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Funding Options

Funding shouldn't be the reason you don't apply.

NOC sends you across the world. These awards help cover or offset those costs, overseas living, travel, tuition, and project funding. Find the ones you're eligible for below.

Awards
For current NOC students

Class of 1976 Engineering Overseas Learning Assistance Grant

Endowed by the NUS Engineering Class of 1976 to help financially-needy Engineering students embark on overseas NOC programmes.

  • All locations
  • Singapore Citizens / PRs
  • Financial need
  • Engineering students only

How to apply

  • Submit an NUS Financial Aid application via myaces.nus.edu.sg with all relevant supporting financial documents for OFA's processing. Eligible NOC students will be informed via NUS email prior to the start of internship.

Eligibility

  • Embarking on overseas NOC programme

  • Engineering student only

  • Singapore Citizen or PR

  • Financial status of applicant assessed (family household income, etc)

What's expected of recipients

  • Be a positive ambassador of NUS during your NOC stint

  • Contribute to NOC and Engineering Department's events through sharing your overseas experience

  • Submit a report on what was learned and how the Award was used

Up to

S$6,000 per award

Programme Global Ready Talent (GRT) Programme

An Enterprise Singapore initiative, administered by NUS — supports Singaporean undergraduates on physical overseas internships in Emerging Markets.

  • Emerging Markets — SEA, LatAm, China, Israel
  • Singapore Citizens / PRs
  • NUS UG only
  • 3-month SEA eligible

How to apply

  • Apply separately via the Enterprise SG GRT portal. NOC office will assist with coordination. Submit an NUS Financial Aid application via myaces.nus.edu.sg with all relevant supporting financial documents for OFA's processing. Eligible NOC students will be informed via NUS email prior to the start of internship.

Eligibility

  • Singapore Citizens or PRs (full-time NUS UG only)

  • Selected for NOC locations in Emerging Markets in SEA, Latin America, China, or Israel

  • Must not hold any other external scholarship covering airfare and subsistence for the overseas programme

  • Not previously supported under same GRT type with the same internship company

What's expected of recipients

  • Submit a report (with photos) of experiential learning, within 2 weeks after end of programme

  • Complete mandatory internship feedback form upon completion

Up to

S$1,000 per month
+ S$1,200 subsistence + one-time travel

Jane Sun & John Wu Sunshine Award

Set up by Jane Sun (CEO, Trip.com Group) and John Wu (Founding Partner, FengHe Group) to support entrepreneurial students in NOC China.

  • NOC China only
  • All nationalities
  • Financial need

How to apply

  • Apply via the NOC office during your NOC application process.

Eligibility

  • Selected for NOC China (all locations) programme

  • Strong entrepreneurial qualities with a demonstrated pay-it-forward spirit

  • Financial status of applicant assessed

What's expected of recipients

  • Be a positive ambassador of NUS during your NOC stint

  • Share your intercultural startup experience and engage with start-up events

  • Inspire juniors as a way of paying it forward

  • Submit a one-page profile and a final report

Up to

S$3,000 per award

NOC Alumni Bursary

Funded by the NOC Alumni community to enable financially-needy NUS undergraduates to take part in NOC and defray set-up costs.

  • All locations
  • All nationalities
  • Financial need

How to apply

  • Eligible NOC students will be informed via NUS email. Submit financial aid application via myaces.nus.edu.sg.

Eligibility

  • Selected for NOC programme

  • Strong entrepreneurial qualities and a pay-it-forward attitude

  • Financial status of applicant assessed

What's expected of recipients

  • Be a positive ambassador of NUS during your NOC stint

  • Share intercultural startup experience and engage with start-up events

  • Be an inspiration to juniors

  • Submit a final report

Up to

S$5,000 per award

Young Technopreneur Award (YTA)

Endowed by Mr. Foo Jixun (Managing Partner, GGV Capital) — supports tech-inclined NOC China students with funding and entrepreneurial activities.

  • NOC China — 12-month only
  • All nationalities
  • Tech-related companies

How to apply

  • Apply via the NOC office alongside your NOC application. Eligible NOC students will be informed via NUS email prior to start of internship.

Eligibility

  • Selected for NOC China one-year programme interning at a tech-related company

  • Strong entrepreneurial qualities and potential

  • 6-month NOC China students are not eligible

What's expected of recipients

  • Submit one-page profile upon acceptance

  • Be an ambassador of NUS during your NOC stint

  • Share startup experience to bridge SG-China business communities

  • Submit 2 reports — one mid-programme on tech idea and progress, one at end on overall journey

Up to

S$10,000 in two tranches of S$5,000
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Jacob Phang Memorial Scholarship

Established by family and friends of the late Professor Jacob Phang (CEO of NUSX 2002–2006), in honour of his role founding NOC.

  • All locations
  • Singapore Citizens / PRs
  • CDE only
  • Returnees only

How to apply

  • Email invitation sent to eligible CDE NOC returnees via NUS email. Application includes Latest NUS Unofficial Transcript and Updated CV. Applicants notified of results via NUS email.

Eligibility

  • Undergraduates from College of Design and Engineering (CDE)

  • Have completed NOC stint or currently enrolled, and slated to graduate from NUS in the upcoming semester

  • Singapore Citizens or PRs

  • Performed well at internship and entrepreneurial courses during NOC

  • Active in venture creation and entrepreneurial activities during NOC

  • Not concurrently holding any other scholarship, grant, or award covering tuition fees in final semester

What's expected of recipients

  • Submit a one-page profile upon acceptance

  • Recipients are expected to take up accommodation in N-House (subsidised by NOC) during their final semester

  • Read tribute to Prof Phang →

Up to

S$3,500 per award · final-semester tuition

Philip Yeo Innovation Fellows Programme

Part of the Philip Yeo Initiative (PYI) — a ground-up initiative honouring Mr. Philip Yeo's MAD (Make A Difference) leadership ethos.

  • All locations
  • Singapore Citizens / PRs
  • Below age 40
  • MAD project required

How to apply

  • On the https://philipyeoinitiative.sg website, open the Innovation Fellows Programme page and be ready to submit the following: (1) CV in PDF, (2) Project Proposal in PDF with objective, plan, timeline, resources, budget, (3) One-page essay on your idea, its importance, impact, challenges, and support needed, (4) Link to a 3-minute intro video about you, your passion, MAD projects, why you’re applying, and your vision. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Eligibility

  • Singapore Citizens or PRs, below age 40

  • Demonstrated passion, energy, drive, and unconventional thinking

  • Have a MAD project / idea with potential for great positive societal impact

What's expected of recipients

  • Funding of up to S$20,000

  • Mentorship from the PYI network

  • Access to networking opportunities

Up to

S$20,000 per award + mentorship

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