Singapore: 63 MaritimeONE and 10 Tripartite Maritime Scholarships awarded

Some 63 MaritimeONE Scholarships and 10 Tripartite Maritime Scholarships (TMSS) were awarded at the Scholarships Awards Ceremony 2024, according to the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and Singapore Maritime Foundation (SMF) on Friday (6 September).

The scholarships were awarded by sponsors from the industry, unions, associations, foundations, and institutes of higher learning. 

Mr. Baey Yam Keng, Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment & Ministry of Transport, was the Guest-of-Honour at the awards ceremony attended by the scholarship recipients, their families, and senior company representatives.

The 39 sponsoring organisations this year come from a broad spectrum of Singapore’s dynamic maritime ecosystem including shipping, port operations, maritime services, marine and offshore, associations, classification societies, foundations, as well as institutes of higher learning. Collectively, they reflect Maritime Singapore’s continuing and collective commitment to nurturing the next generations of talent.

In addition to recognising and rewarding academic excellence, the MaritimeONE Scholarship provides students with opportunities to participate in various industry networking events, mentorship, internships, and more. Students who wish to apply for the next cycle of scholarship awards may learn more about the programme here.

This year saw a similar number of MaritimeONE Scholarships awarded to 63 recipients, from 60 in the previous year, amounting to a total value exceeding SGD 1.8 million. Since the inception of the programme in 2007, 647 scholarships with an aggregate value of SGD 17.6 million have been awarded by the Singapore Maritime Foundation (SMF) and sponsor organisations.

While a majority of the MaritimeONE Scholarship recipients are pursuing maritime-related disciplines, a number of recipients are enrolled in other courses such as accountancy, data science and artificial intelligence, business analytics, computer science, electrical and electronic engineering, law, and more. 

The diversity of scholarship recipients reflects the dynamic nature of Singapore’s maritime ecosystem and its transformation to become more digital and sustainable.

This year also marks the first time that the MaritimeONE Scholarship is awarded to students from the Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS). The two recipients from SUSS are pursuing their degrees in supply chain management.

This year also saw the first two recipients of the recently established SMIMaritimeONE Postgraduate R&D Scholarship which aims to expand the local maritime research talent pool to deepen Singapore’s specialised R&D capabilities as a global maritime knowledge hub.

Photo credit: MPA and SMF
Published: 9 September, 2024