Federal Government FSB Scholarship Award 2025.

The Federal Government Scholarship Award has been announced by the Federal Ministry of Education, Nigeria as a fully-funded scholarship for Nigerian undergraduate and postgraduate students. 

The award is open to undergraduate and postgraduate students in Nigerian public or private universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education.

The FSB scholarship offers a renewable cash award of ₦300,000 per annum to all selected applicants irrespective of background or religion.

Requirements:

To be considered for the Federal Government Scholarship Award, you must:

● must be a registered Full-Time student of Federal or State Universities.

● possess a minimum of first degree with Second Class Honours Division (Postgraduate students).

● must be registered full-time students in their second year or above in Federal or State Universities, Polytechnics, Monotechnics, and Colleges of Education

● must have at least 4.0 Cumulative Grade Points Aggregate (CGPA) on a five (5) point scale or its equivalents or 5.0 on a 7-point scale (UG, HND & NCE).

● Must have a CGPA of 3.5 and above on a scale of 4.0 (NCE/HND Applicants)

● Not hold the scholarship at the same time with another Award nor for part-time studies.

● Not change course or institution while enjoying the award.

Duration and Reward

The scholarship is tenable in Nigeria and takes effect from the beginning of the academic session.

The scholarship covers-

● Under-Graduate Scholars: ₦250,000 per annum,

● Post-Graduate Scholars: ₦300,000 per annum,

● HND: ₦150,000 per annum and NCE: ₦150,000 per annum.

Eligible Programmes

● Medicine and Medical Sciences 

● Education

● Agriculture

● Liberal Arts/Social/Management Sciences

● Science and Technology

● Entrepreneural Studies,

● Information and Communication Technology

● Environmental Sciences

● Law

Required Documents

To apply, candidates must be ready to submit the following documents;

● Letter of Admission to the Institution

● State of origin certificate

● National Identity Number

● CGPA Result (Academic Transcript)

Method of Application

● Click on the button below to visit Federal Ministry of Education’s website

● Click on Federal Scholarship Board ICON on the Home Page

● Read Guidelines and then Complete the Application Form online.

● Print the completed application form for reference purposes.

● Note that double Entries will be disqualified!

Enquiries can be directed to; fsb@education.gov.ng or 08077884418/08091155229

Click Here to Apply

Application Deadline: May 29, 2025