Western Visayas Produces 251 New DOST Scholars

Iloilo City- A total of 251 students from Western Visayas have successfully qualified for the 2026 Department of Science and Technology–Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI) Undergraduate Scholarship Program. The results were officially released on May 30, 2026, following the highly competitive national qualifying examination conducted on February 21 and 22.

During the live broadcast of the results, DOST-SEI Director Dr. Jayeel S. Cornelio welcomed the new batch of science and technology (S&T) scholars.

“Ang kagandahan sa pagiging scholar is that you become part of not just a community of amazing, intelligent, and highly driven Filipino students. Pero ang mas maganda sa pagiging bahagi ng ating scholars community is that you have every opportunity to be part of our various initiatives across the country,” Director Cornelio said.

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Under the scholarship program, scholars will receive the following benefits throughout their S&T degree program:

• Monthly living allowance of P8,000
• Tuition and other school fee subsidies of up to P40,000 per year
• Learning materials and/or connectivity allowance of P10,000 per year
• Clothing allowance of P1,000 for first-year scholars only
• Transportation subsidies for scholars studying outside their home province
• Thesis allowance of P10,000
• Group health and accident insurance
• Research dissemination grant of up to P50,000

To avail the scholarship, qualifiers must enroll in any of the DOST-SEI priority fields of study at recognized State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) or private higher education institutions nationwide. The complete list of priority S&T programs is available at science-scholarships.ph.

The qualifiers will receive their Notice of Award, scholarship orientation schedule, and other important instructions will be sent through the qualifiers’ email addresses. Meanwhile, potential qualifiers will also be notified of the documents they need to submit for revalidation.

The scholarship award will take effect in the first semester of Academic Year 2026–2027.

𝘋𝘖𝘚𝘛’𝘴 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 (𝘚&𝘛) 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘦-𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴, 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘶𝘮 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚&𝘛 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘌𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘋𝘖𝘚𝘛 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘴– 𝘙𝘈 7687 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱, 𝘋𝘖𝘚𝘛-𝘚𝘌𝘐 𝘔𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘈 10612, 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘍𝘢𝘴𝘵-𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘚&𝘛 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘈𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘧 2013.

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