Sands China Fellowship
Article 1
Eligibility Criteria
All applicants for the Sands China Fellowship (the “Fellowship”) must:
1. be holders of a valid Macao Resident Identity Card and currently studying on a bachelor’s degree programme of the Macao Polytechnic University (the “University”);
2. have paid the tuition fee due within the payment period.
Article 2
Application Method
1. An applicant should fill in a designated application form for the Fellowship, which should be submitted with the following documents within a specified period:
(i) A copy of the applicant’s identification document;
(ii) Copies of the identification documents of all family members who live with the applicant in the same household;
(iii) The University’s income declaration forms duly completed and signed by the employers of all those family members and the applicant if they were in employment for a designated past 12-month period; if during that period of time the applicant or any of those family members were unemployed, a declaration should be made to that effect;
(iv) Macao Local Bank Transfer Authorisation Form duly completed and signed, and a copy of the bank passbook of the applicant or the applicant’s representative.
2. Incomplete or late applications will not be accepted.
Article 3
Quota and Amount
1. The Fellowship quota is ten students for each academic year.
2. The Fellowship amount is MOP10,000 per person.
Article 4
Evaluation Method
The Fellowship applications are evaluated on the basis of the income documents submitted, and a list of ten applicants with the lowest household income per capita is provided to Sands China Limited for consideration and approval.
Article 5
Means of Distribution
Every academic year, Sands China Limited provides the Fellowship amounts, which will be distributed by the University to each Fellowship recipient in a one-off payment via bank transfer.
Updated on 6 September 2021
This English version is a translation of the original scheme in Chinese. For any discrepancies between the two versions, the Chinese version shall prevail.