Stemming from a strong belief in the power of education to effect change, the Foundation established and launched the whole new The D. H. Chen Foundation Scholarship Program (the “Scholarship Program”) in 2015, a milestone initiative investing in deserving students who will combine their intellect and humanitarian ethos of social service to drive impact for a better tomorrow.
Choosing among Hong Kong’s brightest scholars and collaborating with some of the most prestigious universities, the Scholarship Program will award a maximum of 22 Scholarships in total annually starting from 2016/17, aiming to nurture, empower and connect promising, visionary and insightful leaders for Hong Kong.
The Scholarship Program offers comprehensive financial support during the Scholars’ full-course of study, ensuring that they are well-supported to pursue different academic, personal and professional goals.
In addition, a diversity of distinctive features will also be offered to foster our Scholars’ social awareness and engagement:
Social service exposure: a range of social service opportunities will be offered to encourage our Scholars to apply their well-earned knowledge and skills to serve the community;
Mentorship: respectable leaders of different professions with outstanding social service accomplishments will share their personal stories with our Scholars to enhance their philanthropic aspirations;
Scholars network: various networking and leadership development programs will be organized to enable our Scholars to stay connected, engaged and inspired; and
Annual award dinner: an award dinner will be hosted to unite our Scholars with distinguished guests, celebrating their remarkable achievements.
A maximum of 20 full scholarships will be awarded to outstanding undergraduate students at five local universities, namely The Chinese University of Hong Kong, City University of Hong Kong, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and The University of Hong Kong, offering our Scholars a unique opportunity to optimize their university experience, broaden their global perspectives and strengthen their commitment to serve.
The Scholarship covers tuition fee, living allowance and an exchange allowance which supports our Scholars to gain overseas exposure. And to give our Scholars unique recognition, a Vice-chancellor roundtable event will be arranged at each participating university so that they can share and reflect on their accomplishments and challenges.
Two full undergraduate scholarships were awarded to exceptional Hong Kong students demonstrating excellent academic merits who may be prevented from pursuing an education at Oxford due to financial barriers. These history-first means-tested scholarships at Oxford provided funding for tuition fees, college fees, living costs and an internship allowance which enabled the Scholar to undertake an internship anywhere in the world. We believe that by offering our Scholars these life-changing opportunities, they would soar high and reach wide, dreaming the impossible dream.
Besides the landmark Scholarship Program, the Foundation has also been supporting a diversity of scholarship/bursary schemes to enable local university students to pursue their higher education. The various schemes have benefited nearly 500 local university students to date and are continuing to benefit more:
The Chinese University of Hong Kong | D. H. Chen Foundation Scholarship (MBA Program) D. H. Chen Foundation Student Bursaries and Loans D. H. Chen Foundation Scholarships (Faculty of Medicine) |
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University | D. H. Chen Foundation Bursary |
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | The D. H. Chen Foundation Life Science Scholarship |
Shue Yan University | Dr. D. H. Chen Foundation Service Scholarships |
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