R.A. 7687 Undergraduate S&T Scholarship, 2017-18

The government of Philippines is offering R.A. 7687 Undergraduate S&T Scholarship, 2017-18 to talented and deserving students who wish to pursue undergraduate programs but belong to families whose socioeconomic status doesn't exceed the set values.

Eligibility criteria:

• Applicants of R.A. 7687 Undergraduate S&T Scholarship, 2017-18 should be natural-born Filipino citizens who are residents of the municipality for the last 4 years as attested by the barangay chairman.
• Applicants should be healthy and have good moral character.
• Candidates must have qualified in the 2018 S&T Scholarship Examination.
• Candidates applying for R.A. 7687 Undergraduate S&T Scholarship, 2017-18 must belong to families whose status is below the set values of certain indicators.
• Candidate should either belong to the top 5% of the Non-STEM strand senior high school graduating class or belong to the  STEM strand senior high school graduating class.

Documents requirements:

• Personal Information
• Household Information Questionnaire
• Certificate of Good Moral Character
• Certification that they belong to the senior high school STEM strand class
• Certification that they belong to the upper 5% of the NON-STEM strand senior high school graduating class
• Statement of applicant that they have not taken any previous DOST-SEI Undergraduate Scholarship Examination and any undergraduate units or post secondary course
• Statement of parent that applicant has no pending application as immigrant to any other country
• Resident Certificate 
• 2 recent pictures (1”x1”)
• Copy of Birth Certificate
• Parent's 2016 Income Tax Return/W2/Employment Contract for OFW/BIR Cert. of Exemption from Filing of ITR/Brgy. Cert. of Indigency
• Electric bill for 3 consecutive months in 2017
• Non-refundable test fee of P200.00
• Postal money order instead of cash 

Value of the scholarship:

• Tuition and another school fees: P10,000.00/semester or P8,000.00/trimester
• Book allowance: P10,000.00/year
• MS/PE uniform (1st Semester of First Year only): P1,000.00 P1,000.00
• Group Insurance: premium
• Transportation Allowance (for those studying outside of home province): 1 economy-class round trip fare
• Monthly Living Allowance (For BS Physics / Applied Physics / Physics Teaching /Geology / Mining Eng’g/ Agriculture / Fisheries): P6,000.00/mo
• Other DOST-SEI priority courses: P5,000.00/mo
• Summer Allowance (if required per curriculum)
• Tuition and other school fees: P1,500.00
• Book Allowance: P500.00 (to submit O.R.)
• Monthly Allowance: 2 months
• Post –graduation clothing allowance: P1,000.00