Federal Government Scholarship Awards To Study Overseas 2022: The Federal Scholarship Board (FSB) is a Subdivision of the Federal Ministry of Education which is headed by a Director, who is also the Secretary of the Board. More than 30,000 Nigerians have benefited from the scholarship program since its inception.
Most scholarship recipients from Nigeria have returned home to make substantial contributions in different sectors to the nation’s development, particularly in our higher institutions.
The grading score for this scholarship would be strictly based on academic merit, the quality of research proposals by students as well as their positive impacts on society at large.
Directives For The Federal Scholarship Board
- Policy Formulation – Preparing master plans for a well-composed and effective utilization of foreign and local scholarship and fellowship awards to deserving Nigerian undergraduate and postgraduate students.
- Implementing the Federal Government strategy and programmes of foreign and local scholarship awards to well-deserving Nigerian scholars.
- Implementing Federal Government commitments to Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA) and Multi-Lateral (Commonwealth) Agreements on Scholarship and Fellowship awards to Nigeria.
- Implementation of Presidential Special Scholarship for Innovation and Development (PRESSID) and NYSC EX-Corps Scholarship.
- Collection, collation, analysis, publishing, and dissemination of data and other information of student matters, Scholarship, and Fellowship awards in relation to Nigeria.
- Supervision and monitoring the activities of Federal Government Scholars in Tertiary Institutions locally and abroad.
- Advising and coordinating States Scholarship Policies and Programmes through Annual Coordinating Committee Meetings of the Secretaries of Federal and State Scholarship Boards.
The Field Of Study To be Considered For The Scholarship Award
- Science and Technology
- Medicine and Para-medicals
- Education
- Agriculture
- Liberal Arts/Social/Management Sciences
- Entrepreneurial Studies,
- ICT
- Environmental Sciences
- Law
How To Apply
Interested and qualified applicants should kindly click here to apply
