DOST Scholarship offers new courses

THE Department of Science and Technology-Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI) announced its call for applications for its Undergraduate and Junior Level Science Scholarships.

For AY 2017-2018 SEI has added more courses to its S&T priority courses for scholarship. New courses include Aeronautical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Agribusiness Management, Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Technology, Applied Statistics, Animal Science, Industrial Design, Industrial Management Engineering-Information Technology, Industrial Pharmacy, Information System, Information Technology System, Manufacturing Engineering Management-Biomedical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering Management-Mechatronics and Robotics, Marine Biology, Marine Science, Mechatronics Engineering, Medical Technology, Meteorology, Microbiology, Nutrition, Nutrition and Dietetics, Pharmacy (4year program), Pharmacy major in Clinical Pharmacy (5-year program), Packaging Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, (BS) Psychology, Public Health, and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine.

For the undergraduate scholarships, Grade 12 students who are either members of the STEM strand senior graduating class or members of the top five (5%) of the Non-STEM strand senior graduating class may apply. The deadline for filing of application will be on August 25, 2017. The examination is scheduled on October 15, 2017.

Meanwhile, all regular 3rd year college students in an identified priority S&T course with a general weighted average of at least 83% in his/her first and second years in college may apply for the Junior Level Science Scholarship (JLSS). All accomplished application forms must be submitted on or before September 22, 2017. The JLSS Examination will be on November 19, 2017.

Application forms and scholarship brochures may be downloaded from http://sei.dost.gov.ph/index.php/downloads . All applicants may submit their accomplished forms to the DOST Region XI, Dumanlas Road, Bajada, Davao City and to the nearest Provincial Science and Technology Center.

For more information on the scholarship application, you may contact us through our official social media accounts, @dostregion11, and through our website, http://region11.dost.gov.ph/.