• Financial assistance & scholarships are available for study at undergraduate level in all disciplines at the selected public sector Pakistani universities and degree awarding institutions.
• Students need to compete for securing admission at the participating institution as per admission policy of the institution and be enrolled in Undergraduate (4 Years) / Graduate (2 Years) programs.
• All those needy students who are already enrolled in the participating institutions are also eligible to apply.
• The eligibility of a candidate is linked to neediness of the candidate as determined & assessed by the Institutional Scholarship Award Committee, keeping in view the financial background of the family of the applicant and subsequently approved by SMC.
• The number of G&UG slots will be decided by the universities and subsequently approved by SMC, but more weightage will be given to the UG slots.
• Funding for G & UG slots will continue for full program and eventually the scholarship slot will be replaced by new students. In case of any drop out, students in the waiting list will be awarded this scholarship as per merit.
• Disciplines will be kept open. University will decide to include or exclude any discipline keeping in view its grant, program cost, and number of allocated slots etc.
• In case of Medicine, Pharm-D and other five year programs, funding will be made for complete five years.
• Considering the allocated grant, the university may adjust the total number of scholarships to some extent in order to cover the tuition fee, as per actual.
• Every student will be paid Rs. 6000 stipend per month for the complete program, as well as the actual tuition fee.

Scholarship Award Framework

The deserving students will deposit the complete scholarship application form at the Students Financial Aid Office (SFAO), established at the participating institution as per HEC guidelines. The details of the candidates will be compiled by the Student Financial Aid Office in an evaluation sheet. After completion, the data sheet will be forwarded to the members of Institutional Scholarship Award Committee (ISAC) which includes members from the institution as well as external community members, and is headed by the Vice Chancellor of the participating institution who would ensure impartiality and transparency of the process.

The ISAC committee will make its recommendations on the basis of total family income, total number of dependents, education expenditures, market value of the assets and income versus expenditure assessment of the candidate’s family and its ability to pay the educational expenditures.

The students will be interviewed by ISAC to ensure the authenticity of the information and to cross check the data provided. Based on the review of data, interview of the candidates and, if required, interview with the parents and physical verification of the data. ISAC will recommend potential candidates in order of priority to HEC Scholarship Management Committee (SMC).

Stipend Transfer Framework

• Students are required to open their account at the bank branch of the institution / university (if available).
• Provision of undertaking by the selected student to the institution for the following:
• “That the information provided by him/her in availing scholarship is correct .In case of provision of false information, the admission will be cancelled and any remitted amount will to be refunded.”
• Certificate by the university that the student is not availing any other scholarship from national or international agency.
• Transfer of student stipend to student accounts will be on monthly basis.
• The scholarship will be continued after the completion of a semester only if the progress of the scholarship holder is satisfactory as communicated by the FP who will use the semester result of the students for determining the satisfactory progress. Also in case of any serious misconduct, the scholarship will be withheld / discontinued.
   
•  Consolidated record of students’ stipend paid to the students and Tuition Fee adjusted need to be provided by the institutions (on sixth monthly basis).

Waiting List Students

In case a student is dropped out due to any reason and his/her admission is cancelled by the institution, the SFAO may recommend award of scholarship to the waiting list students subject to the following conditions:

•   The institution has candidates name included in the waiting list approved by SMC.  
• The academic performance of the waiting list student(s) is satisfactory and students are eligible for promotion to next term / semester.  
• To award the scholarship to the waiting list student(s), the SFAO will forward the relevant case details to HEC for concurrence & formal approval by the Chairman SMC.

Scholarship Continuation & Payments

HEC will remit scholarship funds to the university / institution from recurring grant on quarterly basis on receipt from Govt. of Pakistan. The University / Institution should adjust the tuition fee and transfer the stipend to the students as per guidelines i.e. students stipend on the monthly basis and tuition fee on semester basis.

Alumni Record

The students are to fill in the comprehensive “Students Alumni Form” & “Questionnaire”. Each scholar needs to fill up the forms at university & submit a copy to the Student’s Financial Aid Office within the university after completion of their programs. This is required to help the university as well as the Project Management Unit (PMU) to keep a track record of the students’ achievements/progress after completion of their studies.