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Overview
Scholarship type
Merit based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
S$3,500
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
The LKY-STEP Award was established from donations received from Mr Lee Kuan Yew through the sale proceeds of autographed editions of Volume 2 of his Memoirs.
The objective of the award is to encourage lifelong learning and will be offered to outstanding polytechnic graduates pursuing full-time undergraduate degree programmes at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore Management University (SMU), Singapore University of Technology & Design(SUTD), Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) or Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS).
Benefits
One-off cash award of S$3,500.
Subsidised Tuition fees will be waived by the universities if LKY-STEP Award holders are unsuccessful in securing a concurrent scholarship.
No bond attached, apart from the three-year bond applicable to all Singapore PRs under the MOE Tuition Grant Scheme.
Eligibility
- Open to Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents.
- Successful awardees should read a full-time undergraduate degree programme leading to a first degree at NTU, NUS, SMU, SUTD, SIT or SUSS.
- Possess outstanding Diploma awarded by a polytechnic in Singapore (preferably Diploma with Merit) or SIT (Poly-FSI) qualifications.
- Excellent co-curricular records.
- Strong leadership qualities and potential.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Any
Locations
Singapore
Nationality
Singaporean
Study experience required
High school
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
13 May 2026
Application opens on 15 April to 13 May.
Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) is the Secretariat for LKY-STEP Award.