Online scholarships – Application process
Application form
If you have read all of the guidance notes and are now ready to begin the application, click here for the application form.
The link to the electronic application form is only available between the 1st April and 31 May of the scholarship application period.
Before you access it, please read the guidance notes below on how to use the electronic form.
Click here to see a blank sample of the form so you can see what it looks like in advance.
Filling in your application form
The application form must be completed in English.
On the first page, click the ‘Start New Application’ button and fill in your personal details in section 1, including your email address. When you press ‘Next’ at the end of section 1, you will be sent an email which will give you an application number (beginning with APP-) and a link to your online application form.
Each time you finish a section of the application form and press ‘Next’, that page and previous pages will save automatically. You can leave the portal at any time – just use the Online Application Link in the email sent to you to re-enter and continue where you left off.
Sections 1 to 5 are self-explanatory. For the rest of the sections, the following information may help you:
- Section 6 – Financial Information – This section will ask you to calculate your expected costs for your year’s study, and other ways you have sought to meet or reduce these costs. Use this section to show us how you are already taking steps to fund your study. This could include securing other partial scholarships, personal savings, a student loan, part-time employment, or choosing courses which offer full or partial tuition fee waivers. The form will help you to arrive at a total remaining amount to apply for.
- Section 7 – About You – This section will ask you to write two short essays about yourself. Read the guidance in the section carefully. You must address all the points mentioned in the guidance in order to be considered for shortlist and interview. You must write the essays yourself. If you have applied in a previous year, do not use the essays you wrote before, you must write new ones.
Once you have completed Section 7, the final page will invite you to press ‘Next’. At this stage, if you press ‘Next’, your application will be submitted and you cannot make any further edits to it.
If you do not want to submit your application yet, just press ‘previous’ or leave the page, and use the Online Application Link sent to you via email to enter the portal at a later time. You can submit your application any time up until 31 May of the scholarship year.
Before you submit your application, make sure that all sections of the form are completed, and your essays are clear and well written in English.
When you sign and submit your application, you will be certifying that the information you have provided is true to the best of your knowledge. Supplying false information could result in a scholarship award to be cancelled and repaid back to Prospect Burma.
After you submit your application, you will receive a confirmation email which will have a copy your application attached as a PDF for your reference and will ask you to submit supporting paperwork to complete the application.
Additional documents
Here is a checklist of the documents which we require to be submitted to us:
- Education certificates/transcripts: Include official documents for all previously completed studies.
- Academic/professional references: Two references are required, either from academic sources (professors, lecturers) or professional ones (supervisors, colleagues).
- Additional awards/grant letters: If applicable, include copies of any awards or grant letters you have received.
- ID (Passport/Travel Document): A copy of the personal details page with your photo, name, and other identification details.
- University admission letter or application evidence: If you’ve already been accepted into a university, include the admission letter. If you haven’t, provide proof of application.
- English proficiency score (if applicable): Include your official English language test scores (e.g., IELTS, TOEFL) if required for the application.
- Letter of Statement (if applicable): If you are not able to provide certain documents, attach a “letter of statement” in your application explaining why you cannot provide them.
After you have submitted your application
Shortlisted candidates will be invited for an interview in August or September. You will be notified if you are selected.
Please note that enquiries regarding the status of your application will not be answered, as we can only contact those candidates who have been successfully shortlisted. If you do not hear from us by the end of September, it means that your application has not been successful. Additionally, we will be posting updates regarding the scholarship outcomes on Prospect Burma’s official Facebook pages.