Faculty of Animal Science UGM held a socialization for The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) Scholarship program. This event was conducted online on August 30, 2021. Dr. Maria Cristeta Navera Cuaresma was the speaker of this event with Prof. Dr. Budi Guntoro as the moderator.
SEARCA is a scholarship given for master and doctor degree. To obtain this scholarship, there some steps to do. Applicants need to submit online application. After that, SEARCA screens and endorses candidates for interview. SEARCA and Ministry conducts interview of applicants and SEARCA evaluates interview results. Candidates will be recommended to donor or partner university and then the results will be received by SEARCA. Successful candidates receive award letters from SEARCA and become SEARCA scholarship awardee.
Dr. Maria said that the benefits of this scholarship consist of travel allowance, tuition and other school fees, book and supplies allowance, health and life insurance, monthly stipend, and thesis or dissertation allowance. These benefits are standard and different for master and Ph.D. Non-degree and other scholarship also offered for students. this provides limited support to highly qualified Southeast Asian Faculty members or graduate students to conduct research or take courses for credits outside the home university under the supervision of a counterpart adviser.
