FEDERAL MINISTRY OF EDUCATION FEDERAL

SCHOLARSHIP BOARD,
ABUJA.

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SCHOLARSHIP AWARD

1. GENERAL INFORMATION:

Method of Completion and submission of Forms:

Application forms are completed ONLINE AT www.fsb.gov.ng

Applicants MUST go through the INSTRUCTIONS before completing the online form

All applicants MUST fill the online version of the Application form first and remember
to PRINT an Acknowledgement Slip online after completing and submitting
the form

Your Acknowledgement Slip would be required from you at the Interview venue.

Next applicants MUST download the PDF version of the NIGERIAN AWARD form and
print a copy of it, fill it and make 5 photocopies of the PDF application form and
bring it along with your Acknowledgement Slip

(a) Photocopies of other documents to be submitted online with the

completed
application form are;

i. Letter of admission to the institution you are studying.

ii. Educational certificates
iii. Course Registration.
iv. Identity Card
v. Last sessional examination result.
vi. One (1) passport-size photographs

c) Online application submitted after the closing date, or incorrect/incomplete

filled, or without the correct documents will not be processed.

2. COURSES TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE AWARD ARE AS FOLLOWS:

 A. Science and Technology
B. Medicine and Para-medicals.
C. Science Subjects with Education.
D. Arts and other subjects with Education.
E. Liberal Arts/Social/Management Sciences.
F. Law
G. HND (science and Technology)
H. NCE

3. BASIC QUALIFICATION:

(a) POSTGRADUATE SCHOLASHIP

All applicants for postgraduate scholarship should have at least a first

degree (2nd
Class) or HND (Upper Class Level)

(b) UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP:

All applicants for undergraduate degree scholarship must possess a

minimum
Qualification of five credits in Senior Secondary Certificate
Examination
including English Language and Mathematics. In addition, they
must be in the
2nd year of their studies or above and must have at least 3.0
C.G.P.A on a 5 point
scale or its equivalent in previous academic years examinations.

(c) HND SCHOLARSHIP:

All applicants must have a minimum of Upper Credit Pass at ND

level. The Award
Covers HND 1 AND HND II

(d) NCE SCHOLARSHIP:

The award is for 2nd and 3rd year of NCE programme and candidates
must have a minimum of 3.0 CGPA score on 5 point scale or its
equivalent in the previous examinations.

4. ( A) METHOD OF APPLICATION:- Hard Copy

Collection and submission of Forms:

i) Application forms are obtained from the Registrar’s Offices of the

following institutions:

- Federal and State Universities

- Federal and State polytechnics/Colleges of Technology
- Federal and State Colleges of Education
 ii) Students who are qualified to apply according to the above criteria
should collect
Application forms from their institutions and submit the duly
completed forms at the interview venue.

iii) Candidates are advised to make only one entry. Those who make
multiple entries will have their entries rejected.

iv) Completed application forms must be legible (Candidates are

therefore advised
to write legibly)

iv) Incomplete and incorrect completion of forms will lead to

disqualification.

5. ALL COMPLETED (HARD COPY) APPLICATION FORMS MUST BE

ACCOMPANIED WITH PHOTOCOPIES OF THE FOLLOWING:

i) Educational certificates (on no account should original certificates be

sent)
ii) Letter of admission to the institution you are studying
iii) Course Registration
iv) Last sessional examination result
v) Identity Card.
vi) 2 passport-size photographs.

6. Submission of application forms

Applicants are meant to print a the first page of their application form and
the Acknowledgement Slip are all meant to be submitted at the interview centre.
Admission for the Interview is strictly based on this.