Regular MS/PhD SEARCA Scholarship

Regular MS/PhD Scholarships

About the Scholarship

This graduate scholarship was initiated in academic year 1968-69 and aims to ensure the relevance and responsiveness of Southeast Asia's agricultural scientists and professionals to global sustainable development issues.

The program provides support for advanced studies leading to the MS and PhD degrees in agriculture, forestry, and related fields. SEARCA aims to prepare highly qualified professionals working in agricultural and rural development for positions of leadership in SEAMEO member countries.

As of School Year 2009/2010, SEARCA has granted 1,250 scholarships, of which 1,056 study programs (448 PhD, 608 MS) had been completed.

Over the decades, the Graduate Study Program has expanded its scope to include institutional development and networking activities and services to enhance graduate education in the region. SEARCA also provides services for administration of scholarship funds under the sponsorship of institutions other than SEAMEO.

PhD Research Scholarship

About the Scholarship

Launched in November 2005, the SEARCA PhD Research Scholarship provides financial support to a limited number of qualified PhD students whose researches are relevant to the priority thrusts of SEARCA.

This scholarship program aims to:

1. Provide PhD students the opportunity to use the resources and facilities available at SEARCA and its network of universities for their research;


2. Produce quality research papers for publication; and


3. Enable them to work with SEARCA's R&D personnel on mutually identified areas of concerns/interests in agriculture and rural development.
   

Eligibility for the Grant

Any graduate student who is a citizen of any of the 11 SEAMEO member countries (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam) and pursuing a PhD in agriculture or related sciences from any university in the world is eligible to apply for the scholarship.

The applicant must have already completed his/her course work with an approved dissertation proposal and is ready to conduct the dissertation research.

The applicant’s research must focus on any of SEARCA’s priority thrusts under the broad themes of natural resource management and promotion of agricultural competitiveness.

Application Requirements

The application requirements are:

1. Filled out Application Form (see below);
   
2. Letter of application for the research scholarship;
   
3. Recommendation letter from the Dean of Graduate School of the university where the student is pursuing his/her degree program;
   
4. Dissertation research outline/proposal approved by the Advisory Committee and Dean of Graduate School;
   
5. Budgetary requirement for the entire research duly attested and recommended by the major adviser and Dean of Graduate School;
   
6. Certified transcript of academic records for all courses taken at the PhD level;
   
7. Curriculum vitae;
   
8. Letter from the student certifying that he/she is not receiving any other research grant from any other institution. If partial funding has been obtained from other sources, a certification from the funding agency indicating the amount of grant and the items in the research that are covered by the grant; and
   
9. Research timetable indicating the activities involved in the research, the expected date of defense and expected date of seminar paper presentation.

Application deadlines are 1 April and 1 September.

Applications should be addressed to:

Dr. Editha C. Cedicol
Manager
Graduate Scholarship Department
SEARCA, Los Baños 4031 Laguna, Philippines

http://www.searca.org/web/scholarship/regular_scholarships/phdresearch.html

http://www.searca.org/web/e_library/forms/phd_app_form_07.pdf

http://www.searca.org/web/e_library/forms/phd_res_scho_invitation_to_apply2009.pdf

http://www.searca.org/web/scholarship/regular_scholarships/degree/index.html

http://www.searca.org/web/scholarship/forms/SEARCA_scholarship_2011-12_invitation.pdf

http://www.searca.org/web/e_library/forms/GSD-SEARCA_App_Form_06_ed.pdf