The internationalization of UP faculty
for inclusive growth and national development
Gisela P. Concepcion
OVPAA
UPLB Graduate Faculty Conference
15 February 2015
TICC, Tagaytay
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Mandate of UP as the National University
Under its Charter of 2008 (RA 9500), UP is mandated to:
 perform its unique and distinctive leadership in higher
education and development
 lead in setting academic standards
 provide training in leadership and responsible citizenship
 lead as a public service university
 serve as:
o
a postgraduate university
o
a research university
o
a regional and global university
UP is a fountainhead of
innovation and a ready
source of technical
expertise for government,
industry, and civil society.
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UP Strategic Plan 2011-2017
VISION: A great university, taking a leadership role in the
development of a globally competitive Philippines
Guiding Spirit: ONE UNIVERSITY, ONE UP
STUDENTS
FACULTY
ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
Research &
Creative Work
RESEARCHERS
ADMINISTRATIVE
Education
EFFICIENCY
ADMIN STAFF
ALUMNI
Public
Service
FINANCIAL
SUSTAINABILITY
OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE
RESPONSIBLE
&
COMPETENT
LEADERS
HIGHER EDUC.
INSTITUTIONS
INNOVATIVE
TECHNOLOGIES
BUSINESS &
INDUSTRY
CREATIVE
WORKS
EXTENSION
SERVICES
GOVERNMENT
(Natl & Local)
PROSPEROUS
PHILIPPINES
INTERNATIONAL
PARTNERS
FILIPINO
PEOPLE
HUMANITY
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INCLUSIVE GROWTH & NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Transparent,
accountable,
and
participatory
governance
Just and
lasting peace
and the rule
of law
Rapid,
inclusive, and
sustained
economic
growth
Higher
Education
and R&D
Poverty
reduction and
empowermen
t of the poor
and
vulnerable
Integrity of the
environment
and climate
change
adaptation and
mitigation
ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) 2015
Key characteristics of the AEC:
 A single market and production base
 A highly competitive economic region
 A region of equitable economic development
 A region fully integrated into the global economy
Member states working towards maintaining
“ASEAN Centrality” in its external economic relations,
AEC: single market and production base
5 core elements:
 Free flow of goods
 Free flow of services
 Free flow of investment
 Freer flow of capital
 Free movement of business persons and skilled labor
LOGARITHMIC GROWTH OF
KNOWLEDGE
log
WORLD
NATION
SOCIETY
COMMUNITY
FAMILY
HUMAN
UNIVERSE
EARTH
NATURE
ENVIRONMENT
LIFE FORMS
log SPACE
log TIME
600
UP System Scopus publications by
Constituent University
UPMin
500
UPV
UPM
400
UPLB
UPD
UPB
300
200
100
0
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
PARTIAL
Source: www.scopus.com
Table 6: Scientific papers and citations of authors from Southeast Asia and Oceania,
1999–2009
Selected countries and territories
UNESCO SCIENCE REPORT 2010
Knowledge-based social and institutional change…
Strategies:
Balance…
 competition and cooperation
 biology and ecology
(nationalism and internationalism)
Personal attributes:
 humility and pride
 will power and leadership to attain the
higher, greater, long-term good
Goals in the university:
 academic excellence
 operational excellence
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Nationalism and Internationalization
 For UP, as a national university, internationalization
can be viewed as a means to enhance its capability
to serve the country and the people.
 UP can learn from the best practices of other
universities worldwide through enhanced
collaboration.
 Nationalism serves as a driver for the direction of
UP’s teaching and research programs.
 UP as the national university must seek to define and
promote a truly Filipino identity and serve the needs
of our county
 In turn, this tack can create a distinct Filipino identity
or innovation that we can banner across the globe
as we become a functional part of the greater world
we live in.
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Internationalization
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Extending the Reach of UP
through its postgraduate academic programs
 Professional Masters in Tropical Marine Ecosystems
Management (PM-TMEM) - offered by UP Diliman, UP
Los Baños and UP Visayas
 PhD Public Administration and Governance – offered by
UP Diliman in UP Visayas
 MS Conservation and Restoration Ecology – offered by
UP Baguio
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Need
for quality (QA)
assurance
What is Quality
Assurance
System?
QUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEM
Accreditation
External Quality Assurance:
• Benchmarking
• Audit
• Assessment
Internal Quality Assurance:
• Monitoring
• Evaluation
• Improvement
IQA + EQA = QA System
QA in Higher Education
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M20
Research in UP
led by the Graduate Faculty
R&D SUPRASTRUCTURE & INFRASTRUCTURE
R&D PUBLICATION, INFORMATION DISSEMINATION AND RECOGNITION
International Publication Awards, Scientific Productivity System
EXISTING R&D
R&D INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION,
TECHNOLOGY
TRANSFER AND BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT
SUPRAAND INFRASTRUCTURE
AND ORGANIZATION
Technology Transfer and Business Development Office
(TTBDO) and Faculty Patent Agents/Fellows
R&D PROGRAMS
Emerging Interdisciplinary Research & Other Programs
HUMAN CAPITAL (Suprastructure)
EXPERT RESEARCHERS (PhDs and Postdocs)
HIGHLY SKILLED TECHNICAL STAFF
INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATORS
UP PhD/Postdoc Fellowships, Foreign-based
PhD Recruitment and Visiting Professor Programs
PHYSICAL AND CYBER INFRASTRUCTURE
UP NSC, ERDT, Technoparks and Hubs, eUP
GOV’T FUNDING & R&D POLICIES
Science & Technology Transfer Act, Procurement Law
INSTITUTIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE
UP Charter, Quality Assurance of Academic Degree
Programs (Content and Pedagogy)
IN UP
Biotechnology for Agriculture
and Forestry
Food, Feeds and Specialty
Products of Biotechnology
Bioinformatics and Drug
Discovery Program
Environment and Industrial
Biotechnology
Communication and
Technology Transfer Program
(ComTech)
IPB
NIMBB
UP Los Baños
agricultural
biotechnology
and biological
sciences
Cereal Crops
Feed and Industrial Crops
Fruit and Ornamental Crops
Legume Crops
Vegetables and Special Crops
Plant Pathology
Entomology
Plant Physiology
Extension
Genetics
National Plant Genetic Resources
Biochemistry
Plant Cell and Tissue Culture
National Seed Foundation
IBS
Plant Biology, Animal Biology,
Microbiology, Environmental
Biology, Genetics and
Molecular Biology
NIMBB-Biotech, IPB-Plant Breeding, IBS-Biology
Published
Compendium of UPLB
Technologies:
Table of Contents:
Biotechnology 1
Fruit and Industrial Crops 14
Root Crops 25
Field Crops 28
Vegetable Crops 34
Ornamental Crops 39
Food, Beverages and Dairy
Products Processing 47
Good Farming Practices 58
Test and Diagnostic Kit 69
Nutrition 74
Forest Products 76
Decision Support System 79
Machinery and Postharvest
Technology 82
UPLB INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES AND PROGRAMS:
1. Food and Nutrition Security and Safety Studies Center
The Center is envisioned to be a national center of excellence in
interdisciplinary research, teaching, and training for food and nutrition security. It
will be identified as the national leader in manpower development, research,
policy advocacy, capacity building, and knowledge management pertaining to
the country’s national food and nutrition security.
2. Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction Studies Center
The Center is envisioned to be a world-class research center providing sciencebased information and knowledge to the Filipino people. It will develop national
and local climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies for climateresilient agriculture, environment, and the natural resources sectors.
3. Center for Integrated Natural Resources and Environmental
Management (INREM)
The Center promotes the integrated approach to natural resources and
environmental management whose central tenet is the intricate relationship
between the sustainability of ecosystems and the sustainability of human
systems. Specifically, INREM puts forth a systemic and holistic approach to
problem analysis and solving using appropriate analytical units such as the
watershed/river basin, ecosystem, and landscape. It uses a holistic approach
that looks comprehensively at the direct and indirect drivers of resources
degradation and how these drivers can be dealt with so as to provide lasting
solutions to problems.
Many other interdisciplinary centers…
Bio-fertilizers
UPLB BIOTECH
Tree vitamin to
enhance growth and
development of forest
trees and commercial
plantation.
Plant Growth
Promoter of
vegetables and
ornamentals
MYCOGROE
BIOGROE
Soil-based biofertilizer
for fruit trees,
agricultural crops,
reforestation species,
and ornamentals
Microbial-based
fertilizer that supplies
nitrogen and enhances
growth of rice, corn,
and vegetables
BIO-N
MYKOVAM
Promotes growth
of agricultural and
horticultural
crops, trees and
ornamentals
VAM ROOT
INOCULANT
Growth hormone from
coconut water which
enhances and
promote growth of
orchids, vegetables
and ornamentals
https://biotech.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/en/products/biofertilizers
COCOGRO
Linking food
security with coral
reefs and fisheries in
the Coral Triangle
Harnessing the potential of root
tubers in Benguet Province as
a substitute for wheat flour to
enhance food security
Enhancing the food
security of upland farming
households through
agroforestry in Misamis
Oriental
MSI
UPD
CAS
UPB
Food security
and
sustainable
agricultural
development
CPAf
UPLB
Climate change
implications to food
security and livelihood
of small-scale farmers
CA
UPLB
CEM
UPLB
CFRN
UPLB
CA, CAS,
CEAT, SESAM
UPLB
Risk resiliency for agriculture through science-based
cropping system technologies, crop advisories and
strategies for maximizing crop yield and minimizing climate
impacts on rice, corn, banana, coconut, coffee and cacao
Enhancing food
security through
synergistic CCA in
biodiversity and
agriculture
Sugar as a biofuel:
Implications for
Philippine agriculture
and food security
UP Diliman
Aerial view of UP Diliman (493 hectares)
NATIONAL
SCIENCE
COMPLEX
(NSC) AND
ENGINEERING
RESEARCH
AND
DEVELOPMENT
FOR
TECHNOLOGY
(ERDT)
COMPLEX
IN UP DILIMAN
UP 2015 Budget
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Engineering Research and Development for Technology (ERDT)
Complex (left) and National Science Complex (NSC) (right)
Photo by G. Jacinto and C. Arcilla, 2012
Soil stabilization through revegetation
of natural landslides in Atok, Benguet
Province to increase resilience of local
communities
Coping strategies of
communities to river
flooding and climate
change
CAS
UPV
Disaster risk and
exposure
assessment for
mitigation
CS
UPB
CFNR
UPLB
Disaster
resilience
Eng’g
UPD
MSI
UPD
Decision support system
for hazards management
using GIS & remote
sensing
NIGS
UPD
Documenting the impacts of
weather events and related
geologic hazards
Vulnerability assessment of
coastal fisheries ecosystems
to climate change
UP partners with DOST (Department of Science and Technology) in
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
 Project NOAH (Nationwide Operational Assessment of
Hazards)

DREAM-LiDAR technology to map 18 major river
basins and many minor rivers for hazard/flood
inundation forecasting (P1.6B)
 DREAM: Disaster Risk and Exposure Assessment and
Mitigation
 LiDAR: Lighting Detection and Ranging Technology for mapping
 Cessna planes carry LiDAR equipment which will
generate high resolution 3D flood hazard maps to
create flood forecasting models
 NOAH and DREAM-LiDAR led by UP’s geologists,
engineers and marine scientists
 DREAM-LiDAR recently won the Geospatial World
Excellence in Policy Implementation Award for 2014 in
Geneva, Switzerland.
Entanglement spectrum
and number fluctuations in
the spin-partitioned BCS
ground state
Physical properties of high
temperature
superconductors (NIP)
Bioactive constituents
of Philippine medicinal
plants (IC)
Synthesis of
polymers for food
additives (IC)
Terahertz emission from thin
film photovoltaic materials
excited by femtosecond laser
pulses
New methods for
acquisition of images and
other signals (NIP)
UP Diliman
natural
sciences
Microbial genomics for
taxonomy, enzyme and natural
products discovery and
production (MSI & NIMBB)
Understanding
biodiversity at
various scales:
From genes to
ecosystems (IB)
Detection and early
warning system for
Philippine harmful
algal blooms (MSI)
Bioactive marine natural products
and drug discovery from
invertebrates and associated
microbial symbionts (MSI)
Transcriptome
sequencing encoding
neuroactive peptides in
Conus snails (MSI)
Geological, geochemical
and geophysical
investigations of the
Philippine archipelago
(NIGS)
NIP-Physics, IC-Chemistry, NIMBB-Molecular Biology, IB-Biology, NIGS-Geology, MSI- Marine Science
The National Institute of Physics, UP Diliman
MAY LIM: Spatio-temporal variation of conversational utterances on
Twitter. PLoS ONE 8(10): e77793 (2013). DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0077793 (elicited comments from the
National Post USA)
The Institute of Biology, UP Diliman
ELMER ESTACIO: Terahertz surface emission from Cu2ZnSnSe4
thin film photovoltaic material excited by femtosecond laser pulses"
Applied Physics Letters DOI: 10.1063/1.4903740 (Editor’s Pick
and Most Read Article for December 2014)
IAN FONTANILLA: Restricted genetic variation in populations of
Achatina (Lissachatina fulica) outside of East Africa and the Indian
Ocean Islands points to the Indian Ocean islands as the earliest
common source. In Press .PLoS 2015
FRANCIS PARAAN: Entaglement spectrum and number variations
in the spin-partitioned BCS ground state. PHYSICAL REVIEW B
155123 (2014)
JONAS QUILANG: Genetic diversity of the critically endagered
Philippine Eagle Pithecophaga jefferyi (Aves Accipitrodae) and
notes on its conservation. Journal of Threatened Taxa. 2014. 6(10):
6335-6344.
CAESAR SALOMA: Self-organized queuing and scale-free behavior
in real escape panic PNAS .2003. 11947–11952, doi:
10.1073/pnas.2031912100; Monte Carlo analysis of two-photon
fluorescence imaging through a scattering medium. Applied Optics.
1998. 37 (34): 8092-8102
PERRY ONG: Conservation genetics of the Philippine tarsier: cryptic
genetic variation restructures conservation priorities in an island
archipelago primate. PLoS One 2014 9(8): e104340
WINDELL RIVERA: Antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella enterica
isolates from tonsil and jejunum with lymph node tissues of
slaughtered swine in Metro Manila, Philippines. ISRN Microbiology
2014: 364265 (9 pages);First report of Trichomonas tenax infections
in the Philippines. Parasitology International 63(2): 400-402.
HENRY RAMOS: Effects of plasma modification on adhesion
properties of wood. International Journal of Adhesion and
Adhesives. 2012. 32: 70-75.
The Marine Science Institute, UP Diliman
The National Institute of Geological Sciences, UP Diliman
ALFREDO MAHAR LAGMAY:Scientists investigate recent Philippine
landslide. EOS, Transactions. American Geophysical Union. 2013
DOI: 10.1029/eost2006EO12
CARLA DIMALANTA: Reconstructing the Mesozoic-early Cenozoic
evolution of northern Philippines: Clues from palaeomagnetic studies
on the ophiolitic basement of the Central Cordillera. Geophysical
Journal International. 2009. 178 (3):1317-1326.doi: 10.1111/j.1365246X.2009.04221.x
ALYSSA PELEO-ALAMPAY: Late Miocene calcareous nannofossil
genus Catinaster: taxonomy, evolution and magnetobiochronology.
Journal of Micropalaeontology, April 1998, v. 17, p. 71-85,
Scientific Publications
CESAR VILLANOY: Coral reef ecosystems protect shore from high-energy waves under
climate change scenarios Climatic Change, 2012, vol. 112, issue 2, pages 493-505
FERNANDO SIRINGAN: Levels and distribution of organophosphorus flame retardants and
plasticizers in fishes from Manila Bay, the Philippines, Environmental Pollution, Volume 159,
Issue 12, December 2011, Pages 3653-3659
PORFIRIO ALIŇO: Marine protected area networks in the Philippines: Trends and challenges
for establishment and governance Ocean & Coastal Management vol 64, pages 15-26.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0964569112000828?v=s5
RHODORA AZANZA: Dinoflagellate cyst composition, abundance and horizontal distribution
in Bolinao, Pangasinan, Northern Philippines. Harmful Algae. DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2011.07.002.
GISELA CONCEPCION: A bacterial source for pyrone polyketides. Chem Biol. 2013 Jan
24;20(1):73-81. doi: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2012.10.019.
PMID: 23352141 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] (with Editors’ Commendation)
ARTURO LLUISMA: High Conopeptide Diversity in Conus tribblei Revealed Through Analysis
of Venom Duct Transcriptome Using Two High-Throughput Sequencing Platforms. Mar
27
Biotechnol (NY). 2015 Feb;17(1):81-98. Epub 2014 Aug 13. (on the cover of the Journal
Issue)
Ascof Lagundi
 Lagundi (Vitex negundo): a natural remedy for cough and
asthma
 Technology transfer from DOST, National Integrated Research
Program of Medicinal Plants and University of the PhilippinesManila (NIRPROM) to Pascual Laboratories, Inc. 16 years
ago
 Ascof: a phytomedicine with therapeutic claim
 Top-selling brand in the fast-growing herbal segment
 10 percent of the total over-the-counter (OTC) market (>P1
billion)
http://www.philstar.com/health-and-family/797307/ascof-lagundi-story-science-behind-nature
Transforming UP into a Research-Intensive University
UP’s National Institutes of Health (NIH)
 Created in 1996 as an institutional umbrella for a network of various research
and extension units in health and socio-biomedical concerns.
 After 17 years, NIH will have a modern building in UP Manila: approved budget
of P1B for 12 storeys with internationally-rated laboratories with a total of
34,400 sqm. floor area.
NIH now has 10 institutes:
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Aging
Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
Child Health and Human Development
Clinical Epidemiology
Health Policy and Development Studies
Herbal Medicine
Human Genetics
Ophthalmology
Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Transforming UP into a Research-Intensive University
UP’s Philippine Genome Center (PGC) launched in Nov. 2011
 Facilitates the translation of knowledge in genomics into applications beneficial to
society: (1) health; (2) agriculture, livestock & fisheries; (3) biodiversity; (4)
forensics & ethnicity; (5) ethics, legal and social issues.
 Has 2 state-of-the-art facilities supported by DOST: (1) DNA Sequencing Core
Facility and (2) Core Facility for Bioinformatics featuring an IBM supercomputer (not
available before in the Philippines (April 2014).
 Welcomes collaborators from the academe, government, & industry.
 PGC Building in the National Science Complex, Diliman: Phase 1 ground breaking
held in April 2014; Phase 2 funding included in the 2015 budget.
Strengthening & Incentivizing the Faculty
 The UP faculty is a precious resource that the nation must nurture.
 Replenishing retirees and increasing
masters and doctorates:
o
Recruiting PhDs and postdocs from
abroad and providing incentives
o
Financing for PhD and postgraduate
studies (UP & abroad)
o

Financing for sandwich programs (MS
thesis and PhD dissertations abroad)
COOPERATE program
Providing more and increased research grants:

More UP-funded grants:
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Emerging Interdisciplinary Research Program (EIDR)
o
Enhanced Creative Work & Research Grant (ECWRG)
Visit
www.ovpaa.edu.ph
www.oil.up.edu.ph
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More externally funded grants:
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DOST, DA and DENR grants (in UP Diliman, DOST grants worth P4.6B)
o
CHED Philippine-California Advanced Research Institute (PCARI) grants (P3.4B)
o
USAID STRIDE and UK NEWTON FUND grants
 Enhanced international publication awards: included Scopus-listed and high
impact journals, in addition to ISI journals.
Emerging Interdisciplinary Research (EIDR):
UP’s new R&D framework for long-term productivity and
progress
 Hubs & Spokes framework (UP Constituent Universities as Hubs, Philippine and
foreign Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), gov’t agencies, industries, NGOs as Spokes)

3 categories of R&D Hubs & Spokes by priority areas:
 national government priorities (public good)
 industry priorities (private good, job creation for public good)
 academic and basic “pie-in-the-sky” research priorities

Aims to build strong, competent research groups
or clusters led by expert senior faculty mentoring junior
faculty and postgraduate and UG students for long-term
capability building

Encourages collaborations between science and
engineering fields and the arts, culture and humanities
Building Human Knowledge Capital:
“Suprastructures” of Hubs and Spokes
EIDR
 R&D Hub & Spokes 1: Fundamental/basic academic research
 Creative arts, music, culture and history (human
and natural)
 Higher education: teaching and learning
 Socio-political, economic, business and legal
frameworks and systems
 Community development and protection
 Population, fertility, child care, child nutrition, and
care for the aging
 Mental, psychological, social and physical/sportsbased health and wellness
 Communicable and non-communicable diseases
 Food and nutrition
 Agriculture, livestock, and fisheries
 Environment conservation, pollution control and disaster
mitigation and resilience
 Biodiversity and biomaterials
 Renewable energy
 Recycling of waste materials and by-products to
produce high value products
 Computational biology, systems biology, complex
systems and informatics
 R&D Hub & Spokes 2: Research contributing to the national government’s key result areas (KRAs)
 Transparent, accountable and participatory
governance
 Justice and lasting peace and the rule of law
 Rapid, inclusive and sustained economic growth
 Poverty reduction and empowerment of the poor and
vulnerable
 Integrity of the environment and climate change
adaptation and
mitigation
 Basic and higher education to support the above
KRAs
 R&D Hub and Spokes 3: Research focused on the development of products, services, processes, or
systems based on the needs and priorities of industry, SMEs and community cooperatives
 Philippine culture, arts, music, history,
 Energy: new sources, cost reduction and efficient
environment based-products for tourism and
utilization
overseas Filipino market
 Light manufacturing products, including
 Higher education and specialized learning and
petroleum/natural gas-based products such aspolymers,
training modules to support industries
synthetic fibers, solvents, fine chemicals, epoxies, and
 Local and outbound, higher level, skilled, expert
packaging materials
manpower development (BPOs and OFWs)
 Agriculture, livestock and fisheries products, including
 Disaster mitigation and resilience products and
feeds, biofertilizers and biopesticides
services
 Food, drink, clothing/fabric and shelter/structural
 Electronics, semiconductors, software and ICT
materials from coconut and other agricultural crops
 Safety of food, drugs, and other products
products
 Health, disease, sports and wellness: health and
disease-prevention regimens and products,
nutraceuticals, therapeutics, diagnostics, and
medical devices; products for leading diseases
Hierarchical aims and goals
Hub and Spokes organizational structure
List of top output
Stakeholder benefits
Value chain/network
EIDR research concept, scheme and strategy
EIDR Cycle 1
EIDR Cycle 2
Main Proponent
Program Title
Yap, Maria Helena
Social-Ecological
Resilience on Different
Spatial and Temporal
Scales (Emphasis on the
Coast) (Ridge to Reef)
Quintero, Genevieve
Rola, Agnes
Billones, Junie
Mijares, Armand
Salvador
HULLUBATON: Putting
together the Mandaya Dawot
Towards Good Water
Governance for
Development: A Multi-Case
Analysis
Computer-aided Discovery
of Compounds for the
Treatment of Tuberculosis
in the Philippines
Palaeoenviromental and
Biodiversity Study of Mindoro
Island: An Archaeological
Science Initiative
Constitue Duratio
nt Unit
n
UP
Diliman
UP
Mindanao
UP Los
Baños
4 years
Main
Program Title
Proponent
Tapang,
Giovanni
Versatile Instrument System
for Science Education and
Research – Sensors and
Modules (VISSER:SM)
UP
Diliman
2 years
Acda ,
Menandro
Wood to Energy: Use of Fast
Growing Plantation Tree
Species as Fuel Pellets in the
Philippines
UP Los
Baños
2 years
Exploring a Theory of Engaged
Gata, Ma.
Collaboration Across Borders
UP Los
Larissa Lelu Among Transnational Advocacy Baños
Networks
2 years
2 years
4 years
Israel,
Katherine
Ann
The use of the ethylene
antagonist 1methylcycllopropene (1-MCP)
to prolong the shelf-life of
minimally processed fruits
and vegetables
UP Los
Baños
2 years
Pacheco,
Elizabeth
Clinical and Autoimmune
Characteristic of Early Onset
Diabetes in Young Adult
Filipinos
UP
Manila
2 years
Estacio,
Leonardo
Drug Use Behavioral Health
Among Adolescents in Metro
Manila
UP
Manila
3 years
Claudio,
Sylvia
One UP Health Benefits Action
Research: Towards a
Gendered Universal Health
UP
Care Sectoral Model Utilizing System
an Information Technology
System
UP Manila 4 years
UP
Diliman
Constit
uent
Duration
Unit
4 years
2 years
Invention or Copyright Disclosure
Incentive
Rationale
Situation
Patent: 57 applications in 21 years (1992 to 2013): 21 percent were
granted, 64.9 percent pending, 5.3 percent abandoned, 5.3 percent
lapsed
Copyright: 22 copyright registration applications from 2002 to 2011,
some years with no application filed
Considerations
1. Improve our batting average: in general only 10 out of 100
disclosed inventions are patentable and marketable
2. Protect the rights of inventors and creative artists/authors even
before they have sought protection: public use (e.g., papers,
articles, talks or public discussions, performances, open access
and use in the internet) can invalidate patentability
3. Safeguard the rights of the University: Even if inventors and
creative artists have no interest in using their works for financial
gain, disclosures are still necessary for the University to
determine its rights to these works.
Award
monetary
incentive for
disclosure
At least 15,000
pesos [1] for
every disclosed
invention and at
least 10,000
pesos for every
disclosed
copyright that is
approved by the
TTBDO
[1] Given, in full,
directly to the inventor
or copyright owner
(faculty member,
researcher or student).
Whoever takes the
lead in filing the
disclosure will receive
the amount on behalf
of the inventors or
copyright owners. No
share will go to
Conduct prior art
search and write
patent/copyright
applications
TTBDO and the
Intellectual
Property/Technolog
y Transfer offices of
the Constituent
University will
provide funds and
certified patent
agents; UP will
provide legal
experts
Award
additional
monetary
incentive for
completion
and filing of
application
At least 25,000
pesos for each
patent application
and at least
15,000 pesos
copyright
application that is
completed and
filed.
Award
Technology
Transfer Grant
If the disclosure is
deemed to be
very promising
but requires a
little more work,
i.e., to show
stronger proof of
principle or proof
of concept, the
TTBDO can
provide a
Technology
Transfer Grant of
approximately
500,000 pesos.
Disclosure Form
 Will contain basic information (what is the invention, why is
it patentable, what is the prior art, who are the inventors
and what are their contributions), explanation or outline of
the disclosure and patent/copyright application process,
and financial incentives at every stage of the process.
 To be attached to every UP- and externally-funded project
application and approval form, and to every undergraduate
and graduate thesis approval form
 To be disseminated by the TTBDO staff which will actively
solicit disclosures from leading, productive researchers and
creative artists/authors with significant projects
 Will serve as a contract between the inventors or creative
artists/authors and the TTBDO, and will indicate that
TTBDO will honor the confidentiality and nondisclosure of
the invention or copyright disclosure
CHED-FUNDED PCARI PROJECTS IN 2015:
HEALTH:
IHITM 63: High Throughput Screening of Philippine Terrestrial and Marine
Organisms for Antimalarial Properties and Identification of Novel Drug Targets
IHITM 109: Philippine UC-Collaboratory for Device Innovation (Education/Training
Award)
IHITM 131: Accessible Detection of Dengue using BioMems and MIP Materials
A Proposal for the Expansion of the Shared Genomics Core Facility in the
Philippines
Information and Communication Infrastructure:
IIID 13: Resilient Sensory Swarms for Smart Energy and Environmental Monitoring
(RESE2NSE)
IIID 31: The Village Base Station
IIID 54: Resilient Cyber Physical Societal Scale Systems
IIID 58: Cost-Effective Manufacturing Using Printing Fabrication Technologies For
Energy Generation, Conditioning, and Monitoring Devices
Intensifying Internationalization
International linkages
 Implementing more working relationships with foreign universities
and international institutions (research, student & faculty exchanges)
Europe - 39
Asia - 188
N. America - 40
M. East - 1
> 300 linkages with
international
academic institutions
Africa - 1
Australia - 11
41
Science Direct
Features
 Access to downloadable articles from 2,500 journals and more than
30,000 books
 Access to abstracts of articles in >20,000 journals
 Has 12,609,638 articles in database as of 2 Feb 2015
 Classified into 24 subject areas under 4 categories
Types of access to articles in books and
journals:




Contains Open Access: journal contains open access articles
Open Access: open access journal
Full text available
Abstract only – usually for books and book series
Science Direct:
Terms and access/benefits
University of Philippines
Requests for full-text documents - ScienceDirect
700,000
651,833
586,788
600,000
535,683
500,000
400,000
300,000
200,000
100,000
0
2012 Total
2013 Total
2014 Total
Source:
Elsevier
Enhancement of the Postgraduate
and Undergraduate Teaching
Assistantships Program
Rationale:
(1) Shepherding the finest baccalaureate graduates of
UP to serve as teachers while pursuing postgraduate
studies
(2) Ease the process of hiring teaching staff for lecture
and laboratory courses, thereby unloading regular
faculty members of teaching duties (“time-release”),
meeting target faculty-student ratios
Teaching Associate (Master’s)/ Instructor
Teaching Fellow (PhD)
Requirements
Teaching Associate: MA/MS Student
Teaching Fellow: PhD/Postdoctoral
Student
Specific requirements per unit
(honor graduates preferred)
Specific requirements per unit
(honor graduates preferred)
Entitlements
Stipend, no Withholding Tax
Instructor Salary, 13th month pay, subject
to Witholding Tax, GSIS, Pag-ibig,
Bonuses
Deliverables
Attribution/
Other Benefits
Teaching Associate : equivalent to
Instructor 5 (SG 16-3)
Teaching Fellow: equivalent to Assistant
Professor 1 (SG 18-1)
Scholarship: Tuition Fee Waiver
Book Allowance: PhP 10,000.00 per year
Masters thesis or PhD dissertation in a
foreign university (COOPERATE
sandwich program)
6 units teaching, 6 units courses
Thesis/Dissertation
Scholarship, in Curriculum Vitae
Early earning of degree through
scholarship
12 units: 9 units teaching, 3 units courses
(optional)
Employment, in Curriculim Vitae
Part of service counted for retirement
We in UP must succeed,
not because we have a reputation to protect
but because we have a country to serve.
AE Pascual, UP President
Thank you!