DOST extends deadline of scholarship application on December 31

(Iloilo City- 25 November 2021)  – The Department of Science and Technology through its Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI) announces the extension of the application period for its 2022 Undergraduate Scholarship Program.  Applications will now be accepted up to December 31, 2021 to give time to aspiring science scholars to complete their documents.

Interested students must submit the required documents online thru this link:  https://usas.science-scholarships.ph.

Qualifiers who avail of any of the S&T undergraduate scholarships may pursue a four- or five-year college degree in priority science and technology fields.  As benefits both RA 7687 and Merit scholars will receive tuition subsidy and other school fees/Semester for those enrolled in private schools amounting to P20,000, monthly stipend of P7,000, P10,000 for book allowance per academic year and a PE/MS uniform allowance of P1,000 for 1st Semester of the first academic year. The scholarship qualifiers can enroll in state universities and colleges and other higher education institutions recognized by the Commission on Higher Education as Centers of Excellence or Centers of Development or with FAAP Level III accreditation, wherein they can take up priority science and technology courses.  Seven (7) additional accredited S&T courses were added – BS Agribusiness Management and Entrepreneurship, BS Clothing Technology, BS Speech Pathology, BS Architecture, BS in Technology and Livelihood Education with Specialization in Information and Communications Technology, BS Agribusiness, and BS Animal Husbandry.

DOST-SEI Undergraduate Scholarship Program is the Department’s response to its mandate of accelerating the pace of knowledge-driven development in accordance with the S&T human resource growth potential in the country. (ssalazar/dost6/*with reports from DOST-SEI)