NUS Community Impact
Scholarship (Mid-Term)

• Current student pursuing a full-time undergraduate programme at NUS, excluding Music
• Not graduating in the upcoming semester (AY26/27 Sem 1)
• Singapore Citizen
• Have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.5 or Top 80% percentile of their cohort (for Medicine, Dentistry and Law) and maintain it throughout their scholarship
• Have strong leadership qualities and potential in the areas of Community Service and/or Environmental Sustainability
• Committed to active and meaningful contributions to community service initiatives
• Must not have any disciplinary records with the NUS Board of Discipline

• Subsidised tuition fees (after MOE Tuition Grant subsidy)
• S$6,000 annual living allowance
• S$5,550 annual accommodation allowance if scholar is staying on campus (including University Town). Scholars who enjoy partial/full on-campus accommodation fee waiver are not allowed to concurrently hold the scholarship accommodation allowance
• Bond-free scholarship

1. The NUS Community Impact Scholarship (Mid-Term) is awarded to NUS students pursuing full-time undergraduate programmes, excluding Music. It is tenable from the academic year of award for the remaining semesters of the normal candidature period of an undergraduate degree programme. For Concurrent Degree Programmes, the scholarship coverage is up to 4 years.

The Scholarship may be transferred to all undergraduate programmes of study except for transfers to Medicine, Dentistry, Law and Music.

2. Recipients of the scholarship may not concurrently hold any other scholarship, fellowship, bursary, grant, award or allowance without prior approval from the University.
 
3. The scholarship will be monitored and renewed every semester provided the scholarship holder:

a. Displays good conduct

b. Maintains a GPA of at least 3.5 (or Top 80% of the cohort for Dentistry, Medicine or Law

c. Commit to active and meaningful contributions to community service initiatives at NUS each semester by: 

1. Displaying dedication to the betterment of self through OSA community service-related training and development, and 

2. Lead and organise at least one of the following: 

i. Local community service activity, either individually or as part of a group, or

ii. NUS-wide community service event/activity in collaboration with the NUS Office of Student Affairs such as the Community Service Festival. This includes actively promoting community engagement and sustainability within NUS and across other NUS entities, and

3. Representing NUS in local and/or overseas platforms, such as National Dialogues, Community Service-related summits, and other relevant engagements to contribute insights, exchange best practices, and advocate for community service initiatives.

4. In each Academic Year, attend at least one OSA scholarship-related event. These can include (but are not restricted to): 

i. Welcome Tea

ii. Dialogue and engagement session

iii. NUS Achievement Awards

iv. Leadership programmes organised/coordinated by OSA

4. Scholarship recipients are restricted to a maximum of twelve (12) months of overseas programme(s) or internship(s) for the entire programme of study.

5. If the scholarship recipient decides to withdraw from the University and/or terminate the scholarship prematurely, the University reserves the right to impose the repayment of all scholarship monies disbursed to the scholar.  

6. The Scholarship will be reviewed at the end of every semester. For Medicine and Dentistry students, the Scholarship will be reviewed at the end of each academic year.

7. The scholarship will be renewed within the scholarship term provided the scholarship recipient commits to their workplan, continues to meet the criteria of the scholarship and maintains a Grade Point Average (GPA) of at least 3.5 or the top 80 percent of their cohort (for Medicine, Dentistry and Law), and has good conduct.

8. A Scholar who does not meet the continuation criteria may have his/ her Scholarship terminated. At NUS’ discretion, he/she may be allowed to continue receiving his/her Scholarship benefits for up to 2 reviews before the Scholarship is terminated.

Application Period	2 - 16 June 2026
Referee Report Submission	By 16 June 2026
Internal Evaluation and Shortlist	Shortlisted candidates will be contacted by 29 June 2026.
In-Person Interviews and Recommendation	7-14 July 2026 (Dates TBC)
Scholarship Application Offers	By Mid August 2026

1.  Applicants will be assessed on their suitability for the scholarship, based on the strength of their applications and/or their performance in the scholarship selection interview(s), if shortlisted.
2. Applicants shortlisted for the selection interview(s) will be informed via e-mail and will be required to attend an in-person interview between 7-14 July 2026 (dates to be confirmed).
3. NUS reserves the right not to award any scholarship if there are no candidates of sufficient merit. The decision of the selection committee is final. Enquiries or disputes surrounding its decisions will not be entertained. 

Please prepare the necessary documents prior to filling up the form.

• Personal Statement (no more than 800 words) which demonstrates relevance to the Community Impact Scholarship. The personal statement provides an opportunity for you to showcase your motivations, aspirations, self-reflection, personality, and personal ethos, while highlighting your potential as a scholarship recipient.

Please include one referee report in your submission. Your referee should submit their report separately via this link by 16 June 2026.

Note that applications without a referee report will be considered incomplete and will not be reviewed.  

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For further enquiries, please email community.engagement@nus.edu.sg.

Should you have further questions, you may send an email to community.engagement@nus.edu.sg