SINGAPOREAN students from modest family backgrounds who wish to pursue full-time language, linguistic and humanities degree courses in local universities may now apply for the Lim Kim San Memorial Scholarship.

Applications for the bond-free scholarship opened on Wednesday (Feb 22); the closing date is Apr 28.

Scholarship holders will have their full course fees, including tuition and examinations, covered. An annual allowance, consisting of a S$2,000 living and a S$300 book allowance, is also included.

The scholarship is tenable for the minimum period required by the scholar to complete the course of study for a first degree, including, if applicable, an honours degree. The course of study should not exceed four years.

Internship opportunities at SPH Media, if vacancies are available, are also offered to scholarship holders.

Eligible candidates must be Singaporean citizens from households where the monthly income is S$5,000 or less.

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The scholarship, funded by the SPH Foundation, was set up upon the suggestion of Lim Kim San, a former Cabinet minister who served as Singapore’s first Minister of Finance; between 1988 and 2002, he was executive chairman of the then-Singapore Press Holdings. He died in 2006, the year the scholarship was launched.

It has since benefited 159 students.

Interested candidates may apply for the scholarship at https://www.sphfoundation.org.sg/lks-scholarship-awards.