Guide on the Requirements for DOST Scholarship Application
REQUIREMENTS FOR DOST SCHOLARSHIP – Here are the documents needed in applying for a scholarship for an undergraduate studies.
Are you looking for a scholarship offer that can help you while schooling in college or support the studies of your child? One of the entities that you may turn to is the Department of Science and Technolohgy. More popularly called DOST, it has several scholarship offers for undergraduate studies.
DOST offers S&T undergraduate scholarships and and junior level Science scholarships which both have several offers under them. With regards to the former, they include the DOST-SEI Merit Scholarship and the scholarship offers under the Republic Act No. 7687 or the Science and Technology Scholarship Act of 1994.
The DOST-SEI Merit Scholarship Program is given to students who have high aptitude in Science and Mathematics and who want to pursue careers in the field of science and technology. The scholarships under the R.A. 7687 are given to poor but deserving students who want to pursue a career in any of the following:
- basic sciences
- engineering
- science and mathematics teaching
- other applied sciences
To apply for the offers, there are requirements for DOST Scholarship application that you must comply and submit to the Department of Science and Technology. Here are the documents required by the government office:
You can check the list below for the DOST scholarship requirements for students who wish to apply for the RA 7687 Scholarship offer.
- Certificate of Good Moral Character (Form C)
- Certificate of Good Health (Form D)
- Principal’s Certification
- Applicant who is Grade 12 Graduating/Graduated student in the STEM strand (Form E1)
- Applicant who is Grade 12 Graduating/Graduated student in NON-STEM strand and belongs to the upper 5% of the class (Form E2)
- Applicant who is attending homeschool (Form E3)
- Applicant who is under the Alternative Learning System (Form E4)
- Applicant who graduated in High School before the K-12 program and belongs to the upper 5% of the graduating class (E5)
- Certificate of Residency (Form F)
- Parent’s Certification – Applicant has no pending immigration application to another country (Form G)
- DOST-SEI Scholarship Examination/Award (Form H)
- Applicant’s Certification of No Post-Secondary Units (Form I)
- Signed Declaration of Applicant and the Parent/Legal Guardian (Form J)
The above-mentioned forms must be downloaded from the DOST website and printed in A4 size bond paper. They must be accomplished and signed by the proper authorities/ officials/ persons as indicated in each form.
For the online application, scan or take picture of each accomplished form and save file. When saving it, name each file in this format — (Surname-Form __).
- Recent picture, passport size (4.5 cm x 3.5 cm or 1.8 inches x 1.4 inches)
- must show face of the Applicant, 80% of the picture
- in white background
- must be colored
- with the name tag (approximately positioned 1 inch or 2.54 cm below the chin): Full name, handwritten- First Name, Middle Initial, Last Name, and Extension Name, if any (e.g. JUAN C. DELA CRUZ, JR.), and signature over printed name
- taken within the last three (3) months prior to filing of application
- Birth Certificate must be a readable copy issued by the PSA, NSO or the Municipal Registry Office
- Parent/s or Legal Guardian’s 2022 Income Tax Return / BIR Form 1701 / Employment Contract for OFW / BIR Certificate of Exemption from Filing of ITR / Certificate of Indigency / Certificate of Employment with Compensation / Proof of Pension
The start of the online application period for the DOST scholarships is on October 17, 2023. The last day of request for school inclusion in the E-Application System is on December 15, 2023 and the last day of application and uploading of the requirements is on December 31, 2023.