Guo Moruo Scholarship, established on 1980, is a scholarship established by China University of Science and Technology to commemorate Guo Moruo, the first president, and to encourage students with excellent academic performance to join the scientific career. It is the highest honor scholarship for undergraduates in this university, also known as the "First Scholarship of New China".

History:

Before the1980s, the people of China and China University had been implementing the people's scholarship system of "helping the poor". 1980, with the application of China Academy of Sciences and the approval of the State Council, the "Guo Moruo Scholarship" was established, which was the first scholarship established in People's Republic of China (PRC) and the first scholarship award named after a person.

198 1 year, the first "Guo Moruo Scholarship" awarding conference was held by the Chinese University of Science and Technology, and 15 students won the first "Guo Moruo Scholarship". Due to 1984, the evaluation scope generally only includes undergraduate and graduate students after the fourth grade. Graduate students will no longer be evaluated after 2002.

Reward.

The principal of Guo Moruo Scholarship comes from Guo Moruo's manuscript fee, which was supplemented to the original amount of 6,543,800 yuan by China Academy of Sciences. The initial prize amount is 200 yuan, and the Guo Moruo Scholarship Silver Medal 1 piece will be awarded. And then promoted to 500 yuan. During the period of 1990, the children of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Guo Moruo injected capital for many times, and the bonus amount was raised to 2000 yuan. After 2007, the Alumni Association Innovation Foundation proposed that alumni donations be injected into Guo Moruo Scholarship, and the bonus was increased to 1 10,000 yuan.

It is said that HKUST also applied for 65,438+00 kilograms of silver from the head office of the People's Bank of China, and made 200 silver medals.