Balik PhD Recruitment Program

Announcement

OVPAA Memo 2025-73: Interested applicants may now apply to the Balik PhD Recruitment Program following the revised implementing guidelines, approved in the 1398th BOR meeting on 27 March 2025.

About the Program

Come home to UP for good.

Under the UP Expanded Modernization Program, UP launched the Foreign-trained “Balik” PhD Recruitment Program as a means to attract foreign-trained PhDs/postdoctoral fellows to come to UP as faculty members, who will pursue research and mentor the best and brightest young minds in our country, this year and in the coming years.

There may be initial hurdles, but in the long term, you will reap countless rewards for yourself, for our people, and our country. UP needs the best and brightest expert PhD faculty who are committed to teaching and mentoring the best and brightest Filipino youth — who all come to UP!

The Balik-PhD faculty recruit shall be provided the Balik-PhD start-up research grant of PhP 2.5 million (subject to availability of funds) upon acceptance of a full proposal.

Forms and Guidelines

BOR Approval
Revised Implementing Guidelines (2025)
Application Form
Capsule Proposal Form (Form 8.1-8.4)
Full Proposal Form (Form 8.5-8.9)
Instructions for Progress Reports and Terminal Reports (Form 4.0)
Line-Item Budget (Form 4.1)
Budget Realignment Form (Form 5.0)
Terminal Report Form (Form 7.0)
Risk Analysis

Contact

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: (+63) 8981 8500 loc. 2622 or 2528

Balik PhD Recruitment Program

Announcement

OVPAA Memo 2025-73: Interested applicants may now apply to the Balik PhD Recruitment Program following the revised implementing guidelines, approved in the 1398th BOR meeting on 27 March 2025.

About the Program

Come home to UP for good.

Under the UP Expanded Modernization Program, UP launched the Foreign-trained “Balik” PhD Recruitment Program as a means to attract foreign-trained PhDs/postdoctoral fellows to come to UP as faculty members, who will pursue research and mentor the best and brightest young minds in our country, this year and in the coming years.

There may be initial hurdles, but in the long term, you will reap countless rewards for yourself, for our people, and our country. UP needs the best and brightest expert PhD faculty who are committed to teaching and mentoring the best and brightest Filipino youth — who all come to UP!

The Balik-PhD faculty recruit shall be provided the Balik-PhD start-up research grant of PhP 2.5 million (subject to availability of funds) upon acceptance of a full proposal.

Forms and Guidelines

BOR Approval
Revised Implementing Guidelines (2025)
Application Form
Capsule Proposal Form (Form 8.1-8.4)
Full Proposal Form (Form 8.5-8.9)
Instructions for Progress Reports and Terminal Reports (Form 4.0)
Line-Item Budget (Form 4.1)
Budget Realignment Form (Form 5.0)
Terminal Report Form (Form 7.0)
Risk Analysis

Contact

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: (+63) 8981 8500 loc. 2622 or 2528