Description of the Grant
This Grant is made possible by an expendable gift from an anonymous alumnus of NUS Law. The Grant is intended for NUS Law students who have been accepted to the ten-month International Court of Justice Judicial Fellowship Programme (“ICJ JFP”) or the twelve-month Permanent Court of Arbitration Fellowship Programme ("PCA FP"), so that they can benefit from the opportunities provided by the fellowship without being held back by financial constraints.

Eligibility Criteria:
At the time of application, Applicants must:

1. be Singapore Citizens/Singapore Permanent Residents;
2. be full-time NUS Law students in:
   1. the final year of the LLB Programme, whether taken as a single or double degree;
   2. the final year of the Juris Doctor Programme; or
   3. the LLM Programme;
3. have been nominated by NUS Law to apply for either:
   1. the ICJ JFP; or
   2. the PCA FP;
4. have a strong demonstrable interest in public international law and peaceful dispute settlement; and
5. have applied for the Overseas Internship Stipend ("OIS") from NUS Law.

Terms of the Grant:
The Grant will be awarded on the following terms:

(a) The one-off Grant of S$20,000 will be disbursed to the candidate nominated by NUS Law and selected by the ICJ or PCA.

(b) The Grant will be disbursed one month before the official commencement date of the ICJ JFP/PCA FP, in addition to any OIS provided by NUS Law.

(c) Apart from the OIS, applicants and/or Grant recipients cannot concurrently hold any other form of free aid to support their participation in the ICJ JFP or PCA FP without the prior approval of the respective awarding bodies.

(d) NUS Law reserves the right to make no offer of Grant in a given Academic Year if there is no applicant of merit or if the applicant already has sufficient funding from the OIS or private sources to benefit from the opportunities provided by the ICJ JFP or the PCA FP without being held back by financial constraints.

(e) NUS Law reserves the right to revoke or terminate the Grant, if and when NUS Law deems fit. Non-exhaustive examples of reasons for revocation or termination include:
(i) The Grant recipient prematurely terminates his/her participation in the ICJ JFP or PCF FP.
(ii) The Grant recipient’s past or present conduct comes under scrutiny.
(iii) The Grant recipient’s academic or professional progress or performance is considered unsatisfactory.

(f) In the event that the Grant is revoked or terminated for any reason, NUS Law reserves the right to demand full and immediate refund by the Grant recipient of all monies disbursed under the Grant.

 

Grant Administrators:
Ms Genevieve CHIA, Careers Advisor, Centre for Future-ready Graduates@Law
Ms ANG Siu Yin, Student Affairs, Faculty of Law, NUS