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In partnership with Universal Robina Corporation, the Gokongwei Brothers Foundation promotes sustainable agriculture in the Philippines by offering community-based scholarship programs to the next generation of farmers in the country.



STEM Agri Scholarship Overview


GBF-URC SURE STEM Agri SHS and College Scholarship

Since 2019, GBF and URC Sugar and Renewables Division (SURE) has been providing the STEM-Agri Scholarship to the children of its sugarcane farmer partners in Negros Occidental. This scholarship is awarded to the qualified senior high school and college dependents of the URC-SURE sugar planters to promote and sustain the sugarcane industry.

For the long-term benefit of this scholarship program to the local sugar industry, the STEM-Agri Senior High School scholars must pursue Sugar Technology or any agriculture-related course in college while the STEM-Agri College scholars should develop a thesis that can be utilized by the sugar industry. Moreover, to promote sugar farming continuity, the college scholars should submit a three-year plan that focuses on the growth and development of their family’s sugarcane farm which URC-SURE will monitor.


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GBF-URC BCFG STEM Agri College Scholarship

In 2022, GBF and URC Branded Consumer Foods Group (BCFG) extended the STEM Agri College Scholarship to the children of its potato farmer partners in the Cordillera Autonomous Region (CAR). This scholarship opportunity is GBF and URC’s initiative to help in the innovation and sustainability of potato farming in the country.

Similar to the aforementioned obligations of the STEM Agri College scholars, the scholars in this program are expected to impact Philippine agriculture although with emphasis on continued potato farming through their development of a thesis that will benefit the potato industry and creation of a three-year plan for their family farm which URC BCFG will monitor.

STEM Agri Scholarship in numbers:
  • Founding Year: 2019
  • Graduates: 5
  • Active Scholars: 6




STEM Agri Scholarship Benefits

  • Fixed annual financial grant to subsidize tuition and other fees (Subject to terms and conditions of scholarship agreement)
  • Access to scholar development programs
  • Internship opportunity in the Gokongwei Group


Preferred Courses


Senior High School
  • Sugar Technology

College
  • Bachelor in Sugar Technology
  • Bachelor of Science in Agriculture
  • Bachelor of Science in Agribusiness
  • Bachelor of Science in Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering


Preferred Schools

  • Tara Provincial Community High School
  • Benguet State University
  • Central Philippines State University




STEM Agri Scholarship Eligibility


GBF-URC SURE STEM Agri Senior High School Scholarship
  • Enrolled in Sugar Technology strand of Tara Provincial Community High School-Negros Occidental
  • Has an outstanding academic record with GWA of at least 80%
  • Top 30% of the Junior HS batch (Grade 10) in the previous school year
  • Exemplifies good moral character and shows active participation and involvement in extra-curricular activities
  • Family land/property should not exceed ten (10) hectares
  • Parent of the applicant must be a farmer partner of Universal Robina Corporation-Sugar and Renewables in Negros Occidental for at least five (5) years


GBF-URC SURE STEM Agri College Scholarship
  • Enrolled in a GBF priority Agriculture-related course in one of GBF's preferred universities
  • Has an outstanding academic record with GWA of at least 2.5 or 80%
  • Top 30% of SHS batch for incoming 1st-year students, or top 40% of the course batch for continuing college students
  • Exemplifies good moral character and shows active participation and involvement in extra-curricular activities
  • Family land/property should not exceed ten (10) hectares
  • Parent of the applicant must be a farmer partner of Universal Robina Corporation-Sugar and Renewables in Negros Occidental for at least five (5) years


GBF-BCFG BCFG STEM Agri College Scholarship
  • Enrolled in a GBF priority Agriculture-related course in one of GBF's preferred universities
  • Has an outstanding academic record with GWA of at least 2.0 or 85%
  • Top 10% of SHS batch for incoming 1st-year students, or top 20% of the course batch for continuing college students
  • Exemplifies good moral character and shows active participation and involvement in extra-curricular activities
  • Family land/property should not exceed two (2) hectares
  • Parent of the applicant must be a member of the United Potato Producers of Benguet and Mountain Provinces for at least two (2) years
  • Requirements


GBF-URC SURE STEM Agri Senior High School and College Scholarships
  • Accomplished Application Form
  • Birth Certificate
  • Certificate of Good Moral
  • Certified of Copy of Grades
  • Registration form/enrollment receipt
  • Proof of Sugarcane Farming (e.g.transaction receipt with URC)
  • Land title or Transfer Certificate of Title


GBF-URC BCFG STEM Agri College Scholarship
  • Accomplished Application Form
  • Birth Certificate
  • Certificate of Good Moral
  • Certified Copy of Grades
  • Registration form/enrollment receipt 
  • Membership Certificate from United Potato Producers of Benguet and Mountain Provinces (Parent’s proof of partnership with URC for at least 2 years)
  • Land Title/Tax Declaration/Brgy. Certificate



ATTRACTIONS TO SEE IN MANILA 

Klook.com

STEM Agri Scholarship Application Process

1. Accomplishment of online application form and submission of documentary requirements

2. Preliminary screening for eligibility check

3. Panel Interview



ACTIVITIES AND TOURS IN MANILA

Other Scholarship Programs in the Philippines

How to Apply for STEM Agri Scholarship by Gokongwei Brothers Foundation


In partnership with Universal Robina Corporation, the Gokongwei Brothers Foundation promotes sustainable agriculture in the Philippines by offering community-based scholarship programs to the next generation of farmers in the country.



STEM Agri Scholarship Overview


GBF-URC SURE STEM Agri SHS and College Scholarship

Since 2019, GBF and URC Sugar and Renewables Division (SURE) has been providing the STEM-Agri Scholarship to the children of its sugarcane farmer partners in Negros Occidental. This scholarship is awarded to the qualified senior high school and college dependents of the URC-SURE sugar planters to promote and sustain the sugarcane industry.

For the long-term benefit of this scholarship program to the local sugar industry, the STEM-Agri Senior High School scholars must pursue Sugar Technology or any agriculture-related course in college while the STEM-Agri College scholars should develop a thesis that can be utilized by the sugar industry. Moreover, to promote sugar farming continuity, the college scholars should submit a three-year plan that focuses on the growth and development of their family’s sugarcane farm which URC-SURE will monitor.


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GBF-URC BCFG STEM Agri College Scholarship

In 2022, GBF and URC Branded Consumer Foods Group (BCFG) extended the STEM Agri College Scholarship to the children of its potato farmer partners in the Cordillera Autonomous Region (CAR). This scholarship opportunity is GBF and URC’s initiative to help in the innovation and sustainability of potato farming in the country.

Similar to the aforementioned obligations of the STEM Agri College scholars, the scholars in this program are expected to impact Philippine agriculture although with emphasis on continued potato farming through their development of a thesis that will benefit the potato industry and creation of a three-year plan for their family farm which URC BCFG will monitor.

STEM Agri Scholarship in numbers:
  • Founding Year: 2019
  • Graduates: 5
  • Active Scholars: 6




STEM Agri Scholarship Benefits

  • Fixed annual financial grant to subsidize tuition and other fees (Subject to terms and conditions of scholarship agreement)
  • Access to scholar development programs
  • Internship opportunity in the Gokongwei Group


Preferred Courses


Senior High School
  • Sugar Technology

College
  • Bachelor in Sugar Technology
  • Bachelor of Science in Agriculture
  • Bachelor of Science in Agribusiness
  • Bachelor of Science in Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering


Preferred Schools

  • Tara Provincial Community High School
  • Benguet State University
  • Central Philippines State University




STEM Agri Scholarship Eligibility


GBF-URC SURE STEM Agri Senior High School Scholarship
  • Enrolled in Sugar Technology strand of Tara Provincial Community High School-Negros Occidental
  • Has an outstanding academic record with GWA of at least 80%
  • Top 30% of the Junior HS batch (Grade 10) in the previous school year
  • Exemplifies good moral character and shows active participation and involvement in extra-curricular activities
  • Family land/property should not exceed ten (10) hectares
  • Parent of the applicant must be a farmer partner of Universal Robina Corporation-Sugar and Renewables in Negros Occidental for at least five (5) years


GBF-URC SURE STEM Agri College Scholarship
  • Enrolled in a GBF priority Agriculture-related course in one of GBF's preferred universities
  • Has an outstanding academic record with GWA of at least 2.5 or 80%
  • Top 30% of SHS batch for incoming 1st-year students, or top 40% of the course batch for continuing college students
  • Exemplifies good moral character and shows active participation and involvement in extra-curricular activities
  • Family land/property should not exceed ten (10) hectares
  • Parent of the applicant must be a farmer partner of Universal Robina Corporation-Sugar and Renewables in Negros Occidental for at least five (5) years


GBF-BCFG BCFG STEM Agri College Scholarship
  • Enrolled in a GBF priority Agriculture-related course in one of GBF's preferred universities
  • Has an outstanding academic record with GWA of at least 2.0 or 85%
  • Top 10% of SHS batch for incoming 1st-year students, or top 20% of the course batch for continuing college students
  • Exemplifies good moral character and shows active participation and involvement in extra-curricular activities
  • Family land/property should not exceed two (2) hectares
  • Parent of the applicant must be a member of the United Potato Producers of Benguet and Mountain Provinces for at least two (2) years
  • Requirements


GBF-URC SURE STEM Agri Senior High School and College Scholarships
  • Accomplished Application Form
  • Birth Certificate
  • Certificate of Good Moral
  • Certified of Copy of Grades
  • Registration form/enrollment receipt
  • Proof of Sugarcane Farming (e.g.transaction receipt with URC)
  • Land title or Transfer Certificate of Title


GBF-URC BCFG STEM Agri College Scholarship
  • Accomplished Application Form
  • Birth Certificate
  • Certificate of Good Moral
  • Certified Copy of Grades
  • Registration form/enrollment receipt 
  • Membership Certificate from United Potato Producers of Benguet and Mountain Provinces (Parent’s proof of partnership with URC for at least 2 years)
  • Land Title/Tax Declaration/Brgy. Certificate



ATTRACTIONS TO SEE IN MANILA 

Klook.com

STEM Agri Scholarship Application Process

1. Accomplishment of online application form and submission of documentary requirements

2. Preliminary screening for eligibility check

3. Panel Interview



ACTIVITIES AND TOURS IN MANILA

Other Scholarship Programs in the Philippines

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