Full Master's and PhD Scholarships
SEARCA’s
Graduate Study Program was initiated in School Year 1968/1969. Over four
decades, the scope of the Graduate Study Program has expanded to include
institutional development, networking, and services to enhance graduate
education in the region. SEARCA has also been providing services for
administration of scholarship funds under the sponsorship of institutions other
than SEAMEO.
For
more than four decades SEARCA has awarded more than 1,500 scholarships to
nationals of SEAMEO regular member countries, namely: Brunei Darussalam,
Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, the
Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam to pursue advanced
studies leading to master’s and doctoral degrees in agriculture, forestry, and
related sciences. (See Scholarship Statistics)
For
Academic Year 2014-2015, SEARCA has now granted a total of 58 new scholarships,
which brings us to a total of 128 current/ongoing scholars, as of February
2015.
Eligibility
·
Open to nationals of SEAMEO member countries who are regular
employees of academic or research institutions or government agencies.
·
Must not be more than 35 (Master's Degree) or 40 (PhD) years of
age at the time of application.
·
Proposed thesis research should focus on SEARCA’s overarching
theme of inclusive and sustainable agricultural and rural development (ISARD).
Thus, areas of specialization of scholarship applicants must pursue should be agriculture
or related sciences, which include but are not limited to those that fall under
the following program clusters:
o
Agricultural/Biological sciences
o
Social Sciences
o
Economics and Agribusiness
o
Forestry and Fisheries
o
Environmental Sciences
o
Agro-industrial Technology and Engineering
Moreover,
priority research topics must fall within the ISARD strategic
thrusts on social inclusion, environmental sustainability, and cross-cutting concerns.
Scholarship
Benefits
Covers
tuition and other school fees; travel allowance (roundtrip air ticket from home
country to study post and local transportation); thesis/dissertation support;
book and supplies allowance; health insurance; and a stipend for food, lodging
and incidental expenses.
Study
Posts
Any
one of the following universities under the University Consortium, may serve as
study posts of SEARCA Master’s and PhD scholars:
·
Institut Pertanian Bogor (IPB)
Bogor, Indonesia
Bogor, Indonesia
·
Kasetsart University (KU)
Bangkok, Thailand
Bangkok, Thailand
·
Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM)
Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Yogyakarta, Indonesia
·
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
·
University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB)
Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines
Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines
Application
Procedure
Nationals
of SEAMEO member countries (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR,
Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and
Vietnam) may apply for the scholarship. Applications may be submitted to any
one of the following Ministries of the applicant’s own country (Click here to get the country-specific contact
details/information):
1. Ministry
of Education
2. Ministry
of Agriculture
3. Ministry
of Forestry
4. Ministry
of Fisheries
5. Ministry
of Rural Development
The
Ministry where the applicant is employed may conduct preliminary screening of
applicants and submit their nominations and the application documents to the
Ministry of Education/Higher Education, which will then include the nominees of
other Ministries in the final list of candidates to be submitted to SEARCA. The
other Ministries may opt to just receive applications and forward these,
without preliminary screening, to the Ministry of Education/Higher Education.
Alternatively, applications may be submitted directly to the Ministry of
Education/Higher Education.
Application
forms and information brochures on the universities that may serve as study
posts of SEARCA scholars are available at these Ministries and may be
downloaded from here.
Each
applicant is required to submit the following documents:
1. SEARCA
Scholarship Application Form (2 copies);
2. Application
forms for admission to the Graduate School of the universities where the
applicant may pursue graduate studies under SEARCA scholarship;
3. Official
transcript of academic records of each degree completed (BS transcript for MS
applicants and BS and MS transcripts for PhD applicants);
4. Certification
of employment;
5. Brief
description of the research the applicant plans to conduct for thesis/dissertation.
The research topic must be in line with the thrusts of SEARCA’s Tenth Five-Year Plan i.e., social equity, environmental
integrity and regional economic integration by promoting food and nutrition
security; value chains and agribusiness commodity systems; innovations and
modern technologies; rural entrepreneurship; climate change adaptation and
resiliency, natural resource management; sub-regional cooperation in trade and
investments; and government policies/reforms that address rural poverty,
inequitable growth, and environmental degradation. The Plan will be made
available at http://www.searca.org.
6. Two
copies of passport-size pictures of the applicant;
7. Curriculum
vitae;
8. Certification
from a medical doctor that the applicant is in good physical and mental health
condition and is fit to undertake graduate studies;
9. Official
endorsement from the employer; and
10. Results
of Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL): score of 550 for paper-based
and 213 for computer-based) or IELTS results (6.0). The TOEFL results must be
issued by Princeton, New Jersey, USA. Check the schedule and venue of TOEFL
tests in your country at http://www.ets.org/toefl/.
Deadline
for the Ministries to send endorsements to SEARCA is 31 July of every year.
Applicants
are thus requested to check from their respective Ministries of
Education/Higher Education for their deadline of receiving applications.
SEARCA
can also place its successful scholarship applicants in the DAAD-SEARCA scholarship grant, which is funded
by the German Academic Exchange Service of Germany’s national agency promoting
international academic cooperation.
Timeline
for Scholarship Recruitment
Date
|
Description
|
31 July
|
Deadline for endorsement
of complete application documents by the Ministries and other agencies to
SEARCA for forthcoming school year
|
1-31 Aug
|
Screening and evaluation
of application documents for interview of candidates for forthcoming school
year
|
1 Sep – 15 Dec
of the following year |
Recruitment and interview
of official nominees for forthcoming school year
|
1-31 Jan
|
Final evaluation and
awarding of scholarship grants
|
1 Feb – 30 Apr
|
SEARCA sends out official
letters to Ministries of Education, Agriculture, and Rural Development;
universities; and other relevant technical agencies and research institutions
inviting nominations for SEARCA scholarship for forthcoming school year
|
Downloads:
SEARCA Scholarship Application Form
SEARCA Scholarship Application Form
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