Federal Government Scholarship Schemes are policy measures
and programmes designed to augment formal education for
National, Economic and Scientific development of the country.


The Federal Government in its efforts to improve education in
the country and the welfare of Nigerian Students in tertiary
institutions nationwide has put in place a revitalised
scholarship scheme The revitalised award scheme is for both
postgraduate and undergraduate students already in
Universities, Polytechnics, Monotechnics and Colleges of
Education, pursuing second year courses and HND I and above
in these institutions.
Through the improved
and enlarged scheme,
the suffering of Nigerian
students will be
ameliorated while
students’ anti-social
behaviour and unrest
wiII be reduced. Greater
access to higher
education by qualified
students will be a sure
way forward towards
national development,
technological
advancement and rapid
industrialisation and
socio-economic
development.
The Nigerian Award is one of the two Divisions of the Federal
Scholarship Board. It processes and implements scholarship
awards for postgraduates, undergraduates, Higher National
Diploma and National Certificate in Education Certificates.
There is also a monitoring branch under Nigerian Award.


VALUE OF EACH AWARD

Under-graduate Scholars = N 150,000 per annum
HND = N 100,000 per annum
NCE = N 100,000 per annum
Post-graduate Scholars =N 180,000 per annum
Post HNO =N 180,000 per annum
PROGRAMMES TENABLE IN NIGERIAN TERTIARY
INSTITUTIONS.
Under Nigerian Award, the following programmes are covered
by the Federal Scholarship Scheme tenable in Nigerian Tertiary
Institutions.



POSTGRADUATE (PG) AWARD. APPLY
UNDERGRADUATE (UG) AWARD. APPLY
POST HIGHER NATIONAL DIPLOMA (PHND) AWARD. APPLY
HIGHER NATIONAL DIPLOMA (HND) AWARD. APPLY
NATIONAL CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION (NCE) AWARD. APPLY