Graduate Financial Assistance (GRA-Assist)

Application is closed.

A. OBJECTIVES

• To attract the interest of MALAYSIAN and INTERNATIONAL candidates to pursue postgraduate studies by research mode at USM, by funding their FIRST & SECOND SEMESTER tuition fees.
• To strengthen the research excellence agenda and increase the number of publications in USM by increasing the enrollment of research mode postgraduate students.

B. REQUIREMENTS

i) General

• Candidate who has received admission offer letter from USM for studying Masters or Ph.D by research mode, yet to register as a FULL-TIME student is eligible to apply. Application for part time students would NOT be considered.
• Open to all Malaysian (Masters and Ph.D) and International (Ph.D) only.

ii) MSc Candidate

• Must have obtained a bachelor’s degree with a CGPA ≥ 3.00 OR an equivalent qualification that is recognized by the Malaysian Government.
• Preference is given to those who had sent in manuscript for publication in a journal indexed by WoS/SCOPUS/ERA.

iii) Ph.D Candidate

• Must have obtained a master’s degree by coursework/mixed mode with a CGPA ≥ 3.00 OR a master’s degree by research mode OR an equivalent qualification that is recognized by the Malaysian Government.
• Must have at least ONE manuscript published in a journal indexed by WoS/SCOPUS/ERA.

iv) This financial support would be awarded to the awardee on semester basis.

The awardee needs to apply for the extension before second semester starts. The decision of the extension is based on the research progress of the awardee, at least ONE (1) SUBMITTED manuscript to a journal indexed by WoS/SCOPUS/ERA which, the awardee must be the first student author and the supervisor must be one of the authors in the author list.

v) Supervisor

The main supervisor must have:

• at least ONE (1) active (the active duration of the grant must still have at least 1 year from the date of application) and sufficient research grant as Principal Investigator to support the candidate research throughout the candidature duration; or
• at least TWO (2) publications in journals indexed by WoS/SCOPUS/ERA as Corresponding Author for the previous year (2021).

Download the application form here: Postgraduate Conference Fund Application Form

For further enquiries, you may contact Ms. Noor Azulia (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

Application is closed.

General Requirements

• Open to all FULL-TIME USM registered research mode postgraduate students (Masters and Ph.D).
• FULL-TIME research mode students in their first 2 semesters of their candidature are eligible to apply.
• Required to assist the School/Centre/Institute minimum of 6 hours per week to conduct tutorials or laboratory sessions, research as well as other duties assigned by the Dean/Director of the School/Centre/Institute.
• Must be physically present in USM for the duration of the scheme.

Masters Students

• Bachelor’s Degree with CGPA>3.00/4.00 or an equivalent qualification recognized by the Malaysian Government.

Ph.D Students

• Bachelor’s Degree with CGPA>3.00/4.00 or an equivalent qualification recognized by the Malaysian Government.
• Master’s Degree by coursework/mixed mode with CGPA>3.50/4.00 or Master’s Degree by research mode or an equivalent qualification recognized by the Malaysian Government.
• At least has one manuscript published in a journal indexed by Wos/SCOPUS.

Benefits

• Monthly allowances
  • Masters - RM500 *Maximum period of funding is 2 years
  • Ph.D - RM700 *Maximum period of funding is 3 years
• Tuition fee covered

Supervisor

The supervisor must have: 

• at least has ONE (1) active research grant as Principal Investigator to support the candidate research throughout the candidature duration. The active period of the grant must be at least 1 year from the date of application; or
• at least has TWO (2) publications in journals indexed by WoS/SCOPUS as Corresponding Author for the previous year (2021).

Result will be annouced on third week of October 2022. *Subject to change

For further information, please contact the person in charge below:

ARTS & MEDICAL/HEALTH Clusters
Ms. Noorzamreena Riazat Ali

SCIENCES, ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY Clusters
Ms. Noor Azulia Zul Azman