In the academic community, there are many faculty members and researchers who are prolific in research and publication. It is important for their research outputs to be disseminated to interested stakeholders here and abroad. Unfortunately, researchers oftentimes cannot present their research outputs, particularly to the international research community, due to lack of funds. The UPMAS RDG is an award to outstanding UPMAS lifetime members, affiliated with UPCM and/or other institutions as faculty and/or researchers ( including trainees ), who receive invitations or gain acceptance to present their research papers in prestigious international conferences.

With the RDG, UPCM ALUMNI faculty and researchers are encouraged to conduct and publicize high-quality research that would make the University of the Philippines College
of Medicine and its alumni more visible in the international research community. Participation in international conferences would also expose our UPCM ALUMNI faculty
and researchers to cutting-edge research and could provide opportunities to forge collaborations with leading researchers in the world.

GUIDELINES OF THE UPMAS RDG

APPLICATION PERIOD

November 1 to April 30 for conferences to be held from January to June
June 1 to October 31 for conferences to be held from July to December of each year.
*All applications for each period will be evaluated and results will be released within two (2) weeks after the deadline of each application period.

AMOUNT OF THE GRANT

P10,000 for Asia (excluding South Asia) and the Pacific Islands P20,000 for North and South America, Europe, Russia, Africa, Middle East, Australia and India

*The grant is intended as additional support for all UPCM ALUMNI faculty and researchers affiliated with UPCM and/or other institutions who will present their papers for
oral or poster presentation in international conferences.
*Since the RDG has limited funds, applications will be evaluated and awarded to 1 grantee semiannually.

ELIGIBILITY

The paper for oral or poster presentation should be related to a completed or on-going research with publishable results or should include results from the applicant’s research recently published in an ISI-listed journal or equivalent.

NOTIFICATION OF GRANT

Notification of results of the application is two (2) weeks after the deadline of each application period and will be sent to the applicants by e-mail

DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS

The award will be formalized with the signing of a conforme form by the grantee.
*The grantee is advised to prepare to advance funds for the conference in case the grant from UPMAS is not made available in time for his / her departure (for cases where
the conference date is close to the date of grant notification and processing).

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

The Research Dissemination Grant (RDG) is an award to outstanding UPMAS lifetime members, who are either faculty or researcher with an invitation to present his / her research paper at a prestigious international conference. The RDG encourages UPMAS members to conduct and publicize high-quality researches that would make the University of the Philippines College of Medicine (UPCM) and its alumni more visible in the international research community. The RDG also provides opportunities to expose UPMAS members to cutting-edge research and to forge collaborations with leading researchers in the world.

1. Official invitation or acceptance letter from the conference organizers which indicates the title of the invited lecture or accepted paper
2. Official information about the conference and organizers
3. Abstract of the paper

*Applications must be submitted to the UPMAS Office within the designated application period.
*The applicant should ensure the completeness of the documents. All applications received within the application period will be evaluated as submitted.

For more information you may contact: 8-5253852 / 0993-8175152 / upmedalumsoc@gmail.com