FEED Scholars are selected from various academic institutions that have been approved as FEED Partners, including the following reputed Universities that deliver agro-forestry related sciences in the Philippines.
Memoranda of Agreements (MOAs) signed by both parties institutionalise the framework within which FEED is able to provide scholarship support to graduate and postgraduate students pursuing studies in Agronomy, Arts & Culture, Farming, Forestry, Fisheries, Information & Communication Technology, Livelihood Development, Renewable Energy, Social Enterprise, Sustainability and sciences/themes related to the water, food and energy nexus identified in the Philippines:
- Union Christian College, San Fernando, La Union
- Don Mariano Marcos Memorial University (DMMMSU) – NLUC Campus
- Northern Luzon Command (NOLCOM), Armed Forces of the Philippines
- Anihan Technical School
- University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB)
FEED contributes primarily towards practical research carried out by scholars, especially in studies related direct interventions with tangible results and beneficial impacts on particularly marginalised communities and livelihood development opportunities, related to the water-food-energy nexus identified by various global agencies, and prevalent challenges adopted by the Philippine government, the public and private sectors.
Scholars pursuing other studies may also be considered, in so far as they comply with the scholarship criteria, if the aforementioned sciences have not yet been allotted scholars and upon approval by the FEED Board.
As a conduit, by working with the private sector, FEED facilitates deserving Philippine students to access, pursue and complete their education and research targets, particularly for those deserving individuals who can neither afford nor have access to learning, including those situated in remote areas.
Congratulations to FEED Scholars!
FEED scholars to date have materialized their dreams of improving the livelihood of not only their families but have also inspired their local communities and those they continue to encounter, inspire them the same dreams and pursuits. We have since graduated:
- a teacher who pursued her Ph.D in Education – now Dean of her University
- a dentist who passed the board exams – now gainfully employed as a senior dentist overseas, planning to transfer her knowledge then return home to set up her own practice
- a computer science student who – now advising Silicon Valley, who then set up his own company in the Philippines
- a nursing student who was in her last year of school but whose sick and ageing parents could no longer finance her final year of nursing studies; she has since graduated and paid for her ongoing review classes for the board exams and passed.
Slowly but surely, small steps in making education and research accessible will have a great impact on our crossroads towards progress. It is not a long shot; rather it is our one sure structural contribution towards change.
| UPLB |
ADVISOR |
PRESENT JOB |
PLACE OF WORK |
| AY 2008-09 | |||
| Aguilar, Francis A. |
Dr. Lourdes B Cardenas |
URA1 |
IBS-UPLB |
| Fontanilla, Cyreene S. |
Dr. Virginia C Cuevas |
Graduate Student MS Public Health |
UP Manila |
| Consignado, Kryza I. |
Prof.Noel G. Sabino |
Teacher |
St. Paul Manila |
| Chua, Hazel Marice O. |
Prof. Ivy Amor F. Lambio |
Volunteer – Environmental NGO |
Wellington, New Zealand |
| AY 2009-10 | |||
| Catanghal, Ronan Aldous M. |
Dr. Vachel Gay V. Paller |
Medical Student |
UP-PGH Manila |
| Preme, Prime F. | Dr. Vincent V. Hilomen | Research Assistant Conservation International Philippines-NGO | Quezon City |
| Fajutag, Apryl Joy M. |
Dr. Vachel Gay V. Paller |
Medical Student |
UP-PGH Manila |
| Encinares, John Mark A |
Dr. Ireneo L. Lit Jr. |
Instructor III |
IBS-UPLB |
| AY 2010-11 | |||
| Baniqued, Russel D. |
Dr. Leticia E. Afuang |
Environmental Scientist |
AECOM Philippines, Inc. |
| Catsao, Kristine V. |
Dr. Lucille C.Villegas |
Microbiologist |
Euro-med Laboratories, Inc. |
AY 2013-14
| DELOS REYES JOMARI B/BSAgriculture | Dr. Maria Cynthia R. Oliveros | Area Manager, Nutri Essentials Division | Philchema, Inc. assigned at Batangas 2 |
| TUMOLVA JAMIE ANN P/BSAgriculture | Dr. Christian Joseph R. Cumagun | University Research Asociate | Institute of Plant Breeding, UPLB |
AY 2014-15
| GENTALLAN RENERIO JR.P./BSAgriculture | Dr. Antonio G. Lalusin | Teaching Associate | Crop Science Cluster, College of Agriculture, UPLB |
AY 2015-16
| AILEENE C. TENORIO
BS Chemical Engineering |
College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology | CEAT | UPLB |
| ELSON GALANG
BS Agriculture |
Major in Landscape Agroforestry | College of Agriculture (CA), UPLB |
| RENALYN M. CANILLO
BS Forestry |
Bachelor of Science in Forestry; Thesis: Biophysical and Bioclimatic Characterization of Mangrove Formations, La Union | Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University North La Union Campus, Bacnotan, La Union |
| AY 2016-17 | |||
| SWEET PRINCESS S. MATINING
ELSON IAN GALANG
JAHAN DE GUZMAN |
Prof. Emeritus Dr. Asuncion Raymundo
United Nations University (UNU) Central Luzon Doctor’s Hospital in San Vicente, Tarlac |
BS Agricultural Biotechnology, Specialisation in Plant Pathology Sustainability Science & Practice BSc in Nursing; Physician Licensure Board Passer in February 2015. |
UPLB, Institute of Biological Sciences Inst. for the Advanced Study of Sustainability Central Luzon Doctor’s Hospital in San Vicente, Tarlac |
AY 2017-2018
| SUNSHINE Culbengan GAERLAN | Prof. Lilito Gavina, Director, Partner-ships | Bachelor Of Science, Agricultural Engineering – Tomato Production Under Aquaponic Systems Using Different Substrates | Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University, North La Union Campus, Institute of Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering, Bacnotan, La Union |
| FRANCIS KENNETHM. ALAMAY
|
Prof. Lilito Gavina, Director, Partner-ships | Bachelor Of Science, Agricultural Engineering – Design, Development & Testing of Slaughterhouse Wastewater Filtering Systems for Cucumber (Cucumis Sativus) Production | Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University, North La Union Campus, Institute of Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering, Bacnotan, La Union |
| RIZZA JEAN DELOS SANTOS VENTURA (Year 1) | President Mr. Jeffrey Tilan | Bachelor’s in Finance & Accounting | Union Christian College, La Union |
| LOWELL BERNARDOS | UPLB | Level & Health Risk Assessment of Arsenic in Milkfish (Chanos chanos Forsskal) Cultured in West Bay of Laguna Lake | University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) |
2018-2019
| RIZZA JEAN DELOS SANTOS VENTURA (Year 2) | President Mr. Jeffrey Tilan, UCC | Bachelor’s in Finance & Accounting | Union Christian College, La Union |
| MA. ROVELYN D. TUMANENG (UPLB | UPLB | How climate change affects the distribution of threatened species such as dipterocarps – Thesis Study | University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) |
| JOHN MARLON P. MAGBUO, Cumlaude with Honors | UPLB College of Forestry & Natural Resources (CFNR) Dr. Enrique “Ike” L. Tolentino | Forest Restoration Using Native Tree Species at DBP Project Site, UP Laguna-Quezon Land Grant, Siniloan, Laguna | University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) |
AY 2022-2023
| KYLE CANCINO | UPLB College of Forestry & Natural Resources (CFNR) Dr. Enrique “Ike” L. Tolentino | ENFORESTER: Enhancing Forest Restoration Using Native Tree Species (NTS) In UP Laguna Quezon Land- grant (LQLG), Luzon, Philippines (Carbon Sequestration) | University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) |
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