Scholarships for Marawi

MORE than 200 students and S&T professionals displaced during the five-month Marawi siege will be getting scholarship grants from the Department of Science and TechnologyScience Education Institute (DOST-SEI) in support of the rehabilitation efforts in Marawi City.

The scholarship grant was recently formalized through the project “DOST-SEI Bangon Marawi Program on Science and Technology Human Resources Development.”

In the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between DOST-SEI and Mindanao State University (MSU) System, DOST-SEI will provide scholarship grants to 225 selected undergraduate students in MSU Marawi City campus. The grantees, currently taking up Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) courses, will receive P10,000 per semester for school tuition fees; P6,000 monthly allowance; and P10,000 book allowance per year.

The MOA was signed on 26 January 2018 at the MSU main campus in Marawi City.

Moreover, DOST-SEI will also facilitate the provision of financial as- sistance to selected S&T professionals in Marawi City pursuing higher studies in science and engineering in any of the DOST-accredited universities. Twenty slots will be allotted to full-time graduate students who will receive P25,000 monthly allowance; P10,000 book allowance per year; and P200,000.00 research grant assistance, plus the amount of the actual tuition fees of their chosen universities.

Meanwhile, 10 slots will be allotted to fulltime PhD scholars who will receive P33,000 monthly allowance; P10,000 book allowance per year; and P475,000 research assistance, plus the amount of the actual tuition fees of their chosen universities.

“With the heightened need to help rebuild Marawi City and the greater Mindanao area, DOST-SEI is here to open up opportunities for our children to continue their tertiary studies in STEM and achieve a future that is far removed from the effects of the war,” said DOST Secretary Fortunato T. de la Peña.

The five-month siege in Marawi City brought massive damages to many establishments including educational institutions.

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HENRY A. DE LEON, DOST-STII DOST Secretary Fortunato T. de la Peña (seated, middle) shares a light moment with Mindanao State University (MSU) Marawi City campus students who will receive scholarship grants through the Bangon Marawi Program on STHRD of the DOST-SEI. With them are...