Nigeria Higher Education Foundation (NHEF) Scholarship Program for Nigerian Students 2024 for Bachelor

Eligibility Criteria

• Candidates must showcase a strong commitment to Leadership, Community Service, and Philanthropy, demonstrating the potential to make a lasting impact globally.
• Eligible applicants are penultimate students at NHEF Partner Universities, specifically 300 Level students in 4-year courses or 400-level students in 5-year courses.

Offered Benefits

• Each Scholar goes through a weeklong orientation program that exposes them to career development training that is pivotal in facilitating an easy transition into the global workforce.
• During the NHEF Scholars Program, each scholar undergoes intensive training by a thoroughly selected group of international facilitators.
• The Scholars will take up internship placements at our Partner Firms, which typically last 6 – 8 weeks. They also go through a robust curriculum, ensuring continuous personal and professional development.

Application Process

• Log on to the NHEF application portal:  https://portal.thenhef.org/.
• Register by creating an account on the portal: enter your first and last name, email address, phone number, and password.

• After registering, verify your email address by checking the inbox of the email address you registered with. Click the link or copy the URL to your internet browser.
• Once your account has been validated, log in using the email address and password you created.
• Proceed to the application by clicking on the APPLY tab from the dashboard.
• Complete all the bio-data information and the program essay questions on the application page.
• Candidates should be prepared to upload the following supporting documents: a one-page Curriculum Vitae (CV), a one-page Cover Letter and the most recent Statement of Result (All in PDF format).
• Review application responses and submit.
• Note: We suggest that interested candidates should have the responses to the application questions already filled on a separate document, e.g., Word Document, so it will be easier to copy and paste their responses into the application answer box. This is because the application cannot be saved. Hence, it must be filled and submitted at once.