Who Can Apply?

Digi Scholarships are awarded based on financial need, academic merit and fulfillment of the following eligibility criteria:

• The Applicant must be a Belizean citizen or have resided in Belize for at least 3 (three) consecutive years. 
• The Applicant must be between 15 (fifteen) and 24 (twenty-four) years of age. 
• The Applicant must have a minimum overall academic average of 80% (eighty) percent or a grade point average (GPA) of 3.5 across all four years of secondary level school. 
• The Applicant must be accepted as a student at a tertiary level school duly recognized by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Technology of Belize.
• The Applicant must be entering a tertiary level school for the first time.
• The Applicant must demonstrate a financial need. For the purposes of this scholarship, financial need is defined as having an annual income of no more than $25,000 (twenty-five thousand Belize Dollars) or residing with a parent or legal guardian whose annual income does not exceed $25,000 (twenty-five thousand Belize Dollars).

Required Documents

The Applicant must provide the following documents:

1. A copy of the Applicant’s birth certificate. 
2. A copy of the parent or legal guardian’s valid form of government issued identification (Social Security card, Passport, birth certificate) duly certified as a true copy by a Justice of the Peace or Notary Public.
3. The official acceptance letter into the tertiary level school duly recognized by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Technology of Belize.
4. Proof of verifiable income of the Applicant, parent, or legal guardian, evidenced by one of the following documents:
   • A TD4 Supplementary Form; or
   • A formal letter from the employer verifying employment and annual income;or
   • If the Applicant, parent, or legal guardian is self-employed, a Statutory Declaration (Income Letter) signed in the presence of a Justice of the Peace, Attorney-at-Law, or Notary Public, and duly certified by that official.  
5. Official secondary level school report cards for 1st form to 4th form showing a minimum overall academic average of 80% (eighty) percent or a grade point average (GPA) of 3.5.
6. Official letter of recommendation from a teacher, principal or employer.
7. Three (3) references, providing the name, position, and contact information for each.
8. Proof of civic engagement. Civic engagement includes active participation in activities that contribute positively to the community (e.g. volunteering with non‑governmental or community‑based organizations, participating in environmental clean‑ups, involvement in youth, church, or cultural groups, contributing to school, neighborhood, or village initiatives, taking part in advocacy or awareness campaigns, etc.).  Acceptable evidence of civic engagement includes 1 (one) of the following:
   1. A Certificate of Completion issued by the organization; or
   2. An official letter of reference from the organization; or
   3. A signed verification letter from the organization that includes its contact information.
9. A personal statement of no more than 300 words that addresses the following:
   1. The Applicant’s career goals;
   2. How this scholarship will support the Applicant’s educational journey; and 
   3. How the Applicant intends to contribute to the future development of Belize. 
10. Proof of Residency in Belize for the last 3 (three) consecutive years, or any other valid form of government issued identification, if the Applicant is not a natural-born Belizean citizen.