Guide on the DOST Scholarship Benefits for Graduate Studies
DOST SCHOLARSHIP BENEFITS – Here are the school fee assistance and allowances for scholars of the Engineering Research and Development for Technology (ERDT)
Are you one of the engineering graduates in the Philippines and you want to push further in your studies? There is actually a way without worrying for the finances to fund your studies.
You may turn to graduate scholarships and one of the government offices with the said type of offer is the Department of Science and Technology or more popularly called DOST. The government actually has both graduate and undergraduate studies.
Countless Filipino students obtained assistance from the DOST as scholars. With regards to the graduate studies scholarship offer for engineering professionals, it is under the Engineering Research and Development for Technology or the ERDT program.
On the DOST scholarship benefits for the scholars, the amounts of the allowances depend if the scholar is taking a Master’s degree or a Doctoral degree in the engineering field.
Master’s Degree
- TF and other school fees — actual as billed
- Monthly Stipends — Php 25,000/month
- Learning Materials and/or Connectivity Allowance — Php 20,000/ academic year
- Transportation Allowance — one (1) actual economy class round trip per academic year
- Group Accident and Health Insurance — Premium
- Thesis/Dissertation Outright Grant — Php 60,000.00
- Research Support Grant — Php 225,000.00
- Research Grant (lab. equipment/ related cost) — Php 114,000.00
- Research Dissemination Grant — Php 75,000.00
- Mentor’s Fee — Php 36,000.00
Doctoral Degree
- TF and other school fees — actual as billed
- Monthly Stipends — Php 33,000/month
- Learning Materials and/or Connectivity Allowance — Php 20,000/ academic year
- Transportation Allowance — one (1) actual economy class round trip per academic year
- Group Accident and Health Insurance — Premium
- Thesis/Dissertation Outright Grant — Php 100,000.00
- Research Support Grant — Php 475,000.00
- Research Grant (lab. equipment/ related cost) — Php 253,000.00
- Research Dissemination Grant — Php 150,000.00
- Mentor’s Fee — Php 72,000.00
The Department of Science and Technology has set qualifications with regards to the application for the DOST Scholarship for engineering graduate studies. It has also set requirements in applying for the scholarship offer under the ERDT program.