Mr. Edward Cheng Ming Tang established this award in 2007 to provide financial assistance to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (g/l/b/t) Asian and Pacific Islanders (API) for post-secondary Education. This scholarship is to help GLBT youth proudly achieving educational pursuits and dreams without shame. This scholarship awards one outstanding student annually a scholarship up to $15,000. This scholarship is renewable for a maximum of three years (a total of four years) if the student annually meets the renewal requirements.