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DDEC opens $2M Teodoro Moscoso Scholarship for 2026-2027

Call opened Oct 10 for students in high-demand fields who agree to return and work in Puerto Rico.

Tainá Morales Cepeda
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The Puerto Rico Department of Economic Development and Commerce (DDEC) opened the call on Oct 10 for the Teodoro Moscoso Scholarship for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, run through its Youth Development Program (PDJ).[1] The program carries a total allocation of $2 million. It is aimed at high school, master's, doctoral, technical, and vocational students in high-demand occupational areas in Puerto Rico.[2] There is a string attached, and it is the point. Recipients must return to Puerto Rico and work on the island for the same number of years they were funded.[3] That condition lands against a known pressure: Puerto Rico has high outmigration,[4] and the island's total population declined in 2023, according to Census data.[5] Whether a return-service clause moves that line is not something these facts measure.
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  1. The Puerto Rico Department of Economic Development and Commerce (DDEC) opened the call for the Teodoro Moscoso Scholarship for the 2026-2027 fiscal year through its Youth Development Program (PDJ). · Periódico La Perla
  2. The scholarship program has a total allocation of $2 million directed at high school, master's, doctoral, technical, or vocational students in high-demand occupational areas in Puerto Rico. · Periódico La Perla
  3. Scholarship recipients must return to Puerto Rico and contribute their talent to the island for the same number of years they received the scholarship. · Periódico La Perla
  4. Puerto Rico has high outmigration. · naturalresources.house.govUnited Statesofficial source
  5. Puerto Rico's total population declined in 2023. · census.govUnited Statesofficial source
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