HEC Pak-USAID Merit & Needs Based Scholarship Program (Phase-II) 2014 Pakistan

Name of the Organization : Higher Education Commission
Type of Facility : Pak-USAID Merit & Needs Based Scholarship Program (Phase-II) 2014
Country : Pakistan

Website : hec [dot] gov [dot] pk

Related : HEC Prime Minister’s National Laptop Scheme Pakistan : www.statusin.org/2011.html

Pak-USAID Merit & Needs Based Scholarship Program Phase-II 2014 :

** The Pak-USAID Merit and Needs based Scholarship Program Phase-II are focused on providing opportunities for access to higher education especially to under privileged candidates who, despite possessing academic merit, are unable to finance their education.

The applicant must be a Pakistani/AJK National

The scholarship is not restricted to tuition only, but extends to accommodation and living expenses.
** The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved the program at a total cost of Rs. 2,954.808 million in its meeting held on 6th September 2013. The Project is funded by Government of United States of America as Grant in Aid.
** The Phase-I of the program was initiated in 2004 at eleven (11) universities with scope of 1807 scholarships. It is the pride of the program that all the scholarships are awarded, 94 percent of the scholarship recipients had graduated in the semester they expected to graduate.

Eligibility Criteria :
1 : Financial assistance & scholarships are available for study at undergraduate & graduate level in the prescribed disciplines at the selected 31 Pakistani universities and degree awarding institutions
a. Agricultural & Veterinary Sciences
b. Business Administration
c. Social Sciences
d. Engineering & Tech.
e. Medical

Note :
I. Agricultural (incl. Veterinary Sciences and Bio Technology)
II. Social Sciences includes (Peace &Conflict Studies, Anthropology, Archaeology, Economics, Linguistics, Law, Communication and Media studies, International Relations, and Psychology)
III. 50% Seats : Women’s participation in the education sector is very low. This activity will ensure that at least 50% of the awarded scholarships go to women, especially those coming from remote and vulnerable areas of Pakistan, who are financially needy, and meet admission criteria of the selected 31 partner universities

3 : Students need to compete for securing admission in the approved discipline at the participating institution as per admission policy of the institution and be enrolled in Undergraduate (4 and 5 ) and Graduate (2 Years and 3.5 years) programs
4 : Only those students who are enrolled in first semester/ professional year in the respective courses offered by the participating institutions are eligible to apply
5 : The eligibility of a candidate is linked to neediness of the candidate as determined & assessed by the financial background of his/her family

How to apply :

** The deserving students can obtain complete Scholarship Application Form from the Financial Aid Office (FAO) at the participating University/Institution or can be downloaded.
** The Scholarship Form will be submitted along with supporting documents to the same FAO office after completion.
** Students need to get admission in any one of the approved disciplines (Agriculture & Veterinary sciences, Business Administration, Social Sciences, Engineering & Tech., Medical) at the participating Universities/Institutions as per their admission criteria.
** Please note that partial scholarship for already enrolled students is not covered under this program.

Scholarship Form : https://www.statusin.org/uploads/2011…pplication.pdf

Scholarship Compositions :
Comprehensive scholarship offered under this program provides funds for the following expenses :
** Tuition Fee
** Lodging
** Transportation
** Books
** Other Academics Costs

Note :
Students at both private & public sector institutes have found the scholarship extremely helpful in sustaining their educational expenses.

Contact Us :
Contact No : +92-51-90808051-2, 90402514
Fax No : +92-51-90402517
E-mail : usaid-mnbsp@hec.gov.pk