out for email announcement sent to your RP student's email account
The Hokkien Yeo Sze Fund Bursary
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Eligibility Criteria The Hokkien Yeo Sze Fund is offering Bursary Awards for Y2009 to meritorious and/or needy students who are children of the citizens or permanent residents of Singapore with the surname Yeo/Yan irrespective of dialect groups, to enable them to pursue their education in the Universities and Polytechnic in Singapore.
Quantum $400 per academic year
Application Period Application closed for AY0910
Application Procedures Email help-bursary@rp.sg for a copy of the application form
Wan Boo Sow Charity Fund
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Eligibility Criteria
  • Applicants should be Singapore Citizens and referred by a VWO or a medical social work department in a hospital. Referring VWOs/hospitals need to provide social report and supporting documents to justify the application
  • Applicant should be from low-income families, that is, families with monthly per capita household income less than $1,000, who need help to pay for the needed services/equipment
  • The percentage of subsidy is tiered based on monthly per capita household income and capped at a maximum of $5,000 per annum
Quantum The percentage of subsidy is tiered based on monthly per capita household income and capped at a maximum of $5,000 per annum.
Application Period Ongoing
Application Procedures For more information, please call 6210 2677. Applications should be made through a VWO or a hospital's medical social work department. Referring agencies must ensure and verify that all information provided is true and correct. Application form available here.
SPD Education Programme Bursary Awards 2010
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Eligibility Criteria
  • Students who have physical disabilities and studying full-time mainstream schools
  • Students must be either Singapore Citizens or Permanent Residents
  • Students must be successful in their final or semestral examination and about to proceed to the next level of education
  • Students' gross total household income must not exceed $3,000 a month
  • Students must not be receiving any scholarship or bursary from any other organisation or education institution
  • Students who have only visual or hearing impairments but no physical disabilities are not eligible to apply.
Quantum $1,250 per semester
SPD reserves the right to change the quantum without prior notice
Application Period Application closed for AY0910
Application Procedures Interested applicants may email help-bursary@rp.sg for a copy of the application form. For more information, please call 6579 0753.

*The gross monthly per capita income is computed based on the total income of immediate and non-immediate family members over the total number of immediate and non-immediate family members, where
  1. Immediate family members include spouse, parents and all children who may or may not be living together with the student. Divorced/separated parents or spouse may be excluded from the headcount.
  2. Non-immediate family members include grandparents, siblings, spouses of siblings, siblings of parents, and any other relatives who are living together with the student.
  3. Income = gross (i.e. including employee's CPF contribution) income contributions from all immediate and non-immediate family members from self employment, business or salaried employment (which includes basic salary, allowances, overtime, etc) as well as other sources of income (e.g. rent). If bonuses are declared, it should be computed as one twelfth of the annual wage supplements and bonuses received in the last twelve months. The monthly financial support from divorced/separated parents or spouse such as alimony and contributions to support children/household should also be included. Payments in kind, reimbursement for transport and other expenses and National Service (NS) allowance earned by NS men are excluded.