The following are the requirements for the DOST scholarship program
| Items to be Submitted | RA 7687 | Merit |
| 1. Personal Information (Form A) | ✓ | ✓ |
| 2. Household Information Questionnaire (Form B) | ✓ | ✗ |
| 3. Certificate of Good Moral Character (Form C) | ✓ | ✓ |
| 4. Certification that applicant belongs to the senior high school STEM strand class; OR (Form D1) | ✓ | ✓ |
| 5. Certification that applicant belongs to the upper 5% of the NON-STEM strand senior high school graduating class (Form D2) | ✓ | ✓ |
| 6. Statement of applicant that he/she has not taken any previous DOST-SEI Undergraduate Scholarship Examination and any undergraduate units or post-secondary course (Form E) | ✓ | ✓ |
| 7. Statement of parent that applicant has no pending application as immigrant to any other country (Form F) | ✓ | ✓ |
| 8. Certificate of Residency (Form G) | ✓ | ✗ |
| 9. Two recent (1”x1”) pictures | ✓ | ✓ |
| 10. Photocopy of Birth Certificate | ✓ | ✓ |
| 11. Parent/s 2017 Income Tax Return / W2 / Employment Contract for OFW / BIR Cert. of Exemption from Filing of ITR / Brgy. Cert. of Indigency | ✓ | ✗ |
| 12. Electric bill for 3 consecutive months. Brgy. Certificate of Electric Sharing – If sharing with other households in paying the electricity bills. | ✓ | ✗ |
| 13. Non-refundable test fee of P200.00 | ✗ | ✓ |
Who are qualified to apply?
| Qualifications | RA 7687 | Merit |
| 1. natural-born Filipino citizen; | ✓ | ✓ |
| 2. poor, talented and deserving student who belongs to a family whose socio-economic status does not exceed the set values of certain indicators; | ✓ | ✗ |
| 3. a. member of the top five percent (5%) of the Non-STEM strand senior high school graduating class; or b. member of the STEM strand senior high school graduating class; |
✓ | ✓ |
| 4. resident of the municipality for the last 4 years | ✓ | ✗ |
| 5. of good moral character and in good health; and | ✓ | ✓ |
| 6. qualifier of the S&T Scholarship Examination | ✓ | ✓ |
Priveledge of DOST Scholar
| A. Regular Academic Year | |
| Tuition and other school fees | ₱40,000.00 / year |
| Book Allowance | ₱10,000.00 / year |
| MS/PE uniform (1st Semester of First Year only) | ₱1,000.00 |
| Group Health and Accident Insurance | Premium |
| Transportation Allowance (for those studying outside of home province) |
1 economy-class roundtrip fare |
| Monthly Living Allowance | ₱7,000.00 / month |
| Graduation Clothing Allowance | ₱1,000.00 |
| B. Summer Allowance (if required in the curriculum) | |
| Tuition and other school fees | ₱1,500.00 |
| Book Allowance | ₱500.00 (to submit Official Receipt) |
| Monthly Living Allowance | ₱7,000.00 / month for two months |
RA 7687 – Scholarship for the Poor and deserving student
Republic Act No. 7687, also known as the “Science and Technology Scholarship Act of 1994”, provides for scholarships to talented and deserving students whose families’ socio-economic status do not exceed the set cut-off values of certain indicators. Qualifiers must pursue priority fields of study in the basic sciences, engineering, other applied sciences, and science and mathematics teaching.
MERIT – scholarship for bright and talented student
The DOST-SEI Merit Scholarship Program, formerly known as the NSDB or NSTA Scholarship under RA No. 2067, is awarded to students with high aptitude in science and mathematics and are willing to pursue careers in the fields of science and technology.
Contact DOST office
Should you have questions or concerns, please contact the S&T Scholarship Division at
tel nos.: 8371333/ 8390083/8372071 local 2382;
cellphone no.: 09278868816;
e-mail: seischolarships@gmail.com
Where to file the application?
Contact different regional offices.
See different offices: http://www.sei.dost.gov.ph/images/stsd/usecureapp.pdf
DOWNLOADABLE
- Undergraduate
- Graduate
- DOST-NIDEC Training Program in Advanced and Emerging Technologies
FORMS
- Undergraduate
- Graduate
- TRACER Form for DOST-SEI Scholar Graduates
- Clearance Request Form
- DOST-NIDEC Training Program in Advanced and Emerging Technologies
REVIEWER
S&T Scholar’s Handbook
- Scholars Handbook AY 2015-2016 (closed)
Application deadline is April 26, 2019 while examination is June 2, 2019
