SEARCA MS/PhD Scholarships for Southeast Asians

Brief description:

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The Masters (MS)/PhD Scholarship Programme aims to ensure the relevance and responsiveness of Southeast Asia’s agricultural scientists and professionals to global sustainable development issues.

Host Institution(s):

• Malaysia: Universiti Putra Malaysia
• Thailand: Kasetsart University, Thammasat University
• Indonesia: Institut Pertanian Bogor, Universitas Gadjah Mada, University of Indonesia
• Philippines: University of the Philippines (UP) Los Baños,UP Diliman, UP Visayas
• Singapore: National University of Singapore

Field of studies:

Agriculture and related fields (including biological sciences, social sciences, economics and statistics, forestry and fisheries, environmental sciences, agro-industrial technology and engineering, biochemistry, and development management).

Number of Awards:

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.

Target group:

• • Open to nationals of Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam
• • Regular employees of academic or research institutions or government agencies
• • Not older than 35 years old

Scholarship value/inclusions:

• The scholarship covers tuition and other school fees; book and supplies allowance; thesis/ dissertation support; insurance and travel (roundtrip air ticket from home country to study post and local transportation), and a stipend of $400/month for food, lodging and incidental expenses. The full benefits and privileges can be seen here.

• The scholarship has no provision for any member of the scholar’s family.

• Conditions of the grant can be found here.

Eligibility:

• • The list of requirements for application as well as all the required forms for scholarship application and admission to the graduate study programs of universities where SEARCA scholars may study may be downloaded from the SEARCA website.

• • The topic of the research that the applicants plan to conduct for their thesis must be in line with any of the priority thrusts of SEARCA, namely: agricultural competitiveness, sustainable land use and water management, and biodiversity conservation.

Application instructions:

Applicants may submit their applications to their countries’ respective Ministries of Education, Higher Education, Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, Environment and Natural Resources, or Rural Development.  (Refer to this web page). The Ministries will then screen and endorse their applications and submit the list of qualified applicants accompanied by the complete set of requirements to SEARCA not later than 30 July. Applicants should inquire with their respective Ministries regarding the Ministries’ closing date for receiving SEARCA applications, which they will screen and endorse to SEARCA.

Applicants may also apply online using the online application form.  It is important to visit the website (found below) for detailed information on how to apply for this scholarship and to access the application form.

Website:

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

2013-2014 SEARCA Scholarship Handbook