USAID Funded Merit and Need Based Scholarships

USAID Funded Merit and Need Based Scholarships

Introduction HEC aims to elevate the socio-economic position of the needy & deserving students by providing access to quality education through needs-based scholarships. Government of Pakistan has also duly acknowledged the financial constraints barring students from acquiring higher education and has thus earmarked substantial funds for the improvement of education sector. In pursuance of the Government's initiative of providing financial relief to meritorious but deprived students, an agreement of US$ 7.33 million in July 2004 is signed with United State Agency for International Development (USAID) to provide grant for scholarships in the field of Agriculture and Business Administration at undergraduate & graduate level. Objectives Scholarship Details   The scope of the project includes 1407 number of scholarships for the students who meet the eligibility criteria. The scholarships are bifurcated as follows:      Under-graduate Graduate  Agriculture (756) 285 471 Business Administration (651) 240  411   Total 1407 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 990 scholarships have been successfully awarded at the participating institutions. *The undergraduate scholarship slots have been fully utilized only graduate level {MBA/MS (Agriculture)}scholarship slots are currently available Scholarship Offering 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. Incidental costs. Students at both private & public sector institutes have found the scholarship extremely helpful in sustaining their educational expenses.   Eligibility Criteria Financial assistance & scholarships are available to study at graduate level(MBA/MS (Agriculture)}.     The eligibility for the program is assessed on the neediness of the candidate & his/her family background.   Student should be able to compete for securing admission in the approved discipline at the participating institution as per admission policy of the institution and be enrolled in Graduate (2 Years) programs.  Terms & Conditions Participating Institutions Eleven leading national institutes are participating under the current phase of Merit and Needs based Scholarship Project. Details of the participating institutions are as under:   Agriculture University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. NWFP Agriculture University, Peshawar. Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam. University of Arid Agriculture, Rawalpindi Business Administration   Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad. Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi. Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST), Karachi. Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Sukkur. Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Lahore. Balochistan University of Information Technology & Management Sciences, Quetta. Institute of Management Sciences, Peshawar.   How to Apply HEC & USAID looks forward to support needy students in sharing educational expenses. However please note that under this scholarships scheme the funds are not transferred directly to students by HEC or USAID. The payment is made to needy students through participating institutions .Please note the partial scholarship for already enrolled students is currently not covered under this project. Scholarship Award Process After securing admission, a student has to fill out scholarship form provided by the  Scholarship Aid Office of the participating institutions and submit it along with the supporting documents at the institution.   Data and supporting documents of the potential candidate are reviewed by Institutional Scholarship Award Committee (ISAC).     The ISAC recommends potential candidates to HEC Scholarship Management Committee (SMC). 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.  Other Related Information   All candidates who have secured admissions at the participating institutions and intend to apply for said scholarship program may contact the below mentioned focal persons of the participating institutions regarding further information:   S# Institution Name Focal Person Name Telephone Number Ext E-Mail 1 University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. Brig.(Retd) Muhammad Javed Anwar 041-9200161-70 2003 & 3605 dd_uaf@yahoo.com 2 NWFP Agriculture University, Peshawar. Prof. Dr. M. Afzal. 091-9216532   mafzaldt@yahoo.com 3 Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam. Mr. Muhammad Iqbal Solangi 0221-766356/ 765870 316 planning@sau.edu.pk 4 University of Arid Agriculture, Rawalpindi. . Mr. Ikram Ali 051-9062202, 9290406,   fao@uaar.edu.pk; ikram@uaar.edu.pk 5 Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad. Ms. Farah Naz 051-90642005   zulfiqar@qau.edu.pk 6 Institute of Management Sciences, Peshawar. Mr. Shaheryar Khan 091-9217452/ 9217404   sheheryar@imsciences.edu.pk 7 IBA, Karachi. Mr. Moeed Sultan 021-9243414, 111422422 270 msultan@iba.edu.pk 8 SZABIST, Karachi. Mr. Anwar-ul-Haq 021-5830447-8, 111-922-478   anwar@szabist.edu.pk 9 IBA, Sukkur. Mr. Zahid Hussain Khand. 071-33490-1   zahid@iba-suk.edu.pk 10 LUMS, Lahore. Ms. Shamaila Kanwal 042-5722670-9 2869 shamaila@lums.edu.pk 11 BUITMS, Quetta. Mr. Daud Akbar Khan 081-2880512   daud.akbar@buitms.edu.pk