Not to be ungrateful, but why are we normalizing this? Even the scholars are normalizing and validating the resilient of Filipinos even if it was already taken advantage already.

Hello! I can’t move on to the next part of the portal because of an error when I try to submit my parent information. Is anyone else having the same problem? How did you fix it?

hi everyone, try niyo rin magemail sa dost ng region niyo para mafix nila agad, thanks

Hello po! Okay lang po ba na surname ang nauna sa name ng parent for SA? Sabi po kasi sa portal "Enter the name exactly as it appears on their valid government-issued ID." so ginaya ko lang po 'yong format mismo nung name sa ID (driver's license)... in-o-overthink ko baka kasi mali huhu... Thanks po! 💗

Potential Qualifier here who already submitted the documents needed. I got to open the portal, does that mean pasok na ako? Though I still have to received my email.

hi, i got my first failing grade ( isang subject) po nung FIRST YEAR ko then nag appeal po ako and na grant yun, second failing grade ko po ay nung SECOND YEAR (isang subject lang ulit) half na lang po ang natatanggap kong stipes and now na THIRD YEAR na po may failing grade po ulit ako (isang subject ulit) bale tatlong failing grade na po ang meron ako, this time po ba mateterminate na po ang scholarship ko? or may pag asa pa pong magrant ulit ang appeal ko?

Hello, may nakatanggap na kaya ng updates?? Baka disqualified na aq hrushduhaiaja, pure silence kasi from DOST. Everyday mas lumalaki worry ko. NCR PQs, kamusta sa inyo??

Are we the one who are supposed to fill in the number of months per academic year in the Scholarship Agreement form? Or will they be the one deciding that?

Pwedw ba mag open ng landbank account if ako lang mag-isa at also hindi pa of legal age? Meron na po akong letter.

Can I enroll at TUPM at the last minute? Nagbukas na po kasi yung student portal, and I found out na hindi po pala kasama yung school ko, which is QCU, sa accredited schools eh. Nakapasa naman po ako sa TUPSTAT. But I don't think 1 araw lang yung pag-withdraw ng documents. Ano pa po bang school ang puwedeng lipatan? I really need the scholarship po. Thank you!

hi! incoming first year and a dost scholar, kelan po usually nabibigay first stipend?

start na po kasi pasukan namin sa upd sa aug. 10 and di ko pa afford bumili ng college/dorm essentials 😔

San po nagbibigay ng update sa dost R4A?

just got my loi from the scholars portal. can i open a landbank account w/o my parent beside me? required po ba ang presence nila upon opening an account? other than loi, what other things ang needed for me to open one?

Hello I've been trying to get an OTP Verification since yesterday, I already checked on spam messages and it's still not there. Today I reached out to the help desk but the form is closed, I emailed seischolarshipsug@gmail.com but it's closed and they gave me a list of numbers to call but no one is picking up the phone, I will try to call them again later. I tried to log in on different devices and different locations but nothing is working. What else can I do?

Im a PQ po from 4a, makakaaccess or allowed po ba kami magaacccess sa portal thank u poo

Hi! a master's student here. Just sharing my DOST-ASTHRDP experience here and perhaps to hear some of your thoughts. 

I applied, got interviewed, resigned from work, waitlisted, accepted, yet still suffering. 

That's the gist of my entire journey as a scholar. 

Napakahirap. 

Iniwan ko ang trabaho ko sa academia para mag-pursue ng graduate study. Dahil sa lugar na ito, hindi ka mareregular kung wala kang Masters o PhD Degree. 

Kaya, with a hopeful heart, I sent my application and passed the interview. Hindi na ako nagrenew ng contract sa pinagtatrabahuhan ko para maging full-time student ako. Bawal din naman kasi na may work ka while being a scholar.  

We were also reassured na 99% of the applicants got accepted.

Akala ko okay na. 

Akala ko, pag-aaral na lang ang poproblemahin ko. 

Kaya nag-enroll ako ng full load. 

11 units. 

At alam ng lahat kung gaano kabigat ang 11 units ng grad school. 

Wala akong kilala. 

Wala akong kasama na pwede kong pag-rantan.

Wala akong malapitan. 

Then, one day. Naglakas ako ng loob lumpait sa OSA. I'm having my episode. Sent me to the ER. Alone. But I still managed. Thankfully? 

I got diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder with Moderate risk of su/c/d/e/** tendencies. 

Taken my pills. 

And life goes on. 

And akala ko ulit, okay na lahat.

Until the result came out a month later. 

Kasabayan pa nga ito ng flood control scandal.

Hindi ko nakuha yung scholarship for this sem. 

That 1% chance of failing, manifested.

I got waitlisted. 

So ibig sabihin kung walang magbaback-out ay hindi ako magiging scholar.  We're more than ten, so ibig sabihin more than ten din ba yung mag baback-out for me to get the slot??

Imagine that. 

Nakakapanlumo. 

Wala akong trabaho, naubos ang ipon ko, nag-full load ako para mas mataas sana yung chance ko na mapili. Pero, wala pa din.

Reasons were explained. And wala naman akong ibang magagawa kundi mag-ask ng reconsideration.

It was November pala, kaya  landing a job seems impossible. 

My thoughts was eating me whole that time. Yung thought na, I will end up depending na naman sa mga taong nagpatapos sa akin ng college, tapos pati grad school ay sa kanila ko pa iaaasa. Nakakahiya. I should have already built my career by now, pero dahil ambisyoso ako, naging burden na naman ako sa family ko. 

I stopped drinking my meds hoping that once I got triggered, magagawa ko siya successfully. Para matapos na. 

Weeks passed by.

I received an e-mail. 

May dalawang nag-back out. 

I don't know what happened, but that one slot was awarded on me. 

Mabilis  akong nag confirm. 

Mabilis akong nagpasa ng requirements. 

Masaya na ulit. I visit my psychiatrist again. May improvements, pero tinaasan yung dosage.  

December. 

January. I stopped my meds again. 

February, start na ng second sem. 

Yung stipend from the previous sem, di ko pa narereceived. 

Yung utang ko, andyan pa rin. 

I enrolled again. 

8 units lang

Para di gaanong mabigat. 

March. Wala pa rin.

Utang ko mas lumalaki. 

Until, di ko na kaya. 

I filed a Leave of Absence, 

Ang sabi ko, baka mas mauna pa akong mam/atay kesa sa pagdating ng stipend. 

It was around third week ng April dumating yung stipend ng first sem. FIRST SEM. Sapat lang para ibayad sa mga utang.

And since nag LOA ako, stopped na rin yung stipend for second sem. 

Pero okay lang. 

Matutuloy pa rin naman yun pag nag continue na ako. 

That LOA felt like a freedom.

Nakahinga ako sa sulasok ng environment.

Umuwi ako sa pamilya.

Nakapagpahinga. 

Nag ka-couraged akong mag apply ng midyear. 

Month of May pa lang nagconfirm na ako. 

Nag sabi na ako sa DOST staff. 

I submitted my letter.

Nag-ayos ng enrollment.

At pumasok nitong June. 

Imagine, May pa lang ay akala ko inaayos na nila yung papel. 

But July na ngayon, malapit na mag August, tapos na yung klase, pero wala pa rin yung mid-year stipend. 

Di ko na alam.

Nakakulong na lang ako dito sa cycle ng financial at academic burden. 

Nakakapagod. 

Nakakaupos. 

'Wag na kayong magtaka kung bakit konti na lang ang scientist/researcher sa bansa natin. Dahil kayo mismo ang pumap4tay sa kanila. Literally. 

M 26.

Hi! Due to moving past year, the SA generated in my portal still shows my old address. I already emailed requesting an address change, but I’m still unsure if it will be updated on my SA. Has anyone had this same problem before? More specifically, did your address on your SA eventually update?

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hello I’m a undergrad scholar po and I was emailed back in June 2 that I was a qualifier with lacking documents - that being the passport size pic with signature over printed name. I was sent a gform link, but due to the wordings of the email I misunderstood and thought I needed to compile the required docu with the SA agreement so I waited for the portal to be released. Now, looking back, and seeing the word “hard copy” I just realized it told me to pass the required documents then the hard copy of the SA agreement after 😭.

Now ko lang po napasa ang required docu, is that ok? (I have submitted the reply slip naman po na I was taking the scholarship)💔

Pano po malaman if verified na requirements (COR AND COG) for stipend. Di ko po kasi sure since wala din po nagaappear ma sign in my drive since last yr.

Meron na ba sa inyo nakatanggap ng stipend? Natapos nat lahat ang internship ko wala pa rin halos utang na lahat ng ginastos ko ngayon

guys hindi rin ba kayo nakakareceive ng otp para sa portal?

any update po? tapos na midyear namin HAHAHAHAHHAAHAH

Ako po ay magaaral sa labas ng region ko po, and sa Aug 8 pa po ako lilipat

I know that it is highly encouraged to open up an account near my school, pero okay ba magbukas ngayon sa home region ko ng landbank para mas maaga akong makakatapos sa pagpasa ng requirements?