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Abstract: In this work, ceramic–polymer composites were fabricated from barium strontium titanate powder (BST) and polypropylene-graft-poly(styrene-stat-divinylbenzene) (ER) using a twin-screw extruder. The compounding process was characterized by rheological measurements. The effects of volume loading of BST on dielectric and mechanical properties were investigated. The dielectric properties were measured as a function of frequency and BST loading. For example, the relative permittivity and loss tangent (tan δ) of the BST–ER composites at 1GHz were gradually increased from 2.4 and 0.0001 to 28.5 and 0.0085, respectively, as the loading was increased from 0 to 50.5vol.%. Stearic acid (StA) was used as a surface-modifier of the BST. With an approximate surface coverage of 83%, an improvement in processability and a slight increase of the permittivity was observed, while tan δ remained low. The excellent dielectric characteristics of these composites, with high permittivity and low tan δ, make them attractive novel electronic materials for high frequency applications. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]