Award Description

This grant support doctoral and research masters candidates to present their research finding in well established and high international / national conferences by funding the conference

UTM Young Scholars Grant Requirements

• • Eligibility Criteria
    1) Open to students (both local & international) registered in PhD and Master by Research programs in UTM. However, for international students only those enrolled in doctoral programme are eligible.
    2) Priority is given to an applicant in semester 1-6 for PhD and semester 1-3 for Master by Research candidate.
    3) Application should be filed in advance at least two (2) months prior the date of the conference.
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    4) Only approved applications, will qualify to claim for the grant.
    5) Applicant must be invited as an oral presenter and present at the conference. Applicant must be the first student author of the paper, which must cover original, ongoing research and directly related to the applicant thesis topic.
    6) Applicant must not receive any full scholarship (tuition fees and monthly allowance) during the application submission.
    7) Applicant can only be awarded with this financial assistance ONCE throughout the study.
    8) Please take note that an applicant’s funding will be cancelled upon submission of thesis for viva voce.
    9) Only attendance to conference organized by registered association/university/research institute/academic organization/government agency
    (preferably indexed conference) will be considered for financial support. Supervisors are responsible to check and ensure that the conference is not organized by commercial organizer.
    10) The rates for this funding are as below:
    a) PhD – maximum amount of RM700
    b) Master by Research – maximum amount of RM500

• Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) invites eligible Malaysian citizen to apply for UTM Endowmen Scholarship to pursue full time study at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) scholarships and whoever success will receive the scholarships until they graduated depending on their performance.
• The receiver of the scholarships awards would not be bond by UTM  and they are free to work with other organizations after their graduation
• Endowmen Scholarship is offered to an outstanding and Bottom 40(B40) students with scholarship value from RM9,000 up to RM12,000 per year.