The Healthcare Merit Scholarship is the top-tier Healthcare Scholarship offered by the Ministry of Health (equivalent to a Ministry-level scholarship), followed by the Healthcare Merit Award. As the top-tier scholarship, the Healthcare Merit Scholarship is of higher prestige, and is more competitive and stringent in terms of eligibility criteria and selection process.
Post award, all Healthcare Merit Award recipients will be monitored and assessed for their suitability for an upgrade to Healthcare Merit Scholarship during their first year of studies depending on factors such as their academic results and involvement in leadership positions and project management.
The terms and benefits for the Healthcare Merit Scholarship and Healthcare Merit Award are the same, as the allowance rates are pegged to the country of study, and not the type of scholarship award.