The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) is currently accepting applications for the Scholarships for Instructors’ Knowledge Advancement Program, or SIKAP.
What is SIKAP?
SIKAP is a scholarship program for identified universities and colleges in the Philippines and supports the faculty and non-teaching personnel who intend to pursue graduate studies (MA/MS and PhD).
What are the scholarship privileges of SIKAP?
| Full-time Study | Part-time Study | |
| Masters | Actual tuition and fees Stipend: Php 41,000 x number of months / term Research Allowance: Php 150,000 | Actual tuition and fees Stipend: Php 41,000 x number of months / term Research Allowance: Php 150,000 |
| Doctorate | Actual tuition and fees Stipend: Php 54,000 x number of months / term Research Allowance: Php 250,000 | Actual tuition and fees Stipend: Php 50,000 x number of months / term Research Allowance: Php 250,000 |
You are eligible to apply if you are:
- A Filipino citizen;
- A teaching or non-teaching personnel employed in any of the following HEIs on a full-time basis;
- Public or Private HEIs (excluding LUCs) that are institutionally recognized by CHED as Certified by the Office of Institutional Quality Assurance and Governance (OIQAG);
- An HEI located in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) that is duly recognized by the Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education (MBHTE); or
- For Local University and Colleges (LUCs), LUCs with Institutional Recognition (IR) issued by CHED.
- Admitted or will enroll in graduate degree program within the term of application;
- Physically and mentally fit to undertake and complete the scholarship program;
- Not more than 50 years old within the next six (6) months from the date of application;
- Cleared of any pending obligations from all previously awarded grants or scholarships, including those in which you were engaged as a team member in research grants, or grants of similar nature as attested by a Clearance;
- Part of the SHEI’s manpower development plan, as attested by endorsement from Sending HEl;
- Willing to execute a Return Service Agreement with the SHEI;
- In good academic standing and not on extension of study at the time of application, if on-going student.
- If applying for Full-Time Study, have an approved full-time study leave without teaching/workload covering the entire scholarship period.
- If applying for Part-Time Study, have a permit to study from SHEI.
Interested applicants must be nominated by their Sending Higher Education Institutions (SHEIs). Once nominated, applicants have to submit the required documents before the given deadlines.
Deadline for Applications
Batch 1: August 4, 2025
Batch 2: September 8, 2025
For more information, you can reference the following:
- Memorandum from the Office of the Chairperson: https://ched.gov.ph/sikap/#sikap-issuances.
- CHED SIKAP Information: https://ched.gov.ph/sikap
- CHED Facebook Post: https://www.facebook.com/PhCHED.gov/posts/pfbid0eMgFM4CsSr25jkHzoYrTAEZ4RYSipNRe9kwN5RH1KqVHqqLUNoUcwybs77WYW6kTl