Focused area in the financial assistance & scholarships are as follows:

1.     The deserving students can obtain complete scholarship application forms from the Financial Aid Office (FAO) at the participating institution or can be downloaded.

2.      The scholarship Forms will be submitted along with supporting documents to the same FAO office after completion.

3.      Students need to get admission in the approved discipline (i.e. Agriculture Science & Business Administration) at the participating institution as per their admission criteria.

  Please note that partial scholarship for already enrolled students is currently not covered under this project.

1. Data and supporting documents of the potential candidate are reviewed by Institutional Scholarship Award Committee (ISAC).

2. Institutional Scholarship Award Committee (ISAC) which includes members from the institution as well as external community members, and is headed by the Vice Chancellor of the participating institution who would ensure the impartiality and transparency of the process.

3. The ISAC recommends potential candidates to HEC Scholarship Management Committee (SMC).

4. The cases are presented to Scholarship Management Committee (SMC) that approves the cases after through review. The committee includes top Executives of HEC, representatives from the participating institutions, eminent scholars and a senior member from USAID, Pakistan. After finalization of awardees’ list, the scholarship fund for the selected students are transferred to participating institutions for onward disbursement to students. 

Will USAID funded Merit &Need Based Scholarship assist the students to study in USA?

US Need Based Scholarship will be offered to the students who are going to be enrolled in selected participating Pakistani Universities. This scholarship will not assist the students to study in US Universities.

Does this scholarship provide any partial assistance to the students who are studying in other Pakistani Universities?

This scholarship will not provide any partial assistance to the students who are studying in other Pakistani Universities/Institutions.

What types of degrees/disciplines are offered under this scholarship scheme?

Following degrees/disciplines have been selected under this program:

SN	Discipline	Sector	Program
1	Business Administration – (BS(Eco)/BBA/MBA)	Public	Undergraduate/Graduate
		Private	Undergraduate/Graduate
2	Agriculture and Natural Sciences – (BS/MS)	Public	Undergraduate/Graduate
			Undergraduate/Graduate

How and when do I apply for financial assistance? Do I need to re-apply every year?

You will apply directly to the relevant university for the admission and after seeking admission you will apply for the financial aid. The financial aid form will be made available with the administration office of the relevant university and after filling up this form will be returned to the same office. Once you are selected under this program, you don’t need to apply again every year.

What is the eligibility for these scholarships?

Those Students, who are expected to get admission in the offered discipline of participating university for academic session spring/fall 2011 and can’t pursue their education because of financial constraints, are eligible to apply.

What kind of expenses will cover under this scholarship program?

Scholarships cover full tuition fee for entire course (i.e. 2 years graduate & 4 undergraduate years courses). Scholarship also provides living expenses, costs of transportation, books and any other ancillary requirements of the student.

Can I apply for admission in any of the participating university for admission?

Yes you can apply in any of the participating university when the offer the admission.

How can apply for the university admission?

Please see the participating university schedule for the admission in the relevant programs.

How can I receive an application form?   

The application form is available on HEC website and participating University web site/Financial Aid Office.

I did my matriculation, can I apply for this scholarship?

No, these scholarships are only for Undergraduate and Graduate level.

I am studying in Third semester of the relevant course, am I eligible for this scholarship? 

These scholarships are for those students who are planning to get admission in the relevant course of the participating universities and will be enrolled in spring/fall session 2011 are eligible to apply.

I am already availing financial assistance/scholarship from university / institute. Am I eligible for this scholarship? 

No, the students already availing financial assistance/scholarship from universities/institutes are not eligible to apply.

Which are the Selected Participating Universities?

You can see the details of selected participating universities on the official Website of Higher Education Commission Islamabad. 

If Spring Intake is not available in any of the participating Institute/university then students of Fall Intake are eligible for USAID funded Merit & Need Based Scholarship?

Yes, If Spring Intake is not available then students of fall intake will be considered eligible to apply for scholarships.

Is it possible to transfer the win scholarship from selected University / Institute to other University/Institute?

As per provision it’s not possible to transfer the scholarship from selected University/Institute to any other University/Institute.

I have won the USAID funded Merit & Need Based Scholarship, Could I change my subjects/field of study?

As per rules & regulations, the subject/discipline change is not allowed after award of scholarship.

 

The scope of the project includes 1807 number of scholarships for the students who meet the eligibility criteria. The scholarships are bifurcated as follows:   

Program Offered	Under-graduate	Graduate
Agriculture (980)	425	555
Business Administration (827)	332	495
Total	757	1050
Grand Total	1807

The Merit and Needs based Scholarship Project has been in operation since 2004. Eleven (11) public & private institutions are participating in the program while more than 1407 scholarships have been successfully awarded at the participating institutions.

Comprehensive scholarship is offered under the program. The scholarship provides funds for the following expenses:

1. Tuition Fee,                      2. Lodging
3. Transportation,                4. Books
5. Other Academics Costs

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