Most Ph.D. programs in Thailand have not been strongly supported up to now. At present, only about 100 doctorates are produced annually and the quality, in many case, is still to reach international standard. One of the basic problems is the lack of research grant to attract top students to enroll in the programs. The main strategy used in the Royal Golden Jubilee Ph.D. Project (R.Ph.D. Project ) is to give sufficient nonbonded research grants (approximately 2 million baht) to each student for their Ph.D. studies in Thai universities. Each grant covers not only student's near market -price stipend, tuition and research allowance, but also a budget to pursue, up to one year, Ph.D. study and research in collaborating university abroad. Expense for participating in professional international symposium is also included. Attempts will also be made to link the R.Ph.D.Projects with the on-going complementary projects such as the collaborative and students exchange agreements made between universities in Thailand and abroad, the education loan projects (from ADB and OECF), the government supported reverse-brain drain project, and the various mega-research projects on biodiversities, tropical drug research, and synchrotron related.