Philippine DA Offers Biotech Research Fellowships
March 18, 2011| |
The Philippine Department of Agriculture is offering research grants for biotech studies in developing better crops, livestock, and fisheries to MS and PhD degree holders through the Biotechnology Research Fellowship Program (BRFP). The program intends to enable research in line with the objectives of DA's Biotechnology Program Office. BRFP research fellows can utilize the laboratories of Agricultural Biotechnology Center which covers the Philippine Rice Research Institute, Philippine Carabao Center, and the National Fisheries Research and Development Institute/Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center.
Interested applicants to BRFP can visit http://www.dabiotechnet.net/DAfellobrochure.pdf for more details about the program.
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