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        "msgid": "lpdp-scholarship-officially-opens-check-the-priority-fields-of-study-1782809517",
        "date": "2026-06-30 14:50:37",
        "title": "LPDP Scholarship Officially Opens, Check the Priority Fields of Study",
        "author": "",
        "source": "CNBC",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Education",
        "summary": "The Indonesian Endowment Fund for Education (LPDP) has opened applications for its second phase of 2026 scholarships, targeting a minimum of 80% of recipients for STEM and strategic industry fields. The policy shift aims to build human capital for national transformation, while still allocating up to 20% of awards to social sciences, humanities, and economics. Registration runs from 30 June to 31 July 2026.",
        "content": "<p>Registration for the Lembaga Pengelola Dana Pendidikan (LPDP)\nscholarship Phase II 2026 officially opened on Tuesday (30\/6\/2026). LPDP\nis targeting at least 80% of scholarship recipients to come from\nScience, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields and\nrelated strategic industries. LPDP President Director Yon Arsal stated\nthat this policy direction aligns with the need to strengthen human\nresources to support the Indonesia Emas 2045 vision. \u201cOur STEM increase\nis ongoing. In 2025 it was 66 to 69%, in 2026 it is at 74%. We will try\nto reach a minimum of 80% for STEM and STEM-related fields,\u201d Yon said\nduring a media briefing at the Djuanda Building of the Ministry of\nFinance, Jakarta, Monday (29\/6\/2026). Yon explained that STEM fields are\na focus because Indonesia requires talent capable of supporting economic\ntransformation, technological mastery, and the development of national\nstrategic industries. The priority STEM strategic industry fields\ninclude food, energy, defence, digitalisation including artificial\nintelligence (AI) and semiconductors, health, downstream processing,\nmaritime, advanced manufacturing and materials, as well as\nentrepreneurship and the creative industry. Beyond pure STEM, Yon said\nthe institution also supports STEM-related fields, which are non-STEM\ndisciplines that directly underpin strategic industries, such as\nbusiness, economics, law, and public policy. Meanwhile, a maximum of 20%\nof scholarship recipients will be directed towards SHARE fields, which\ncover Social, Humanities, Arts for People, Religious Studies, and\nEconomics. These fields are maintained to support social, cultural,\neducational, religious, economic, and public policy development. LPDP\nScholarship Director Dwi Larso said that starting in 2026, applicants\nare no longer categorised simply by general, affirmative, or civil\nservant\/military\/police labels. Applicants are now directed to choose\nprogrammes according to national needs, particularly STEM, strategic\nindustries, STEM-related, SHARE, as well as other schemes such as\nco-funding and acceleration. \u201cThe nation states that we need STEM,\nsupporting eight strategic industries, there is the creative industry,\nthere is STEM-related. So every applicant must choose the STEM menu or\nthe SHARE menu, because this is what the nation needs,\u201d Dwi said. Dwi\nnoted that the minimum 80% target for STEM and related fields was\nalready evident in the Phase I 2026 selection. Out of a total of 32,794\nPhase I applicants, around 86% or 28,000 applicants registered for STEM\nfields. Registration for LPDP Phase II 2026 is open from 30 June to 31\nJuly 2026. The programmes opened include the STEM Strategic Industry\nScholarship, SHARE Scholarship, Acceleration Scholarship at Top\nUniversities, Sports Scholarship, and the National Research and\nInnovation Talent Scholarship via the Doctor by Research pathway.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/lpdp-scholarship-officially-opens-check-the-priority-fields-of-study-1782809517",
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