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CareER Scholarship Program

CareER Scholarship & Fellowship Program

Program Overview

The CareER Scholarship & Fellowship Program 2026 recognises students with disabilities and/or special educational needs (SEN) for their dedication to community and social service participation, contributions to society, and accomplishments in extracurricular activities. Beyond financial support through a scholarship, it features a structured fellowship program designed to cultivate personal growth, leadership, and active community engagement.

Program Objectives

  • Community Impact – To facilitate a cohesive peer community by inspiring scholarship recipients to contribute to the SEN community by serving as mentors 

  • Identity Empowerment – Encourage students to embrace their unique identities and lived experiences with pride and confidence, and enhance their disability acceptance through the storytelling workshop

  • Financial Support – To provide financial support to the awardees to enable them to acquire assistive equipment and technology to enhance their employment prospects and opportunities

  • Work Experience Opportunity – Empower students with disability/SEN to pursue more fulfilling careers with work experience and exposure.

    Program Highlights

     

    Monetary Awards

    1. The Scholarship Award

    • Senior Secondary Group: There will be eight awards and each successful candidate will receive a grant of HK$8,000.
    • Post-secondary Group: There will be fifteen awards and each successful candidate will receive a grant of HK$10,000.

    The scholarship award will be distributed in two instalments. The first instalment, 30% of the award, will be disbursed at the award ceremony; while the remaining 70% will be disbursed after the awardees have fulfilled their responsibilities of the program. Awardees who fail to comply with the program requirements will not be eligible for the second instalment of the scholarship award. 

    2. The “Excellence Fellows” Award (Post-secondary scholars only)

    Among all fifteen post-secondary scholarship awardees, five of them will be selected as “Excellence Fellows” based on Reflective & Learning Reports and their performance throughout the program. Each “Excellence Fellow” will receive another grant of HK$10,000, and the award cheque will be disbursed at the closing ceremony. 

    Summer Internship and Job Shadowing Opportunities at Kerry Group

    Selected post-secondary shortlisted applicants or awardees will have the opportunity to work as summer interns at Kerry Group, while selected senior-secondary awardees will have the chance to job shadow at Kerry Group to gain first-hand workplace experience in the summer.

    6-Month Mentorship Program

    Awardees will be divided into groups, and each group will be assigned at least one CareER alumnus as their mentor. The mentorship matching will be arranged in reference to mentors’ and mentees’ disabilities and career interests.

    Storytelling Workshops & Events

    All awardees will participate in the Storytelling Workshops and events, where they will explore and gain a new perspective on their conditions and experiences through storytelling. The workshop also encourages awardees to share their stories at the events

    Experience Sharing Sessions

    Throughout the scholarship program, post-secondary awardees will have the opportunity to share their university life experience with the senior secondary awardees, and their mentors will share their workplace experience with the post-secondary awardees.

    Required Documents for Application

    Applicants are required to complete the online application form and enclose the scanned copies of the following documents:

    1. Your recent student photo (in JPG format)
    2. Your curriculum vitae (not exceeding 2 pages) in English (in PDF format)
    3. Your valid student card issued by the school attending in the academic year 2025-26
    4. Your most recent academic transcript or report card showing all completed courses and grades 
    5. The relevant document(s) confirming your disabilities/SEN by medical professional(s)
    6. The documentary proof(s) for the allowances and/or subsidies you and your family are receiving
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    Interested parties shall complete the e-application form and submit via CareER online system by 21 February 2026. Late applications will not be accepted.

    For any enquiries, please contact us at 3844 6363 or email scholarship@career.org.hk.

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