CHED Scholarship Application is Now Open: Apply Now!
Published: 2022-07-12 08:15:00

All incoming college freshmen are invited to apply to the CHED Scholarship Program 2022. CHED Scholarship 2022- StuFAPs aims to provide financial assistance to students who are enrolled in authorized public or private Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). This helps to ensure that education shall be accessible to all especially to underprivileged and deserving students.

Qualified beneficiaries shall enroll or must be currently enrolled in any CHED priority courses as per CMO No. 1 s. 2104 and shall receive financial assistance amounting to Php 15,000 to Php 30,000 per semester whichever program an applicant qualifies.

## Who can apply to CHED Scholarship 2022 Program?

Incoming first-year college students who will be graduating from Senior High Schools.

## What are the Qualifications?

1. - Must be a Filipino citizen;
2. - Graduating high school student or high school graduate with a general average
3. - General Weighted Average (GWA)
4. - For Full State Scholarship Program (FSSP) and Full Private Education Student Financial Assistance (FPESPA), GWA must be 96% or above.
5. - For Half-SSP and Half-PESPA, GWA must be 93% but not more than 95%.
6. - Must have a combined annual gross income of parents/guardian which does not exceed Four Hundred Thousand Pesos (PhP 400,000), or in cases where the income exceeds PhP 400,000 an applicant must present written certification or medical findings of illness of a family member, or school certifications of two or more dependents enrolled in college;
7. - Avail of only one government-funded financial assistance program.

## What are the CHED Scholarships 2022 Requirments?
### A. Citizenship

- A certified true copy of the Birth Certificate.
### B. Academic

- Duly certified true copy of High school report card for incoming freshmen students eligible for college (High School Graduate); and
- Duly certified true copy of grades for Grade 11 and 1st semester of Grade 12 for graduating high school students.
### C. Financial
The student-applicants shall submit any of the following documents:

- Latest Income Tax Return (ITR) of parents or guardian;
- Certificate of Tax Exemption from Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR);
- Certificate of Indigence either from their Barangay or Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD);
- Case Study report from DSWD; or
- Latest copy of contract or proof of income may be considered for children of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and seafarers.

## How to Apply for CHED StuFAPs?
The Commission is now accepting online applications. Each region will have its specific application link. To submit your application, please follow the link according to your region:

**Apply LINK - [CHED Scholarship](https://careersfilipino.com/ched-scholarship/)**

## Do you belong to a Special Group?
If you belong to any of the following, kindly upload or attach a valid certification or Certification certifying that you are:

- Persons 
- with Disability (PWD) under RA 7277
- Solo Parent and/or their dependents under RA 8972
- Underprivileged and homeless citizen under RA 7279
- Senior Citizen under RA 9994
- Indigenous People under RA 8371 CHED Priority Courses Effective Academic Year 2022-2022

## What are the stipends of the CHED Scholarship Program?
This is the updated financial assistance (in Pesos) covered by the [CHED Scholarship](https://ched.gov.ph/scholarships/) Program as of July 2022 via CHED Memorandum Order No. 11 series of 2022.

For participating HEIs with the trimester or quarter system, the total amount of financial assistance stated in the above diagram (12.1, 12.2) shall be distributed proportionately depending on the type of scholarship availed.

## Responsibilities of a CHED Scholar
As a CHED scholar, you must enroll in recognized priority programs of Private Higher Education Institutions (PHEIs) or State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) / Local Universities or Colleges (LUCs) with Certificate of Program Compliance.

You must be a regular student and maintain a GWA of at least 85% or equivalent if you are a full scholar or 80% or its equivalent if a half scholar. Failure to maintain the GWA is a ground for termination of the scholarship grant. However, you can file an appeal to the CHEDRO for consideration, within 15 days from notice of the GWA.

Source: [CHEDScholarships.com](https://chedscholarships.com/)