Bursaries

NASA Exchange Bursary (Singapore Citizens)

NASA Exchange Bursaries are available on needs basis to undergraduate students who are going overseas to participate in Student Exchange Programme (SEP).

Quantum

These bursaries are valued from S$2,500 to S$5,000 depending on financial needs, availability of funds and regardless of exchange location.


The NASA awards help to offset part of the cost incurred for the overseas programme and may not be sufficient to cover the entire cost. Student must consider the location and cost before choosing any overseas programme.

 

Eligibility Criteria

  • Open to Singaporean.
  • NUS full-time undergraduate students (excluding students from Yale-NUS College) who are selected to go overseas for exchange in one of NUS’ partner universities
  • Students with per capita gross monthly household income (PCI)* of S$1,900 and below for the academic year of the exchange programme may be considered, subject to availability of funds. Please refer to the information under application procedure.

    • *Per capita gross monthly household income (PCI) refers to the total gross monthly income of all those living in the household divided by the number of people in the household.

Terms & Conditions

  • Students may receive at most ONE (1) NASA Exchange Bursary or Scholarship award during their undergraduate study in NUS.
  • This award must not be concurrently held with any other awards which do not allow award recipients to hold concurrent awards meant for overseas programme or the total sum of all concurrent awards meant for overseas programme has exceeded what is needed for the overseas programme.
  • NUS has the right to recall the award fully or partially if the overseas programme has been cancelled/suspended, and/or you did not complete the overseas programme at the host university or fulfil the award obligations.
  • NUS may in its sole discretion, vary and/or amend the terms, conditions and contents of this award application at any time, with due notice of such revisions being given to the applicants. 
  • All award recipients need to follow-up on the things they would need to do upon their return from their overseas programme as indicated on the Returning Student Checklist.

Application Timeline, Procedure and Outcome

Prerequisite

You must have an existing programme offer and accepted the programme offer via myEduRec by the stipulated deadline given by the Programme Administrator.

Submit your Financial Aid application for the same academic year of your overseas programme through Undergraduate Applicant Portal (nus.edu.sg), and submit all relevant supporting documents to Office of Financial Aid. This Financial Aid application is administered by Office of Financial Aid (under Office of Admission).


Application

After submitting your Financial Aid application, you may proceed to apply for NASA Exchange Bursary via myEduRec. Please refer to user guide * for the step by step instruction. This NASA Exchange Bursary application is administered by Global Relations Office.

* To access the user guide, if you are accessing the link outside of the campus, you have to connect to NUS vpn first.

Note: An application for Financial Aid does not constitute an application for NASA Exchange Bursary. These are two separate applications with different timelines and requirements. To be considered for the NASA Exchange Bursary, you must submit a complete Financial Aid application. Students who have already applied for the Financial Aid for the relevant academic year prior to the application of the overseas programme do not need to submit another Financial Aid application.


Application outcome and acceptance of offer


  1. You will be notified via NUS email on your NASA Exchange Bursary application outcome. Please check that you have met all the eligibility criteria before accepting the NASA Exchange Bursary offer via myEduRec.
  2. Update your "Receiving Bank Account (Credit Bank Account)" via myEduRec immediately after your acceptance of the NASA Exchange Bursary.

Timeline

   NASA Exchange Bursary

(for SEP)

(administered by Global Relations Office)
Application period For Semester 1 & Full Year Exchange:

1 Apr to 30 Jun 2024

For Semester 2 Exchange:
1 Oct to 30 Nov 2024
Application outcome & acceptance of offer For Semester 1 & Full Year Exchange:

15 Aug – 31 Aug 2024

For Semester 2 Exchange:
15 Jan –31 Jan 2025
Bursary disbursement For Semester 1 & Full Year Exchange:

by 30 Sept 2024

For Semester 2 Exchange:
by 28 Feb 2025


Queries:

For queries on NASA Exchange Bursary, please contact us via nasa@nus.edu.sg.

For queries on Financial Aid, please contact Office of Financial Aid (under Office of Admission)