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The internationalization of UP faculty

for inclusive growth and national development

UPLB Graduate Faculty Conference

15 February 2015

TICC, Tagaytay

Gisela P. Concepcion

OVPAA

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

Mandate of UP as the National University

UP is a fountainhead of

innovation and a ready

source of technical

expertise for government,

industry, and civil society.

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VISION: A great university, taking a leadership role in the

development of a globally competitive Philippines

Guiding Spirit: ONE UNIVERSITY, ONE UP

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

Public

Service

Research &

Creative Work

OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCEALUMNI

GOVERNMENT

(Natl & Local)

BUSINESS &

INDUSTRY

STUDENTS

FACULTY

RESEARCHERS

ADMIN STAFF

INTERNATIONAL

PARTNERS

HIGHER EDUC.

INSTITUTIONS

FILIPINO

PEOPLEHUMANITY

ADMINISTRATIVE

EFFICIENCY

FINANCIAL

SUSTAINABILITY

RESPONSIBLE

&

COMPETENT

LEADERS

INNOVATIVE

TECHNOLO-

GIES

CREATIVE

WORKS

EXTENSION

SERVICES

PROSPEROUS

PHILIPPINES

Education

UP Strategic Plan 2011-2017

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Transparent,

accountable,

and

participatory

governance

Rapid,

inclusive, and

sustained

economic

growth

Poverty

reduction and

empowermen

t of the poor

and

vulnerable

Just and

lasting peace

and the rule

of law

Integrity of the

environment

and climate

change

adaptation and

mitigation

Higher Education and R&D

INCLUSIVE GROWTH & NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

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

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UPM

UPLB

UPD

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UP System Scopus publications by

Constituent University

Source: www.scopus.com

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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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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.

Nationalism and Internationalization

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Internationalization

Extending the Reach of UP

through its postgraduate academic programs

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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

Need for quality assurance

9 QA in Higher Education M20

QUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEM

Internal Quality Assurance:

• Monitoring

• Evaluation

• Improvement

Accreditation

External Quality Assurance:

• Benchmarking

• Audit

• Assessment

What is Quality Assurance (QA) System?

IQA + EQA = QA System

Research in UPled by the Graduate Faculty

EXISTING R&D SUPRA- AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND ORGANIZATION IN UP

UP Charter, Quality Assurance of Academic Degree

Programs (Content and Pedagogy)

INSTITUTIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE

Science & Technology Transfer Act, Procurement Law

GOV’T FUNDING & R&D POLICIES

UP NSC, ERDT, Technoparks and Hubs, eUP

PHYSICAL AND CYBER INFRASTRUCTURE

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

R&D PROGRAMS

Emerging Interdisciplinary Research & Other Programs

R&D INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION,

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Technology Transfer and Business Development Office

(TTBDO) and Faculty Patent Agents/Fellows

R&D PUBLICATION, INFORMATION DISSEMINATION AND RECOGNITION

International Publication Awards, Scientific Productivity System

R&D SUPRASTRUCTURE & INFRASTRUCTURE

UP Los Baños

agricultural

biotechnology

and biological

sciences

NIMBB

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

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

NIMBB-Biotech, IPB-Plant Breeding, IBS-Biology

Plant Biology, Animal Biology,

Microbiology, Environmental

Biology, Genetics and

Molecular 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 science-

based information and knowledge to the Filipino people. It will develop national

and local climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies for climate-

resilient 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-fertilizersUPLB BIOTECH

Plant Growth

Promoter of

vegetables and

ornamentals

Microbial-based

fertilizer that supplies

nitrogen and enhances

growth of rice, corn,

and vegetables

Promotes growth

of agricultural and

horticultural

crops, trees and

ornamentals

Tree vitamin to

enhance growth and

development of forest

trees and commercial

plantation.

MYCOGROE

BIO-N

VAM ROOT

INOCULANT

Soil-based biofertilizer

for fruit trees,

agricultural crops,

reforestation species,

and ornamentals

MYKOVAM

BIOGROE

Growth hormone from

coconut water which

enhances and

promote growth of

orchids, vegetables

and ornamentals

COCOGROhttps://biotech.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/en/products/biofertilizers

Food security and sustainable

agricultural development

Enhancing food

security through

synergistic CCA in

biodiversity and

agriculture

CPAf

UPLB

CA

UPLB

Climate change

implications to food

security and livelihood

of small-scale farmersMSI

UPD

Linking food

security with coral

reefs and fisheries in

the Coral Triangle

CAS

UPB

Harnessing the potential of root

tubers in Benguet Province as

a substitute for wheat flour to

enhance food security

CFRN

UPLB

Enhancing the food

security of upland farming

households through

agroforestry in Misamis

Oriental

CEM

UPLB

Sugar as a biofuel:

Implications for

Philippine agriculture

and food security

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

CA, CAS,

CEAT, SESAM

UPLB

Aerial view of UP Diliman (493 hectares)

UP Diliman

UP 2015 Budget 22

NATIONAL

SCIENCE

COMPLEX

(NSC) AND

ENGINEERING

RESEARCH

AND

DEVELOPMENT

FOR

TECHNOLOGY

(ERDT)

COMPLEX

IN UP DILIMAN

Engineering Research and Development for Technology (ERDT)

Complex (left) and National Science Complex (NSC) (right)Photo by G. Jacinto and C. Arcilla, 2012

Disaster resilience

Documenting the impacts of

weather events and related

geologic hazards

CFNR

UPLB

NIGS

UPD

Decision support system

for hazards management

using GIS & remote

sensing

Disaster risk and

exposure

assessment for

mitigation

Eng’g

UPD

CAS

UPV

Coping strategies of

communities to river

flooding and climate

change

CS

UPB

Soil stabilization through revegetation

of natural landslides in Atok, Benguet

Province to increase resilience of local

communities

Vulnerability assessment of

coastal fisheries ecosystems

to climate change

MSI

UPD

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.

UP partners with DOST (Department of Science and Technology) in

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

UP Dilimannatural sciences

New methods for

acquisition of images and

other signals (NIP)

Transcriptome

sequencing encoding

neuroactive peptides in

Conus snails (MSI)

Bioactive constituents

of Philippine medicinal

plants (IC)

Synthesis of

polymers for food

additives (IC)

Detection and early

warning system for

Philippine harmful

algal blooms (MSI)

Physical properties of high

temperature

superconductors (NIP)

Geological, geochemical

and geophysical

investigations of the

Philippine archipelago

(NIGS)

Microbial genomics for

taxonomy, enzyme and natural

products discovery and

production (MSI & NIMBB)

Understanding

biodiversity at

various scales:

From genes to

ecosystems (IB)

Bioactive marine natural products

and drug discovery from

invertebrates and associated

microbial symbionts (MSI)

NIP-Physics, IC-Chemistry, NIMBB-Molecular Biology, IB-Biology, NIGS-Geology, MSI- Marine Science

Terahertz emission from thin

film photovoltaic materials

excited by femtosecond laser

pulses

Entanglement spectrum

and number fluctuations in

the spin-partitioned BCS

ground state

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The National Institute of Physics, UP DilimanMAY 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)

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)

FRANCIS PARAAN: Entaglement spectrum and number variations

in the spin-partitioned BCS ground state. PHYSICAL REVIEW B

155123 (2014)

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

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 DilimanCESAR 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

Biotechnol (NY). 2015 Feb;17(1):81-98. Epub 2014 Aug 13. (on the cover of the Journal

Issue)

The Institute of Biology, UP DilimanPERRY ONG: Conservation genetics of the Philippine tarsier: cryptic

genetic variation restructures conservation priorities in an island

archipelago primate. PLoS One 2014 9(8): e104340

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

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.

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.

The National Institute of Geological Sciences, UP DilimanALFREDO 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.1365-

246X.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

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 Philippines-

Manila (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

NIH now has 10 institutes:

o Aging o Molecular Biology and Biotechnologyo Child Health and Human Developmento Clinical Epidemiologyo Health Policy and Development Studieso Herbal Medicineo Human Geneticso Ophthalmology o Pharmaceutical Scienceso Ear

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.

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

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:

o Emerging Interdisciplinary Research Program (EIDR)

o Enhanced Creative Work & Research Grant (ECWRG)

More externally funded grants:

o 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.

The UP faculty is a precious resource that the nation must nurture.

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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

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/sports-

based 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,

environment based-products for tourism and

overseas Filipino market

Higher education and specialized learning and

training modules to support industries

Local and outbound, higher level, skilled, expert

manpower development (BPOs and OFWs)

Disaster mitigation and resilience products and

services

Electronics, semiconductors, software and ICT

products

Health, disease, sports and wellness: health and

disease-prevention regimens and products,

nutraceuticals, therapeutics, diagnostics, and

medical devices; products for leading diseases

Energy: new sources, cost reduction and efficient

utilization

Light manufacturing products, including

petroleum/natural gas-based products such aspolymers,

synthetic fibers, solvents, fine chemicals, epoxies, and

packaging materials

Agriculture, livestock and fisheries products, including

feeds, biofertilizers and biopesticides

Food, drink, clothing/fabric and shelter/structural

materials from coconut and other agricultural crops

Safety of food, drugs, and other products

EIDR

EIDR research concept, scheme and strategy

Hierarchical aims and goals Hub and Spokes organizational structure

Value chain/networkStakeholder benefits

List of top output

Main Proponent Program TitleConstitue

nt Unit

Duratio

n

Yap, Maria Helena

Social-Ecological

Resilience on Different

Spatial and Temporal

Scales (Emphasis on the

Coast) (Ridge to Reef)

UP

Diliman4 years

Quintero, GenevieveHULLUBATON: Putting

together the Mandaya Dawot

UP

Mindanao2 years

Rola, Agnes

Towards Good Water

Governance for

Development: A Multi-Case

Analysis

UP Los

Baños4 years

Billones, Junie

Computer-aided Discovery

of Compounds for the

Treatment of Tuberculosis

in the Philippines

UP Manila 4 years

Mijares, Armand

Salvador

Palaeoenviromental and

Biodiversity Study of Mindoro

Island: An Archaeological

Science Initiative

UP

Diliman4 years

Main

ProponentProgram Title

Constit

uent

Unit

Duration

Tapang,

Giovanni

Versatile Instrument System

for Science Education and

Research – Sensors and

Modules (VISSER:SM)

UP

Diliman2 years

Acda ,

Menandro

Wood to Energy: Use of Fast

Growing Plantation Tree

Species as Fuel Pellets in the

Philippines

UP Los

Baños2 years

Gata, Ma.

Larissa Lelu

Exploring a Theory of Engaged

Collaboration Across Borders

Among Transnational Advocacy

Networks

UP Los

Baños2 years

Israel,

Katherine

Ann

The use of the ethylene

antagonist 1-

methylcycllopropene (1-MCP)

to prolong the shelf-life of

minimally processed fruits

and vegetables

UP Los

Baños2 years

Pacheco,

Elizabeth

Clinical and Autoimmune

Characteristic of Early Onset

Diabetes in Young Adult

Filipinos

UP

Manila2 years

Estacio,

Leonardo

Drug Use Behavioral Health

Among Adolescents in Metro

Manila

UP

Manila3 years

Claudio,

Sylvia

One UP Health Benefits Action

Research: Towards a

Gendered Universal Health

Care Sectoral Model Utilizing

an Information Technology

System

UP

System2 years

EIDR Cycle 1 EIDR Cycle 2

Invention or Copyright Disclosure

Incentive

RationaleSituation

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.

[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 administrative offices.

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

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

> 300 linkages with

international

academic institutions

N. America - 40Asia - 188Europe - 39

M. East - 1

Africa - 1

Australia - 11

International linkages

Implementing more working relationships with foreign universities

and international institutions (research, student & faculty

exchanges)

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

535,683

651,833

586,788

0

100,000

200,000

300,000

400,000

500,000

600,000

700,000

2012 Total 2013 Total 2014 Total

University of Philippines Requests for full-text documents - ScienceDirect

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)/

Teaching Fellow (PhD)

Instructor

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

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)

Instructor Salary, 13th month pay, subject

to Witholding Tax, GSIS, Pag-ibig,

Bonuses

Deliverables 6 units teaching, 6 units coursesThesis/Dissertation

12 units: 9 units teaching, 3 units courses (optional)

Attribution/Other Benefits

Scholarship, in Curriculum Vitae

Early earning of degree through

scholarship

Employment, in Curriculim VitaePart of service counted for retirement

Thank you!

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