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Merdeka Award Grant Application Form

All applications MUST be submitted online. Hard copies sent will not be accepted. The Merdeka Award Grant is held biennially.
The next cycle will begin in 2021. Please do check our website or social media pages for updates.

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It is very important that you fully understand the application criteria before you proceed with your application submission.
To avoid any appearance of conflict of interest staff of the Merdeka Award's Founding Partners - PETRONAS, ExxonMobil and Shell, and their immediate families are ineligible for the Grant.
Before filling in the online application form, please pre-prepare soft copies of the following documents, which should be attached with the online application.
Please take note that you have to reupload all the documents required if you encounter any error during the submission.

Files / Documents Needed		Format Required
1.	Recent Passport Sized Photo	GIF, JPG, PNG, PDF
2.	Identity Card Proof of age (Certified Birth Certificate / Certified I.C.)	GIF, JPG, PNG, PDF
3.	Academic Transcripts	PDF, DOC, DOCX
4.	Attachment Proposal A 2-page well-thought out and presented Attachment Proposal that clearly states your proposed area of study, the institution where you propose to pursue the research, your research objectives and aims, and what you hope to achieve in your field at the end of the 3-month research period. Please identify three (3) internationally-recognised institutions (outside of Malaysia) that you would like to do your attachment at. (Note that the Merdeka Award reserves the right to replace the proposed host institution at its discretion).	PDF, DOC, DOCX
5.	Attachment Budget A proposed Attachment Budget for the three-month attachment (detailing tuition fees, travel, accommodation, books, insurance and other research-related costs), with exchange rate and inflation taken into consideration.	PDF, DOC, DOCX
6.	Two (2) Letters of Recommendation Two Letters of Recommendation from people who are qualified to provide insight into your potential for success and leadership	PDF, DOC, DOCX
7.	Resume/Curriculum Vitae	PDF, DOC, DOCX
8.	Others Any other document that you wish to submit to strengthen your application including copies of articles written, reports of volunteer work, extra-curricular certificates etc.	PDF, DOC, DOCX

Each file/document uploaded MUST NOT exceed the maximum file size of 5MB.
Note: In the event that more files need to be uploaded, please combine the files and upload them under the category “Others” and ensure that file names are reflective of their content.

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