What is Lily Foundation Application For High School/ College SMILE Scholarship ?
Lily Foundation encourages our selected families to help others in their community while they receive help from the foundation
What is Eligibility Criteria ?
High School (9th, 10th, 11th, 12th Grade) & College Students.
Watch this Video to see How to Apply for scholarship
What are benefits ?
For High School Students :
Selected high school students (grades 9-12) of India and neighboring countries are awarded a monthly stipend of Indian Rs. 600/- throughout their high school years. Award is based on both need and merit (merit-cum-means).
For College Students
:
Selected college students (starting from first-year college) of India and neighboring countries are awarded a monthly stipend of minimum Rs. 1500/- throughout their college years. Award is based on both need and merit (merit-cum-means).
How to Apply?
Step 1:
Visit website https://lilyfoundation.org/application/ to fill the application from. The student must completely fill the application (except for the approval) in OWN English hand-writing. DO NOT LEAVE ANY ITEM BLANK. Applications filled by others’ hand-writing will be rejected.
Step 2:
Fill the required details.
Step 3:
Attach documents.
Step 4:
Submit the application form with documents to following mail:
subir.mitra.lily@gmail.com
What are documents required ?
- One recent passport-size face-only photograph of the student – write name on the back
- [If possible] one photograph of the family in front of the family house
- Original or a photocopy of the student’s last annual exam report card from the school [Translate/ annotate in English if it is in another language]. DO NOT SEND EARLIER YEARS’ REPORT CARDS.
- On Application Supplement Form write the student’s involvement in community, school and home activities – attach testimonials. Examples of these activities are: Organize blood donation camp, lead environment cleaning, Sports team member or captain, Organize clubs /associations; Participate in dramas or Play musical instruments; Help family by earning money etc. Send testimonials as you keep achieving.
- Headmaster’s recommendation [If unavailable, state the reason on a separate sheet, and send two recommendations instead – one from your teacher-in-charge and one from a respectable person who knows your family personally.] Note, recommendation is not a character certificate.
- In student’s own hand-writing One-page request-letter explaining why he/she deserves this scholarship.
What are Terms & Conditions ?
- After every year’s final exam, the student MUST send the original or a photocopy of the report card attested by a teacher to the foundation’s India office (or US office for outside India students) within two weeks of distribution. Better grades are expected every year. If there were any additional extra-curricular activities during the year, then submit an update in the supplement form. NON-RECEIPT OF ANNUAL RESULT WILL AUTOMATICALLY CANCEL THE AWARD. Note: For 11th Graders promoted to 12th Grade, sending a testimonial (annual marksheet or Headmaster’s letter testifying the student is enrolled in the 12th Grade and no exam conducted) to the foundation in time will be considered in absence of a marksheet.
- [Co-curriculum Clause] Each student should write during two vacations every year at least 2 book-reports (one in summer and one in winter) on books of at least 100 pages on lives of great personalities in the world and send them to India Office. Essays on contemporary issues are also acceptable instead of a book-report.
- The student must immediately report to the foundation any change of home address, school/college change name and address or dropping out of school for any reason. Change of school info from Secondary to Higher Secondary MUST be informed. Notify immediately if the student does not plan to appear at a scheduled exam. Failure of this requirement automatically forfeits the possibility of award continuation.
- All communications with the foundation initiated from the student side must be by the student himself/ herself (not parents) unless the foundation has requested in a different manner. English is the medium of communication.
- Supporting documents and testimonials, not originally written in English, should be translated into English. Annotation only translation is also acceptable instead of full translation.