SANA FAME Scholarships Program

SANA FAME Scholarships Program

A Merit/Income Based Financial Assistance for Sindhi Students
SANA simply helps them to achieve their dream



Friends,

For the award of Dr. Feroz Ahmed Memorial Educational (FAME) Scholarships for the academic Year 2009-2010, Sindhi Association of North America (SANA) invites applications from meritorious Sindhi students who are pursuing education at universities/colleges in Pakistan.

Application forms are attached with this message and also available at SANA website http://www.sanalist.org/ or www.famefund.net. For completing and forwarding applications, please follow instructions provided in this e-mail and as written on the forms.

SANA FAME Scholarships Program
INTRODUCTION:

In 1998, Sindhi Association of North America (SANA) established an educational fund to pay tribute to late Dr. Feroz Ahmed, a prominent Sindhi social scientist and educationist. Through Dr. Feroz Ahmed Memorial Educational (FAME) scholarships Program, SANA provides financial assistance in the form of scholarships to exceptional Sindhi students in their pursuit of undergraduate and post graduate studies at any university in Pakistan.

Based on the collection of funds, each year SANA awards several scholarships to meritorious and needy Sindhi students in Sindh.

For the academic year 2009-2010, SANA FAME Scholarships Program will confer the following awards:

For the academic year 2009-2010, our target is award of 80 Scholarships.

1. Fiftysix (56) scholarships for Undergraduate Studies in Sciences. Each $250.00

2. Six (6) scholarships for Post-graduate Studies in Social Sciences and Humanities. Each $500.00

3. Six (6) scholarships for Undergraduate Studies with major in Sindhi Language, Sindhi Literature, Sindh History, etc. Each $250.00

4. Four (4) scholarships for Post-graduate Studies in Sindhi Language, Sindhi Literature, Sindh History, etc. $500.00 each.

5. Eight (8) scholarships of $250.00 each for students of Nursing Colleges.

PURPOSE:
To financially support the education of eighty (80) meritorious Sindhi students who are pursuing education at universities/colleges in Pakistan.

SOURCE:
SANA FAME Scholarships Program fund, and SANA Community.

WEB SITE:
Please visit: http://www.sanalist.org/FameFund.htm or www.famefund.net
e-mail: fame_fund@sbcglobal.net
Mailing Address: FAME FUND C/O Ghulam Memon, 9112 Harbor Hills Drive, Houston, Texas 77054, USA.
(Please send your applications in regular mail. Registered mail will not be accepted)

THE TASK:
To invite and review applications and grant scholarships to the selected deserving students.

THE PROGRAM:
1. December 22 through January 10, 2010 - Notification about invitation of application through SANALIST, posting on various Sindhi based lists, Mehran TV, and through local Newspapers in Sindh.
2. April 10, 2010 - Last date for receiving applications.
3. May 20, 2009- Announcement about award of scholarships. Selected students will be notified and scholarships will be awarded.

INSTRUCTIONS
1. Application forms are attached with this message and available on the above websites.
2. Applicants must attach the copies of the documents identified on the application form.
3. For those who are not able to get access to the above website and to the attchements, please write e-mail at the above e-mail address and the application forms will be sent attached with e-mail.
4. Application form filled properly and with all required attachments to be forwarded at the above address via regular mail. PLEASE DO NOT FORWARD YOUR APPLICATION THROUGH REGISTERED MAIL

The committee for SANA FAME Scholarships Program is committed to conduct this process in completely unbiased and the best possible way.

With regards,

Zafar Agha
Ghulam Mohiuddin Memon
Darakhshan Memon
Nusrat Lashari
SANA FAME Scholarships Program Committee




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