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MeritForge Scholars presents

A documented record of real work.

MeritForge Scholars is a six-month programme for high-school students preparing for international scholarships. Competitions, supervised research contribution, ethics training and faculty assessment — every outcome backed by evidence of what the student actually did.

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Six months Dhaka, Bangladesh 45,000–60,000 BDT

Scholar Passport Sample
Scholar ID MF26-BD-00384
Stage Month 4 of 6
Visibility Public / private controls
Event
Team STEM competition
Role
Recorded per member
Team
Placement logged
Result
As awarded
Evidence
Attached
MF<BGD<MF26<BD<00384

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  • Scipookie.com → Competition preparation
  • PaperSleuthBD.com → Integrity training
  • MeritForge Scholars → Verified scholar profile

The scholar pathway

One six-month pathway, in four stages.

Each stage produces something the next one can verify. Nothing carries forward on enrolment alone.

  1. Compete

    Select two to three suitable team-based STEM competitions and prepare through structured practice.

  2. Contribute

    Join an active research project and contribute through literature review, data, analysis or writing.

  3. Verify

    Record evidence in a Scholar Passport: contribution ledger, ethics credential and faculty progress review.

  4. Showcase

    Present strong work through a verified portfolio, GitHub and MeritForge scholar showcases.

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Evidence, not enrolment

Admissions officers cannot check a certificate. They can check a repository.

The weakest line on any application is the one that says a student took part in something. It asserts attendance and proves nothing, and every reader knows it.

MeritForge is built the other way round. Competition results are captured with the event, the student’s role in the team and the outcome as awarded. Research is logged by contribution rather than by hours attended: what was produced, on what date, and which supervisor confirmed it.

Authorship is considered only where a contribution satisfies the project’s authorship criteria, and research-ethics training is completed before any publication-related recognition — not bolted on at the end to make a credential look complete.

“Participated in a research project” tells an admissions officer nothing. “1,250 records cleaned and documented, repository evidence attached” can be opened and read.

The difference the contribution ledger is built to make

See what the six months actually contain

Four stages and eight inclusions, each one producing something the next stage can verify.

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Recognition must be earned

A record that could never come out empty is not worth carrying.

Faculty progress assessments document growth across the six months — including where it did not happen. That is the safeguard, not a caveat.

A recommendation letter is issued where sustained performance gives the recommender a genuine basis to endorse the scholar, and withheld where it does not. Some students will finish the programme without one. That is the system working, and it is what makes the letters that are issued worth reading.

Everything a scholar earns sits in one place: a verified portfolio holding the repository, posters, presentations, certificates and competition evidence, published at the scholar’s own discretion and presented at monthly and annual showcases.

Check a Scholar Passport yourself

Enter a scholar ID and see exactly what a university reviewer sees — including the sections that are still empty.

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What makes it different

Two rules the programme is built on.

Evidence, not enrolment

  • Competition results are recorded, not impliedEvent, role, team and result are captured in the scholar profile with supporting evidence.

  • Research is logged by contributionThe ledger records what was done and when — not hours attended.

  • Authorship follows criteriaIt is considered only when genuine contribution meets the project’s authorship criteria.

  • Ethics training comes firstResearch ethics and academic integrity training is completed before any publication-related recognition.

Recognition must be earned

  • Faculty assessments document growthProgress reviews record skills and development across the six-month journey.

  • Recommendations are issued, not includedA letter follows sustained performance that gives the recommender a genuine basis to endorse the scholar.

  • Portfolios carry proofGitHub links, posters, presentations, certificates and research evidence sit in one profile.

  • Work is shown in publicMonthly and annual Scholar Showcases create a forum for demonstrated work.

The contribution ledger

“Participated in a research project” tells an admissions officer nothing.

So the profile does not say that. It says what was done, what it produced, and who checked it.

Example — one research project, documented by contribution
ContributionEvidenceVerification
Literature review 27 papers screened + annotated notes Faculty verified
Dataset preparation 1,250 records cleaned and documented Repository evidence
Analysis Notebook + reproducible outputs Supervisor verified
Manuscript writing Methods and results contribution tracked Contribution review
Inside the verification layer Check a scholar ID

Integrity rule

MeritForge does not sell authorship, awards or recommendations.

Recognition follows documented contribution, performance and reviewer judgment. That protects the scholar as much as the organisation — a profile is only worth something if it could have come out empty.

Read the integrity charter

Premium partners

Two partners, one standard.

Preparation and integrity training are not add-ons bought in for the brochure. They are delivered by the partners the programme was built around.

Premium partner

SciPookie

Competition preparation

SciPookie

Structured preparation for olympiads and team-based STEM competitions. SciPookie is where a scholar turns an entry into a real attempt — practice, team placement and the preparation structure behind every competition on a MeritForge profile.

scipookie.com Where it fits in the programme

Premium partner

PaperSleuth BD

Research integrity training

PaperSleuth BD

Research ethics and academic integrity protocols. Every MeritForge scholar completes PaperSleuthBD-supported training before any publication-related recognition — the gate that makes the rest of the record worth reading.

papersleuthbd.com Read the integrity charter

Before you pay anyone

Six questions to ask any profile-building programme.

Including this one. If a programme cannot answer these plainly, that is your answer.

  1. Who verifies the work, and what is their name to the student?

    A record confirmed by an unnamed “team” is a record confirmed by nobody. Ask which supervisor signs off a contribution, and whether the student ever meets them.

  2. Is authorship promised, or is it assessed?

    Any programme that guarantees a paper is selling a byline. Ask what the authorship criteria are and who applies them — and what happens when a student does not meet them.

  3. Can a recommendation letter come out unwritten?

    If a letter is included in the price, it is a purchase, not an endorsement. Ask what would cause the recommender to decline.

  4. What can an admissions officer independently check?

    Ask to see a finished profile. If nothing in it resolves to a repository, a result, or a named reviewer, the reader is being asked to take it on trust.

  5. Which costs sit outside the fee?

    Competition registration and journal or conference publication fees are real and separate. They should be named before you commit, not discovered at the point of entry.

  6. Does ethics training come before or after the credential?

    Integrity training completed at the end is a formality. Completed before any publication-related recognition, it is a gate.

Put these questions to us

We will answer all six in writing before anything is due. Our answers are on the pricing and integrity pages already.

Start a conversation Read the integrity charter

Enrolment

Two ways in. The same programme.

One six-month complete scholar profile development programme, priced by how you enrol.

B2B · Organisations

45,000 BDT

For established partner organisations enrolling students as a cohort.

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B2C · Individual scholars

60,000 BDT

For individual high-school students enrolling directly.

Apply as a scholar

Add-on · Consultancy

Optional

Admission consultancy and visa support, separately priced.

See what is included

External fees

Competition registration and journal or conference publication fees, where applicable, are external to the programme fee and communicated in advance.

Build. Compete. Contribute. Verify.

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Tell us about the student and we will map a six-month pathway before you commit to anything.

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