Postgraduate Emergency Grant

SMU POSTGRADUATE EMERGENCY GRANT

The SMU Postgraduate Emergency Grant is a one-off emergency financial grant by SMU to assist postgraduate students facing unforeseen financial crisis and would require interim financial assistance while their families seek for long-term solutions to meet their financial needs.  

 

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

  • Current SMU postgraduate students who are faced with a sudden financial situation (e.g. serious illness of a family member who is to undergo medical treatment/surgery, incapacitation of bread-winner, retrenchment of bread-winner, etc). 
  • Applicant's household monthly per capita income should not exceed S$1,500.

    (Note: Household monthly income per person is calculated by taking the total gross household monthly income divided by the total number of family members living together.)

 

BENEFITS

  • Up to S$2,000 (depending on level of financial difficulties)
  • The grant does not carry a repayment obligation, however, recipients are expected to “pay it forward” when their financial situation improved. This can be through a contribution back to the SMU Resilience Fund.
     

APPLICATION

Please apply via OASIS (Self-Service Application - Financial Aid Application) by completing the “Application for Emergency Grant” form.


ENQUIRIES

Centre for Student Financial Assistance
Office of Admissions and Financial Assistance
Email: finasst@smu.edu.sg