DOST Masteral Scholarship Up for Professionals in Science & Technology Field

DOST MASTERAL SCHOLARSHIP – The Department of Science and Technology offers scholarships for professionals in Science and Trechnology field.

Nowadays, scholarship offers are not only ready to fund undergraduate studies but as well as graduate ones. If you are a professional in the field of Science and Technology who wish to pursue a higher study, you may turn to the DOST masteral scholarship offer.

Guide on DOST Graduate Scholarship Offers

DOST – The Department of Science and Technology offers graduate scholarships which include masteral and doctoral programs in Science and Technology field.

A lot of professions most especually those who are in the field of education have masteral and doctoral degrees thus one really has an option to push for further studies. Being a graduate of masteral and doctoral programs may undeniably mean bigger chances for higher positions as well as bigger salaries.

However, truth be told that after graduation, even though they are already working and earning money, a lot of individuals may not be fully financially-ready to enroll in graduate programs. It is because a lot of people have debts to pay and deal with constant bills.

Meanwhile, even for graduate scholarships, there are entities that you can turn to. In the Philippines, one of these scholarship providers is the Department of Science and Technology which has several DOST graduate scholarships under the different programs.

One of these programs is the Accelerated Science and Technology Human Resource Development Program or the ASTHRDP. It is for individuals who want to pursue Masteral and Doctoral programs in priority Science and Technology fields.

Here are the two (2) types of scholarship under the Accelerated Science and Technology Human Resource Development Program (ASTHRDP):

• MS/PhD Program
• Straight PhD Program

The ASTHRDP was launched in the pursuit “to help improve the country’s global competitiveness and capability to innovate through Science and Technology” and “to accelerate the production of high-level human resources needed for Research & Development”.

Here are the programs in Science and Technology prioritized for the DOST graduate scholarships under the ASTHRDP:

• Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources
• Biological Sciences
• Biotechnology
• Chemical Sciences
• Earth, Atmospheric and Space Sciences
• Environmental Sciences
• Fisheries and Marine Science
• Health and Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Information and Communication Technology
• Materials Science and Nanotechnology
• Pure and Applied Mathematics
• Pure and Applied Physics
• Statistics

The DOST graduate scholarships will be awarded for full-time graduate studies. The academic performance of the scholar will be under evaluation every school term depending on the policies established to determine his/her scholarship status.

Here is a guide on the study placement for the scholars under the ASTHRDP:

• Ateneo de Manila University
• Central Luzon State University
• De La Salle University
• Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology
• University of the Philippines Diliman
• University of the Philippines Los Baños
• University of the Philippines Manila
• University of the Philippines Visayas
• University of San Carlos
• University of Santo Tomas
• Visayas State University

The scholar has to finish the graduate program. Otherwise, he/she will have to refund the scholarship grant with an interest. He/She must also render service to the country after the completion of the program.