The Council is pleased to inform NRCP members and researchers that the Call for Proposals for CY 2025 funding and implementation under the NRCP Grants-in-Aid (GIA) Program is now open. Please submit proposals that are aligned with the priority areas/programs under the National Integrated Basic Research Agenda (NIBRA) of the Harmonized National Research and Development Agenda (HNRDA) 2022-2028.

Proposals that forge linkages between the government particularly local government units (LGUs), academe, industry sector, and civil society, and most importantly projects that will ensure translation and transfer of social technologies to the people and various publics will be prioritized for funding.

https://basicresearch.nrcp.dost.gov.ph/callforproposals

The National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP) continuously provides assistance to relevant fundamental/basic research and policy research to push for breakthrough projects with socio-economic benefits for the people. This is to ensure that new knowledge and information are generated to strengthen governance through the fusion of science and the arts, technology and innovation, hence, increase productivity and ensure efficient processes in the delivery of research results for public good.

The Council is pleased to inform NRCP members and researchers that the Call for Proposals for CY 2025 funding and implementation under the NRCP Grants-in-Aid (GIA) Program is now open. Please submit proposals that are aligned with the priority areas/programs under the National Integrated Basic Research Agenda (NIBRA) of the Harmonized National Research and Development Agenda (HNRDA) 2022-2028.

Proposals that forge linkages between the government particularly local government units (LGUs), academe, industry sector, and civil society, and most importantly projects that will ensure translation and transfer of social technologies to the people and various publics will be prioritized for funding.

Background

The Philippines remains to be a developing nation with numerous economic, social, environmental and governance problems, NRCP believes that investments in basic research should yield knowledge needed by society to meet the challenges it faces, identify the solutions to common problems, and develop the opportunities that make the lives of people better. Basic research should yield knowledge that informs the support of individual and collective actions to improve human well-being and address pressing societal problems. Therefore, despite the true nature of basic researches as investigations into the mostly raw ideas, with and without potentials for immediate applications, the following NIBRA priorities considers the following general themes – water scarcity, food security, increased demand for clean energy, increasing diseases and hazards, high population displacement and urban decay, widespread poverty and social conflict, Filipino identity and Climate Change. Further, all projects and programs for Council support will be aligned to the Philippines Sustainable Development Goals such as zero hunger, good health and well-being, gender equality, quality education, clean water and sanitation, affordable & clean energy, sustainable cities & communities and peace, justice and strong institutions.

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS (ADDITIONAL)

1. General Criteria:
   1. Project/Program proposals must be aligned to issue-based programs under the National Integrated Research Agenda (NIBRA) under the DOST Harmonized R & D Agenda
   2. Project/Program proposals must be gender-sensitive or with GAD components.
   3. Project Leader must be an NRCP member
   4. With application form and Curriculum Vitae of the project leader
   5. Endorsement from institution (President or Vice President of R & D)
   6. The program or project leader has no outstanding obligations (i.e.,technical and/or financial) with NRCP or with any other attached DOST agencies.
2. Proposal submission, evaluation and approval:
   1. Detailed program/project proposal should be in the DOST Format
   2. Proposals shall be evaluated following the DOST-GIA process
   3. The Program Leader must be a REGULAR member of NRCP. ASSOCIATE members can only apply and/or be granted for a research project proposal amounting to a maximum of PhP 2,000,000.00 Budget per project per year.
   4. Preferably, program and component projects should be 2-3 years in duration.

Call for Proposals for CY 2025: NRCP Grants-in-Aid (GIA) Program

In the interest of fully complementing the human resources and institution needs and requirements of the industry, energy, and emerging technology research and development sectors, making the opportunity available to the great majority, PCIEERD implements the Human Resources Development Program which aims to:

a.) Develop and enhance Filipino research and development (R&D) capabilities of academic/research institutions and Department of Science and Technology (DOST) agencies through degree programs, conduct of research activities, and expert mobility in the industry, energy and emerging technology sectors in order to meet the present and future human resource requirements; and

b.) encourage Filipino researchers to be more productive researchers by providing support for disseminating their research outputs in the industry, energy and emerging technology sectors in local and international conferences, fora and similar events.

Who can apply: PCIEERD HRDP Research Dissemination

Presentation of Scientific Outputs in Conferences, Symposia, Fora and Seminars –

This covers support to researchers, faculty, and other S&T personnel of academic and research institutions for presentation of research results in refereed scientific/technical conferences, fora, seminars, trainings and workshops.

Publication of Scientific/Research Papers in Scientific/Technical Journals –

This covers support to researchers, faculty, and other S&T personnel of academic and research institutions for the publication of research results in refereed scientific/technical journals and related publications. Conduct of Conferences, Seminars and Workshops –

This covers support for technical conferences, seminars and workshops aimed at promotion and dissemination of research outputs in PCIEERD’s identified R&D priority areas. Research Fellowship

Visiting Expert Program –

This is open to institutions needing faculty/experts from another institution who possess the required expertise not available in the host/requesting institution.

Research Attachment –

This is open to BS, MS and PhD students or degree holders, or existing project staff or researcher of an ongoing PCIEERD-funded or -monitored project, in the science and engineering sectors, who need to conduct their research in a host institution, including foreign universities and research institutions to avail of the host institution’s facilities and research expertise.

Research Capability Building

Researchers on Industry, Energy Emerging Technologies –

Opening Opportunities for Learning (RIEETOOL) –

This covers support for development of skills and knowledge aligned with the PCIEERD priority sectors.

This is open to

a) researchers, scientists and engineers (RSEs) from academic and research institutions for attendance to specialized training; and

b) academic or research institutions for conduct of specialized training.

Providing Resources, Opportunities and Support for Project-based PErsonnel and Researchers (PROSPPER) –

This covers assistance for graduate scholarship of project personnel for PCIEERD-funded and monitored projects for the conduct and completion of their graduate degrees while gaining research experience in the said project/s.

DOST FLAG –

This is open to BS and graduate (MS/PHD) students who will conduct research projects directed towards developing emerging technologies and exploring innovations in the PCIEERD sectoral priority areas such as, but not limited to, materials research, electronics and applied physics. The grant is an outright research subsidy which will finance expenses for testing and analysis fees specifically in the use of any of the equipment in the identified DOST- and DOST-funded facilities, centers and laboratories, e.g. ADMATEL, EPDC, etc.

We are pleased to announce that research proposals for funding for fiscal year 2024 are now being accepted by the Office of the Executive Director, National Institutes of Health. A research grant of up to P500,000.00 each shall be given to deserving research projects to fund Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses (MOOE). The proposals shall be evaluated based on relevance and scientific merit subject to appropriate ethical clearance.

The priority areas for research are based on the NUHRA 2017-2022, as follows:

1. Responsive health systems: health governance, health financing, access to essential medical products/vaccines and technologies, health information systems, health service delivery, health human resources, health economics, health research management;
2. Research to enhance and extend health lives: adolescent health, communicable diseases, environmental health, maternal, newborn and child health, mental health, non-communicable diseases, nutrition, oral health, reproductive health;
3. Holistic approaches to health and wellness: Filipino traditional and complementary medicine, determinants of health, halal in health, health behaviors;
4. Health resiliency: accidents and injuries, climate change, disaster risk reduction and health emergencies, emerging and re-emerging diseases, environmental threats to health, occupational health and migration;
5. Global competitiveness and innovation in health: diagnostics, drug discovery and development, functional foods, information and communication technologies for health, biomedical products and engineering, OMIC technologies; and
6. Research in equity and health: disability, gender, geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas, geriatric case, HIV/AIDS and other STIs, indigenous peoples, substance abuse, violence, other vulnerable populations.

The research proposals from these projects should aim for publication in an ISI or peer-reviewed journal. In addition, proposals from researchers with outstanding obligations related to their previous NIH research projects will not be accepted.

To apply for the grant, kindly comply with the following requirements:

• Register your research with the Research Grants Administration Office (RGAO) by completing the online form at http://rgao.upm.edu.ph/registration/ (if not yet registered).
• Send the following documents via email to src.nih.upm@up.edu.ph:
• Word file and PDF of the full proposal (formatted according to the accompanying guideline), with a detailed Line-item Budget (MOOE only)
• Endorsement letter from the unit head, institute director, department chair, or dean of the academic unit
• Certificate of RGAO Registration

Please submit your application on or before 15 November 2023.

For inquiries, kindly coordinate with Ms. Katrina P. Mañago of the Office of the Deputy Director for Research Operations at Room 109, NIH Building, UP Manila; send an email to src.nih.upm@up.edu.ph; or call 8526-4349.