Rona Jean Muñoz has officially commenced her work on soil invertebrates through the 2026–2027 Canada-ASEAN Scholarships and Educational Exchanges for Development-Phase 2 (SEED-2) Program.
Supervised by Dr. Tanya Handa of the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Cebu Technological University’s (CTU) long-time ally, the environmental science student hopes to complete her work by the end of the year.
Following results on June 13th, Muñoz (the first undergraduate student across CTU to have been accepted for the program) and three academics have constituted the university’s 6th cohort for the Canada-bound mobility.
They are entitled to a grant worth C$10,200 (approximately ₱420,000) for visa processing fees, round-trip international airfare, health insurance, accommodation, utilities, meals, domestic transportation, books, academic supplies, and other living and study-related expenses.
Primarily funded by the Canadian government, the program primarily supports innovation, research collaboration, and institutional partnerships among higher education institutions across ASEAN and Canada.\IAI
