THE DEPARTMENT of Science and Technology-Science Education Institute is offering more than scholarship grants to Filipinos who want to pursue their postgraduate degrees in top-ranked universities overseas.

DOST-SEI said the grant is under the Accelerated Science and Technology Human Resource Development Program (ASTHRDP).

ASTHRDP aims to help improve the country’s global competitiveness and capability to innovate through Science and Technology.

It also seeks to accelerate the production of high-level human resources needed for Research & Development in S&T.

According to the department, the priority fields for the grant are:

• 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

To qualify for the ASTHRDP, an applicant must be a Filipino citizen; not more than 50 years old at the time of application; be in good health condition; pass the admission requirements for graduate studies at any of the NSC member universities; and pass the interview and other screening procedures.

He/she must also be a PhD graduate in a priority S&T program (scholar or non-scholar) who intends to pursue a second PhD degree; or an MS/PhD non-scholar graduate (not S&T-related) who intends to pursue a second MS/PhD degree.

For more information about the scholarship grant, visit https://bit.ly/DOSTSEIForeignGradScholarship.