Sunflower Mission currently supports three scholarship programs. In total, we have awarded more than 26,448 scholarships to grade school and college/university students, and 755 of our scholarship recipients have graduated from college with degrees in medicine, engineering, education, finance, and more.
This scholarship program is awarded to students in grades K-12 and has three award tiers based on a student’s current grade-level. Recipients must show significant financial need and are required to attend a school which Sunflower Mission has constructed. Started in 2005, there have been over 24,008 K-12 scholarships awarded, to-date.
SAS, launched in 2004, serves to help connect donors directly with a college student in Vietnam. The goal with this academic reward is to help lift a generation out of poverty. The students’ fields of study may vary, and scholarship recipients are selected based on need.
Recipients are also required to maintain a grade point average that exceeds a standard “passing grade.” The current cost to sponsor a student is $500 per academic school year. A typical sponsor will support the same student for four years. Priority is given to students who were recipients of our K-12 Scholarship. If you would like to sponsor a student email us!
-Son, LSMSE recipient studying Pharmacy
As our most recently inaugurated scholarship, LSMSE was born in 2017 and awards recipients $2,000 per year, which is equivalent to a full tuition scholarship at most VN-based universities. Applicants must prove academic excellence, financial need, and great moral character. It is our most selective scholarship, with only 5-10 individuals receiving it each year.
Priority is given to students who major in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Business, Education, or Medical fields. The goal of LSMSE is to see 100 scholars serve as leaders for Vietnam.
E&T Scholarship was launched in 2005 to singularly elevate the importance of STEM, encourage students to pursue it, and support them through college. Students were selected based on excellent technical competency in their chosen field and future civic leadership potential. Two decades later, the STEM field has become an attractive choice for many of our students. As of 2024, SM has discontinued the stand-alone E&T program and integrated our goal of inspiring students to pursue and change the world through STEM with the LSMSE and SAS programs. STEM remains an important focus at Sunflower Mission.