The Accelerated Science and Technology Human Resource Development Program (ASTHRDP) is a graduate scholarship program being implemented by the Science Education Institute of the Department of Science and Technology (SEI-DOST), in collaboration with the National Science Consortium (NSC). It is a program in the basic and applied sciences for the pursuance of Master in Science (MS) and Doctorate (PhD) degrees in priority S&T areas. Its main objective is to help improve the country's global competitiveness and capability to innovate through S&T and to accelerate the production of high-level human resources needed for research and development in S&T.
The priority S&T programs of ASTHRDP are the following:
- Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources
- Biological Sciences
- Biotechnology
- Chemical Sciences
- Earth, Atmospheric and Space Sciences
- Environmental Sciences
- Fisheries and Marine Science
- Health and Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Information and Communication Technology
- Materials Science and Nanotechnology
- Pure and Applied Mathematics
- Pure and Applied Physics
- Statistics
To learn more about the program, visit <https://asthrdp.science-scholarships.ph>
The Science Education Institute (SEI) is headed by Dir Dr. JAYEEL S. CORNELIO.
