Educational Testing Service (ETS) has announced 10 scholarships worth US$70,000 (approximately Rs. 4,445,700) for students with excellent academic excellence. Each scholarship worth US$7,000 will support a range of of educational initiatives focused on helping students.

The scholarships will support TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)  test takers willing to pursue undergraduate or graduate study in India or abroad at any of the 9,000 plus institutes across the globe that accept the TOEFL test. Based on the applications, 100 semifinalists will be shortlisted and informed in August.

Following the announcement, all shortlisted candidates need to submit additional information as desired by September 8, 2015. Winners will be announced in the month of October.

All recipients will receive the funds later this year and they can apply for the fund money only for their academic expenses. The amount will be disbursed to the candidate once he/she arrives on the campus.

Eligibility: All applicants must be Indian residents who have started applying for admissions between June 2015 and May 2016 at any university or college listed in .

All applicants should mandatorily demonstrate proficiency in English language and have a valid TOEFL score. Also, every applicant must have a grade-point average of 80 or higher on a 100-point scale, or a 3.0 grade-point average or higher on a 4-point scale.