The University of the Philippines Los Baños-based Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (Searca) and Stockholm-based International Foundation for Science (IFS) have signed a deal on the provision of research grants to help push food security in Southeast Asia.

According to Searca Director Glenn Gregorio, the grants are under the auspices of a Mentorship Program for Advanced Grants, jointly funded by Searca and IFS under an agreement signed on November 26. These grants are available to Filipinos, as well as citizens of Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Timor-Leste and Vietnam.