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Scholarship Co-funding Institutions

Funding for SEARCA's Graduate Study Program comes from the SEAMEO Education Development Fund (SEDF) and donations raised by the SEAMEO Secretariat (SEAMES) in Bangkok. These include contributions from SEAMEO member and associate member countries (e.g., Australia, Canada, France, Germany, New Zealand, the Netherlands), as well as other governments, organizations, and individuals.

SEARCA also secures direct funding from partner governments, institutions, and organizations.

The following have supported SEARCA graduate scholarships:

  1. Agropolis Fondation (AF), France
  2. ASEAN Foundation (AF)
  3. Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID)
  4. Australian Cooperation with the National Agricultural Project of Thailand (ACNARP)
  5. Bank of Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) of Thailand
  6. Bulacan State University (BulSU)
  7. Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
  8. Center of Excellence for Sustainable Agricultural Intensification and Nutrition (CE SAIN) of the Royal University of Agriculture, Cambodia
  9. Centre for Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture and Forestry (CeTSAF), Germany
  10. Department of Agriculture, Government of the Philippines
  11. Department of Agriculture‑Bureau of Agricultural Research (DA‑BAR), Government of the Philippines
  12. Department of Agriculture‑Philippine Carabao Center
  13. Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Industries Agroalimentaires, France (ENSIA‑SIARC)
  14. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
  15. Ford Foundation
  16. Fundacion Servicio Para El Agricultor
  17. French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD)
  18. German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
  19. German Foundation for International Development (DSE)
  20. Higher Education Project (HEP) of the Ministry of National Education, Government of Indonesia
  21. International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada
  22. International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
  23. Jesuit Association
  24. Maekhong Project of ESCAP (United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific)
  25. Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development
  26. Ministry of Forestry and Estate (MOFE), Government of Indonesia
  27. Nagoya University (NU)
  28. National Taiwan University (NTU)
  29. Rubber Research Institute of Thailand (RRIT)
  30. Sejong University (SU)
  31. Tokyo University of Agriculture (Tokyo NODAI), Japan
  32. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
  33. United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
  34. Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Malaysia
  35. Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Malaysia
  36. University of Hohenheim, Germany
  37. The governments of Brunei Darussalam, France, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Netherlands, the Philippines, and Thailand.

Currently, the SEARCA Graduate Scholarship Program is supported by the SEDF, Philippine Government, AF, BulSU, DAAD, NU, NTU, SU, Tokyo NODAI, and UPM.

SEARCA deeply appreciates the continued support for its human resource development program. The Center remains committed to delivering excellent scholarship services and helping the SEAMEO region develop a pool of highly skilled agricultural professionals equipped to address food security, climate change, sustainability, and related challenges across Southeast Asia.