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3) A grantee of international trainings abroad shall be entitled to reasonable pre-
departure expenses and clothing allowance subject to the provision of E.O. #298.

a. Criteria for Availment of Financial Assistance:

a) Ph. D. and MS/MA

1. Applicant must have a grant approved by the President through
the USDB;

2. The applicant must enroll in a reputable university, whose
recognized areas of distinctive competence include his/her field
of specialization or the chosen university has been granted a
Center of Excellence status for the field to be pursued (e.g. UPLB-
Agriculture, Forestry);

3. Must have a GWA of 2.50 or better in the bachelor’s degree
finished, or for the academic terms already completed if the
applicant is currently enrolled in program before the scholarship
applicant. Thereafter, grantee must maintain a GWA of 2.5 in the
bachelor’s degree, 2.0 in master’s and 2.0 in the doctoral or better
every academic term, otherwise, the scholarship privileges will be
suspended and restored only upon obtaining the required GWA;
4. In addition to the financial assistance granted in this Section, the
applicant may avail of financial assistance from other sources;
provided, that the aggregate of the financial assistance shall not
exceed the estimated budget as approved in the applicant’s
proposal and in no case shall the financial assistance of the
University exceed the ceiling established in this section; provided
further that when the sponsoring agency has fully/adequately
granted the needed amount for the thesis or dissertation of the
scholar, then this thesis or dissertation assistance can no longer be
availed of;

5. In case of limited slots due to budgetary constraints, all applicants
will be ranked based on GWA. In no case will there be more than one
(1) university scholarship grantee per level from a college in times of
budgetary constraints.
b) BS/Undergraduate

1. Applicant is qualified under the Civil Service Commission (CSC)
program for undergraduate government employees who wish to
finish a bachelor’s degree;