FOR A PROSPEROUS PAKISTAN

National ICT R&D Fund is offering fully funded scholarships for talented students from rural/non-metropolitan areas of Pakistan. The National ICT Scholarship Program 2009 (NICTSP 2009) will provide fully funded 4 year undergraduate scholarships in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) related disciplines in the Top ICT universities of Pakistan.

National ICT R&D Fund will also facilitate Training of Teachers and Foundation Training for students to enhance the skills needed for attempting aptitude based university admission tests.

Students will be required to appear for a customized MCQ based aptitude test called "ICT-Scholarship Award Test". They will also need to qualify for university admission criteria to earn this scholarship.

This program will be run with the financial collaboration of Public Sector Development Program (PSDP) of Government of Pakistan.

National ICT R&D Fund’s objective is to develop human resource capacity in ICT fields by providing equal opportunities to the talented students of rural/non-metropolitan areas of Pakistan.

The program for the year 2009 has been launched.