The Greater Bay Area Homeland Youth Community Foundation is offering the ‘For Our Future Scholarship’ to local students in recognition of their academic studies and contributions to society through financial support that enables them to achieve their goals and aspirations. Successful candidates will be those students who have demonstrated excellent performance in their academic studies, personal development (sports, arts and music, etc.) and social services. They are also expected to have a strong commitment to Hong Kong and a desire to continue serving society after graduation.
Up to 15 scholarship awards at HK$50,000 each will be offered in the 2026-27 academic year for eligible students from the 13 Hong Kong educational institutions. HKBU will nominate up to TWO students to compete with students from other educational institutions for the awards. For details, please refer to the information note here.
The awardees of the scholarship will automatically become a member of the ‘For Our Future’ Alumni Club and must join the Foundation’s YO PLACE as a member. Please find the detailed information about the ‘For Our Future’ Alumni Association’ and ‘YO PLACE’ in the Appendix of the information note.
ELIGIBILITY
An applicant for the Scholarship: -
- Must be a local student aged between 18 and 30 studying for a full-time bachelor’s (year 2 and above) or master’s degree in any disciplines of study;
- Have attained a cumulative GPA (cGPA) of 3.3 or above in the academic year 2025-26 with distinctive performance in academic projects;
- Have personal developments (in sports, art, music, etc.);
- Should demonstrate active participation in social services and good leadership skills.
For senior entrants and first-year master students, they should have attained a cumulative GPA of 3.3 or above out of 4.0 from their previous sub-degree or undergraduate studies.
* According to the Donor, the master’s Degree includes taught and research postgraduate programmes.
APPLICATION
University application deadline: 5:00pm, 5 November 2026 (Thursday).
Documents for application (and download):
- Completed application form (All pages)
- Completed nomination notes (This is a recommendation letter. Interested students should ask his/her faculty/school or academic department to complete this and submit together with items 1 and 3)
- Supporting documents listed in Annex B on the last page of the application form
Please note that the application form and nomination form are fillable. Please TYPE in the form. Hand-written will not be accepted.
Please note the following when you submit your application:
- Save your completed application form (with Annex A and Annex B) together with the completed nomination form and scanned copies of all required supporting documents as ONE PDF file. Name your PDF file in the format of "For Our Future_student ID_full name" (e.g. For Our Future _23241111_Chan Tai Man). We may not be able to identify your submission if you do not name your file correctly.
- Please make sure all scanned documents are clear and legible. Any parts that are missing, unclear, and incomprehensible will NOT be considered.
- You may not need to scan the documents in the highest/top quality if standard quality suffice. Your PDF file should NOT exceed 25MB.
- Login to our “Documents Upload Platform” at https://sfa.hkbu.edu.hk/supporting_docs/ with your SSOid. Choose and click “For Our Future Scholarship 2026-27” in the menu to upload the documents. We will NOT be able to receive your documents if you choose another scheme name, so please click the scheme name carefully. The “Documents Upload Platform” will close automatically at the application deadline 5:00 pm of 5 November 2026 (Thursday). You will receive an auto-email from the system upon successful upload of your PDF file.
- To avoid being late, you should upload your PDF well before the deadline, as there may be unexpected technical errors/difficulties that require extra time to solve. Note that the submission time is subject to our system’s clock on the website, which may or may not be the same as your watch, and the Office of Student Affairs has the discretion to make final judgments on whether the application is considered late.
- Partial submissions/late applications will NOT be considered. You should ONLY attach relevant supporting documents with your application form.
Also note that:
- Due to very limited nomination quota, only shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend an internal panel interview at HKBU tentatively scheduled in early December 2026. Suitable candidates will then be recommended to the Foundation for their final selection. The Foundation will conduct a preliminary selection interview in January or February 2027 and a final interview in March 2027. Please ensure your availability for the interviews, as they are a necessary part of the selection process for the Scholarship.
- Results of the application (successful and unsuccessful) will be announced in April 2027. The Scholarships will be awarded at the Award Presentation Ceremony to be held in April 2027. Absence from the Award Presentation Ceremony may mean forfeiture of the scholarship, subject to the decision of the Donor.
- Selected students will receive the scholarship in 2 instalments. The first payment of HK$40,000 will be issued at the Scholarship Award Presentation Ceremony. The second payment of HK$10,000 will be issued upon the completion of the required service or activity hours latest by 30 April 2028.
- The Scholarship requires open competition with students from other educational institutions. The award for HKBU students is not guaranteed.
Please click here for general tips on completing scholarship application forms.
Faculty members are welcome to encourage eligible students to apply.
ENQUIRY
For enquiries, please feel free to contact us at 3411 6713 or by email to scholarship@hkbu.edu.hk.
Scholarships & Financial Aid Unit
Office of Student Affairs
Room WLB 401, Level 4
The Wing Lung Bank Building for Business Studies, Shaw Campus