2015 OVCRE Annual Report

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ANNUAL

REPORTNov 2014 - Oct 2015

University of the Philippines Los BaosOffi ce of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Extension


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Offi ce of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Extension

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UPLB, College, Laguna, Philippines, 4031

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2015.

Citation: University of the Philippine Los Baos. Annual Report Nov 2014-Oct 2015.

Offi ce of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Extension. College, Los Baos, Laguna.


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List of Tables i

List of Figures ii

List of Annexes ii

TABLE of

CONTENTS

Executive Summary 1

Towards a globally competitive

graduate and research university 4


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Utilization of knowledge and technologies towards

inclusive growth

A. Enhancing research culture 5 B. Increasing resource base 11

C. Expanding research output utilization 15

D. Public Service 20

Sustaining academic leadership and excellence 21

Creation of an enabling environment for creativity

and innovation 25

Way Forward 28


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LIST OF TABLES

1 Distribution of approved Basic Research Program 5

proposals for 2015

2 Distribution of new proposals for funding for the 2016 Basic 6 Research Program

3 New proposals endorsed 7

4 Number of projects by College/Unit and Fund Administrator 8

5 Number of projects by College/Unit and Project Status 9

6 Number of Publications by UPLB Faculty and REPS 10

7 Combined Total R&E Funds from 2010-2015 (in Php 000) 11

of UPLB and UPLBFI

8 UPLB Research Funds (CY 2015) 12

9 UPLBFI Research Funds (CY 2015) 13

10 RDE Portal Google Analytics 15

11 Number of REPS by Designation, Rank, and Appointment 22

Status as of Oct 2015

12 Number of REPS by College/Unit, Designation, and Appointment 23


LIST OF FIGURES

1 Total R&E Funds from 2010-2015 (in Php 000) 11

2 IRIMS User Interface 19

3 Total Number of REPS by REPS Sector and Appointment 21


4 Distribution of REPS by age group 23

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LIST OF ANNEXES

1 OVCRE Strategic Planning Framework 30

2 OVCRE Operational Plan 31

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARYFor the past year, the OVCRE has

concentrated all its eorts in being instrumental

in the attainment of the Chancellors vision for

UPLB to be a globally competitive graduate

and research university contributing to national

development.

Mandated as the UPLB unit in charge with

the universitys research and extension

programs, the OVCRE is tasked to oversee

the development and implementation of R

and E programs of the university; initiate

innovative techniques for ecient planning,

implementation, performance evaluation,

and reporting of R and E activities in the

university; eect increased output of technical

and popular publications and implement an

extensive and ecient distribution system;

coordinate sta development of personnel

research, extension, and professional stacategories; and assist in resource generation

and in the establishment of inter-institutional

linkages in R and E.

With four (4) sections under its wings, the

OVCRE focused on meeting the three

Strategic Objectives set out by the Oce of

the Chancellor (OC): sustaining academic

leadership and excellence; utilization of

knowledge and technologies towards

inclusive growth; and creation of an enabling

environment for creativity and innovation.

Spearheaded by the Project Development and

Monitoring and Evaluation Section (PDMES),

the OVCRE has pushed for enhancing research

culture and increasing the universitys resource

base. Aside from approving implementation of

41 new and promising Basic Research projects

in 2015, 222 new project proposals and MOA

were endorsed to the OC for funding by the UP

System or by national agencies.

PDMES formulated new programs andactivities to supplement research culture

like the Basic Research Mentoring Program,

Pagtuklas: a Research Symposium, and


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is seeking commitment for publication of

completed researches.

As a continuing initiative to promote eective

research implementation, PDMES conducted

the 10thOrientation Seminar on R&D Project

Implementation and Management. Likewise,to further increase scientic productivity, the

PDMES also crafted the Scientic Paper

Writing Workshop Series and Journal Matching

Service. In the pipeline is the Publication

Assistance Program, which will provide editorial

and monetary assistance to high impact

researches for publication to ISI-indexed

journals.

PDMES also endorsed project proposals

to various research grants oered by the

System (i.e. ECWRG, EIDR, Balik PhD), and

established new linkages with local (i.e. Sugar

Regulatory Administration) and international

(i.e. USAID STRIDE) funding agencies.

The Information Management and Technology

Utilization Section (IMTUS) manages, packages

and reports R and E related data from all units

for use by the university administration and

other agencies. Development of the OVCRE

Integrated R&E Information Management

System (OVCRE IRIMS) started this January

2015. OVCRE IRIMS aims to integrate all

R and E related data including data on the

Research, Extension and Professional Services

Sector (REPS), research project monitoring,

scholarly outputs of UPLB faculty and REPS,and UPLB public service activities.

IMTUS also develops and maintains

various modalities to provide information,

popularize the scientic outputs of university

R and E activities, and promote the various

technologies and services of the university.

IMTUS publishes the RDE Digest (feature RDE

stories) and the RDE Chronicle (RDE News)

which comes alternately every quarter. It also

updates and maintains various social media

accounts to increase the reach of UPLB

researches and technologies.

The OVCRE Information Ocers Network

(ION) was formed as an initiative of the IMTUS

to assist in the promotion and popularization

of UPLBs R and E programs. The ION is

composed of selected OVCRE sta and

representatives from OVCRE supervised units.

Executive Summary


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IMTUS also took the lead in UPLBs

participation in various exhibitions to showcase

UPLB products, programs and technologies.

The Extension Section (ES) coordinates

all extension activities and public service

engagements of the university. With the call

of the UP System to intensify the universitys

public service function, the ES conducted the

1stUPLB Public Service Forum and the 2015

ConExtS (Conference on Extension Services).

The Forum dened and created the frameworkof UPLBs extension and public service while

ConExtS featured papers which highlight

UPLBs unique brand of extension service.

Under this section is the REPS HR in charge

of the professional development of the REPS.

The section spearheaded a conference, series

of dialogues and mini-workshops on the REPS

Service Records (RSR), tenure, workload,

promotion, and REPS policy review and

outputs.

To facilitate its mandates and functions, the

OVCRE is currently being manned by the

Administrative Section which serves as the

clearinghouse of all UPLB RDE documents.

OVCRE has also been proactive in providing

support to various adhoc and steering

committes of the university.

Indeed, OVCRE has moved one step forward

to meet the Chancellors vision of a globally

competitive graduate and research university.

To be faithful to our mandate as the countrys

National University, and to be true to the UP

tradition of honor and excellence, the OVCRE

fully commits, in every capacity it can oer, to

contribute to the development of our nation.

Executive Summary


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Towards a globally competitivegraduate and research university

As articulated by Chancellor Fernando C.

Sanchez, Jr. during his Investiture Speech, the

University is enjoined to be proactive towards

attaining global competitiveness as a graduate

and research university contributing to national

development. President Alfredo E. Pascual

likewise urged for granting fl esh and fruition to

Chancellor Sanchezs vision.

The O ce of the Vice Chancellor for Research

and Extension (OVCRE) is in its best position

to respond to this challenge. Guided by the

Chancellors Vision and Strategic Plan, the

OVCRE crafted its own Operational Plan for

the next three years. Based on the Three

Strategic Objectives, Key Result Areas and Key

Performance Indicators, various programs and

activities were formulated.

The following report highlights what the

OVCRE has achieved in the attainment of

this vision in the rst year of the current

administration. It also includes updates of

OVCREs regular mandates and functions.


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Utilization of knowledge andtechnologies towards inclusive growth

A. Enhancing research culture

The UPLB Basic Research Program

From fty-six (56) Basic Research proposals

submitted by various units for 2015, forty-one

(41) have been approved for implementation.Twenty-ve (25) are from the faculty and

sixteen (16) are from the REPS (Table 1). To

date, forty-two (42) new proposals have

already been submitted for evaluation for 2016

(Table 2).

Table 1. Distribution of approved Basic Research Program proposals for 2015

College/Unit NumberCA 9

CAS 13

CEAT 4

CEM 6

CHE 1

CFNR 5

CPAf 1

BIOTECH 2

Total 41


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Table 2. Distribution of new proposals

for funding for the 2016 Basic Research

Program

Utilization of knowledge and technologies towards inclusive growth

College/Unit Number

CA 14

CAS 7CDC 2

CEAT 4

CEM 1

CHE 3

CFNR 5

CPAf 4

OVCRE 1

ILC 1

Total 42

The PhP 5M Basic Research Program provides

nancial assistance for basic studies in the

natural sciences, mathematics, social sciences,

and the humanities.

The program also supports the universitys

instruction function and is responsive tonational development needs.

The UPLB Mentoring Program

To further strengthen the Basic Research

Program and to nurture UPLBs human

resources, OVCRE is implementing a

mentoring scheme wherein a senior researcher

(faculty or REPS) will partner with a junior

researcher. The partnership will not only help

develop the junior researchers technical and

project management skills but also establish

new networks and linkages.

10

th

Orientation Seminar on R&D ProjectImplementation and Management

Aimed at addressing researchers concerns

on project management, particularly in

nancial and procurement concerns, the

10th Orientation Seminar on R&D Project

Implementation and Management was

conducted last 5 and 6 May 2015. It was

attended by 36 project leaders and sta of

ongoing and newly-approved projects.

Pagtuklas: UPLB Research Symposium

Dubbed as Pagtuklas, the UPLB Research

Symposium aimed to present the quality,

diversity, and novelty of outputs or research

projects funded by the Basic Research

Program to the UPLB community and its

valued partners. Selected research projects

presented to partner government agencies for

potential future collaborations.

Evaluation and Endorsement of new

proposals and MOA

A total of 222 proposals were initially screened

and endorsed to the Chancellors O ce from

01 November 2014 to 31 October 2015. Upon

evaluation with CTTE, these proposals are

expected to deliver not only signi cant but also

patentable outputs (Table 3).


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Projects per College/Unit

There is a total of 844 projects in 2015: 317

UPLB-monitored projects, 169 UPLBFI-

monitored projects, 298 core-funded projects,

and 60 externally-funded projects (Table 4.)

The College of Agriculture (CA) implemented

the most number of research projects

(339 projects: 110 UPLB-monitored,

73 UPLBFI-monitored, 135 core-funded

projects, and 21 externally-funded projects).

There is a total of 257 new projects in 2015

while a total of 313 projects are completed in

2015 (Table 5).

Table 3. New proposals endorsed

Funding AgencyNumber of

Proposals

DA and attached agencies 51

DOST and attached agencies - 11

71 PCAARRD - 53

PCIEERD - 7

UPLB 7

UPLB Basic Research 41

UP System

34 Enhanced Creative Work and Research Grant (ECWRG) - 19

Emerging Interdisciplinary Research Program (EIDR) - 11 Balik PhD Program - 4

International Organizations/Agencies 9

CHED 9

Total 222


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Table 4. Number of projects by College/Unit and Fund Administrator

College/Unit UPLB UPLBFI Core External TOTAL

CA 110 73 135 21 339

CAS 54 15 24 9 102

CDC 7 4 5 1 17

CEAT 31 7 10 1 49

CEM 24 6 7 4 41

CFNR 27 20 19 11 77

CHE 3 4 18 5 30

CPAf 17 16 0 3 36

CVM 0 5 1 0 6

SESAM 4 2 0 1 7GS 0 1 0 0 1

OPR 0 0 7 0 7

OSA 0 2 0 0 2

OVCRE - Main 0 1 0 0 1

ISC 3 1 0 0 4

MNH 1 1 23 1 26

BIOTECH 33 11 48 3 95

Ugnayan ng Pahinungod 3 0 0 0 3

UPLB Gender Center 0 0 1 0 1

TOTAL 317 169 298 60 844



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Table 5. Number of projects by College/Unit and Project Status

College/Unit New Ongoing Completed TOTAL

CA 97 118 124 339

CAS 33 28 41 102

CDC 3 4 10 17

CEAT 17 21 11 49

CEM 26 3 12 41

CFNR 22 18 37 77

CHE 3 18 9 30

CPAf 24 2 10 36

CVM 4 0 2 6

SESAM 1 3 3 7

GS 1 0 0 1

OPR 7 0 0 7

OSA 2 0 0 2

OVCRE - Main 1 0 0 1

ISC 1 0 3 4

MNH 3 17 6 26

BIOTECH 12 41 42 95

Ugnayan ng Pahinungod 0 0 3 3UPLB Gender Center 0 1 0 1

TOTAL 257 274 313 844

There is a total of 257 new projects in 2015 while a total of 313 projects were completed in 2015

(Table 5).


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Publications

For the period of 2014 - 2015, there were 49

international publication awardees, 408 papers

presented in local conferences and 97

presented in international conferences. About24 articles published in international refereed

journals and 50 articles published in local

refereed journals were recorded as of October

2015.

For book, book chapter/section we haverecorded 30 publications (Table 6).

Table 6. Number of Publications by UPLB Faculty and REPS

Articles/Books

Published/Papers

Presented

2014 2015* TOTAL

International Publication Awardees 9 40** 49

International Refereed journal - 24 24

Local Refereed journal 22 28 50

Book, Book Chapter/Section 16 14 30

Papers presented in International Conferences 63 34 97

Papers presented in Local Conferences 176 232 408

*FRS/RSR 2015 Source: UPLB Faculty and REPS Form 67a reports from colleges/units

**UP-OVPAA Source: OPVAA-Administered Awards >> International Publication Awards

Publication Commitment of Completed

Research

Our UPLB researchers are well known for

technological breakthroughs and other

innovative contributions in addressing dierentproblems. However, important ndings still

needs to be published in scientic publications.

The OVCRE recently reiterated the

commitment of aiming for scientic

publications from completed research.

Scientic Paper Writing Workshop Series

Funded by the DA-BIOTECH, the SPWWS

aims to produce publishable articles from

theses and dissertations of faculty and REPSin temporary status. OVCRE will conduct 5

batches of workshops with publishable write-

ups as expected output.

Publication Assistance Program

This DA-BAR funded project aims to assist theresearchers in the publication of their theses/

dissertations with editorial and monetary

provisions. The MOA is currently being

nalized.

Journal Matching Service

Taking advantage of the Manuscript Matcher

feature of Thomson Reuters EndNote

product line, researchers are assisted in the

recommendation of the most appropriatejournal publication for their journal articles.


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B. Increasing Resource Base

Research and Development Funds

The total UPLB research and development

funds generated in 2015 is PhP 563M for 416

projects: PhP 358M for 317 UPLB-

monitored projects and PhP 205M for 99

UPLBFI-monitored projects (Table 8 and 9).

This is PhP 26M (5%) higher than the total

funds generated in 2014 (PhP 438M) (Table 7).

There is a steady increase of funds from

government agencies from 2010-2015 as

shown in Figure 1. R&D funds from

government funding agencies is Php 63M

higher this year than in the previous year while

funds from local/private agencies is

almost the same as that with the previous year.


Table 7. Combined Total R&E Funds from 2010-2015 (in Php '000) of UPLB and UPLBFI

SOURCES OF

FUNDS

CY 2010 CY 2011 CY 2012 CY 2013 CY 2014 CY 2015 TOTAL

Gov't Funding

Agencies135,960 194,122 269,252 391,198 436,096 499,054 1,925,681

International

Funding Agencies76,903 20,469 70,134 57,904 54,282 16,718 296,410

Local/Private

Agencies20,608 1,560 11,320 16,554 46,641 47,385 144,068

TOTAL 233,471 216,151 350,706 465,656 537,019 563,157 2,366,159

Fig. 1. Total R&E Funds from 2010-2015 (in Php 000)

135,960

76,903

20,608

194,122

20,469

1,560

391,198

57,904

16,554

436,096

54,28246,641

269,252

70,134

11,320

499,054

16,718

47,385

Govt funding agencies International funding agencies Local/private funding agencies


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Table 8. UPLB Research Funds (CY 2015)

SOURCES OF FUNDS BUDGET (in PhP

000)

NUMBER OF

PROJECTS

Gov't Funding Agencies 344,123 214

CHED 416 3DA and attached Agencies 4,583 1

DA-ATI * 1

DA-BAR 71,168 38

FIDA * 1

PhilRice * 11

DAR 820 13

DBP * 1

DENR 5,828 7

DILG * 1

DOH 328 1

DOST and attached agencies 7,760 4

DOST-PCAARRD 190,931 104

DOST-PCIEERD 61,837 35

FMB * 1

NNC 450 1

PTTC-DTI * 1

VSU * 1

Local/Private Funding Agencies 1,380 2

ECOPEACE Asia * 1

Procter & Gamble, Phils. 1,380 1

UPLB 12,736 90

Interdisciplinary Studies Center 3,648 4

UPLB Basic Research 4,450 75

UPLB Research Trust Fund 248 10

UPLB-BIOTECH (BIO-N Income) 4,390 1

Grand Total 358,238 317

*no budget released for CY 2015


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Table 9. UPLBFI Research Funds (CY 2015).

SOURCES OF FUNDSBUDGET

(in PhP 000)

NUMBER OF

PROJECTS

Gov't Funding Agencies 142,196 55

DA 4,500 1DA-BAR 85,293 24

DAR 4,178 5

DENR-ERDB 1,500 2

DENR-FMB 334 1

DENR-PENRO 1,904 2

DOST 13,252 2

FAO 244 1

FDA 248 1

LGU Batangas 500 1

National Dairy Authority 275 1

National Nutrition Council 824 1

National Opinion Research Center (NORC) 533 1

NCCA 400 1

NEDA 13,642 1

NRCP 4,536 5Philippine Nuclear Research Institute - DOST 1,314 1

Philippine Sugar Research Institute (PHILSURIN) 400 1

Philippine Tropical Forest Cnservation Foundation Inc. 575 2

UPLBFI 7,743 1

International Funding Agencies 16,718 13

Ministry of Agriculture, Bangladesh 4,224 1

ASEAN-India 308 1

German Development Cooperation (GIZ) 4,643 1

Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) 368 1

International Foundation for Science (IFS) 59 1

International Pharmaceuticals Inc. 240 2

SUMERNET 3,000 1

Universite Libre de Bruxelles 1,491 1



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SOURCES OF FUNDSBUDGET

(in PhP 000)

NUMBER OF

PROJECTS

University of Tokyo 615 2

UP Alumni Association of Greater Chicago 430 1WorldFish-EEPSEA 1,339 1

Local/Private Funding Agencies 46,005 31

Agri Specialist Inc. 138 1

Agricultural Training Institute Region IV-A, DA 197 1

AgriSpecialist Inc. 148 1

Alter Trade 61 1

ASEAN Plant Health Cooperation Network of ASEANET 836 1

Biotechnology Coalition of the Philippines 13,420 2

Bioversity International 1,060 2

DICONEX Philippines Inc. 267 2

Dr. Eulalo R. Baltazar, Jr. and Family 543 1

DSM Singapore Industrial Pte. 400 1

Ecopeace Asia 594 1

EVONIK Industries 255 1

KEMIN 457 1Monsanto Philippines, Inc. 1,098 1

OceanaGold (Phils.), Inc. 2,038 2

Pacific Paint Boysen Philippines, Inc. 101 1

Philippine Geothermal Production Company 5,037 1

Research Triangle Institute - USAID Stride Program 3,993 1

Research Triangle Institute (RTI) 12,891 3

Restored Energy Development Corporation (REDCorp) 106 1

Roxol Bioenergy Corporation 1,175 1

Team Energy Foundation Inc. 27 1

Team Energy Foundation Inc. (TEFI) 250 1

TOPI Employees Credit Cooperative 90 1

World Health Organization (WHO) 824 1

GRAND TOTAL 204,919 99

Table 9 continued...


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C. Expanding research output utilization

RDE Digest and Chronicle

Widest promotion and branding of UPLB as a

research university is currently being done by

OVCRE through print and online media.

The OVCRE has published the last RDE Digestusing the old format and launched the RDE

Chronicle as Ocal RDE News of UPLB. The

New RDE Digest will focus on feature stories

of RDE initiatives of the university. The Digest

will be be published July and January while the

Chronicle every March and October.

RDE Portal

www.ovcre.uplb.edu.ph

To continuously provide RDE information, up-

dates, and announcements, the OVCRE man-

ages the UPLB RDE Portal. News, seminars

and events, memos, downloadable forms, and

other resources can be found in the Portal. It

also contains videos of events, seminars and

talks covered by OVCRE Sta. From 01 No-

vember 2014 to 30 October 2015, 14 videos

have been shared through the Portal.

Below is the data provided by Google

Analytics:

Table 10. RDE Portal Google Analytics

Users 52,602

Page views 161, 739

Sessions 61,154

In addition, the Portals Google PageRank isPR 6/10. The PageRank is an estimate of how

important a website is by measuring the

number and quality of websites that link to

your website. To put this into perspective, the



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UP System, UPLB, and UPD websites has a

PageRank of PR 7/10.

Incidentally, a new RDE Portal is

currently under construction which will be

hosted on OVCREs own server.

It will contain everything that is in the current

RDE Portal along with the addition of photo

and video galleries and archives of RDE Digest

and RDE Chronicle issues.

The new RDE Portals design aims to be more

appealing to younger audiences to

further increase website tra c as well as to

further engage other people beyond the

current scope of clientele.

Journals Online

journals.uplb.edu.ph

Operating side by side with the UPLB RDE

Portal is the UPLB Journals Online website,

aimed to increase the use and eventual

citation of scienti c articles authored by our

faculty and researchers. From 01 November

2014 to 30 October 2015, there is a total of

128,167 abstract downloads from the site.

New issues were uploaded for the Journal ofEnvironmental Science and Management, The

Philippine Entomologist, Museum Publications

in Natural History, and the Journal of Public

Aairs and Development (back issue). The

College of Economics and Management has

also released the rst issue of their own journal

called the Journal of Economics, Management

and Agricultural Development.


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Facebook Insights

The UPLB Research and Extension Facebook

page has been a great avenue to share RDE

news, announcements, and information on

UPLBs technologies and projects. This year,

OVCRE utilized the FB page by posting videos

as well as infographs (Feature Technology of

the Week).

OVCREs Facebook page has reached 4,475likes as of 31 October 2015 (an additional

1,369 likes since October 2014). From January

to October 2015 alone, it has reached 633,016

people. This is a 764.90% increase compared

to the whole of 2014, when the reach was only

73,190 people. Reach pertains to the number

of people who have seen any content

associated with our page.

There are 266,613 consumptions from

November 2014 to October 2015.Consumptions pertain to the number of clicks

on any content. There are 41,108 unique

consumers that pertain to the users who

clicked on the content.

Engagement is also an important factor when it

comes to social media. Engagement

includes people who liked the page, posted

on the pages timeline, commented on a post

or shared a post, tagged the page, or evenmentioned the page. A total of 19,913 people

engaged with the page from November 2014

to October 2015.

4,475 likes

764.90% increase inpeople reached

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Twitter Analytics

@UPLBResearch

Since November 2014, there were 613 new

followers making the total number of followers4,466.

The prole has been visited 6,150 times and

has been mentioned 121 times. We have

tweeted a total of 595 times. This includes

announcements, posters, and live tweets

during events. Events that were live tweeted

were the Biomass Conference, Pagtuklas, and

ConExtS among others. Impressions of tweets

totaled 388.9K.

Other Digital Media Strategies

OVCRE also uploads videos of seminars and

conferences covered so as to provide the

public access to educational information.

Some videos uploaded were those during the

CSC Special Seminars, the Philippine

International Biomass Conference, and the

#HowISeeIt episode which encouraged the

public to share how they see UPLB Research.

Past issues of the RDE Digest are also made

available in the Scribd account.

Information Ocers Network

In order to strengthen and complement

information sharing and dissemination between

and among the OVCREs sections and

supervised units, the OVCRE has organized

the Information Ocers Network (ION).

Composed of reperesentatives from OVCRE

and its supervised units, they are expected to

write about current events/research

breakthroughs of their respective units in news

and feature formats for print and online

platforms.

The ION has already completed a Training

Series aimed to capacitate members to beeective information ocers. Trainings included

writing news and features, basic photography,

and content management using Joomla!


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Exhibits

To further promote UPLBs products and

technologies, OVCRE took the lead in the

participation to exhibitions and trade fairs.

For this year, UPLB has participated in the

DOSTs National Science and Technology

Week at the SMX, DA-BARs Agriculture and

Fisheries Technology Forum and ProductExhibition at the SM Mega Trade Hall, LBSCFIs

Wonderama Exhibit at the EB Copeland

Gymnasium, and the exhibit at the Institute of

Plant Breeding for APEC delegates.

OVCRE Integrated R&E Information

Management System (OVCRE IRIMS)

Development of the OVCRE Integrated R&E

Information Management System (OVCRE

IRIMS) started this January 2015. OVCRE

IRIMS aims to integrate all R&E related data

including data on REPS, research project

monitoring, scholarly outputs of UPLB faculty

and REPS, and UPLB public service activities.

The system is envisioned to include four

modules: the REPS Information Management

System (RIMS), the UPLB Publications

Management System (PUBS), the OVCRE

Project Monitoring System (PROMS), and theExtension Activities Information Management

System (EIMS).

Currently, version 1 of RIMS and PUBS have

been deployed and is now in use. Migration

and clean-up of 2011-2015 data has been

completed in PROMS and deployment to

users for testing is scheduled on the third week

of November 2015. Development of EIMS will

start on January 2016.

Figure 2. IRIMS User Interface


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D. Public Service

Conference on Extension Services

(ConExts)

The 2015 UPLB ConExtS was held last 09

October with the theme Nurturing the Tradition

of Distinctive Excellence Through Extension:

UPLBs Contribution for a Globally Competitive

Philippines. This event aimed to present andhonor extension endeavors of the dierent

colleges and units of the University. The

conference showcased dierent extension

services and modalities provided by UPLB.

Eight papers were presented in this

Conference.

Public Service Forum

Parts I and II of the Public Service Forum laid

out the denition and function for UPLB public

service. Attended by eminent extension

experts, the forum focused on the discussion

of UPLBs brand of public service in the

context of extension initiatives. To continue to

put focus on public service, the forum will be

held annually.

The UPLB Sugar Industry Development

Program

In response to the request of the Sugar

Regulatory Administration (SRA) and the

implementation of RA 10659 or the Sugarcane

Industry Development Act (SIDA), the OVCRE

initiated the creation of the UPLB Sugar

Industry Development Program Committee

tasked to lead in extending assistance to the

Philippine Sugar Industry. The interdisciplinary

Committee has presented 17 proposals to the

SRA for funding under and/or outside of SIDA.

Needs Assessment of Surrounding

Communities of UPLB

Initial needs assessments were done in the

municipalities of Calauan, Bay, Alaminos and

Los Baos through key informant interviews,

focused group discussions (FGDs) and survey

questionnaires regarding the current issues

and concerns of the communities. Based on

these needs, capacity-building activities will be

proposed.

Public Service Monitoring System

In coordination with Pahinungod and Padayon,

the OVCRE will attempt to consolidate

public service and extension works done by

the University.

Seasonal Livelihood Programming

UPLB, through the OVCRE, has been identied

by the World Food Programme to be partners

in the facilitation of the Seasonal LivelihoodProgramming tool designed for LGUs as a

planning tool for resilience building and

multisectoral interventions. A MOU is currently

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Sustaining academic leadershipand excellence

Recognizing REPS welfare and output

There are 421 REPS which are regular by

employment status, as of October 2015. Out

of the 421 REPS, 326 are researchers, 52 are

extension personnel, and 43 are professional

sta (Table 11).

In terms of appointment status, 229 REPS

have permanent status, while 192 have

temporary status (Figure 3). CA has the most

number of researchers (144) while CFNR has

the most number of extension personnel (11)

(Table 12).

More than 40% of REPS are aged 50 years old

and above, while 20% fall under 20-30 years of

age. REPS from the age group 31-40 and

41-50 comprise the remaining 34% (Figure 4).

Figure 3. Total Number of REPS by REPS Sector and Appointment Status as of Oct 2015

177

149

28

24 24 19

Permanent

Temporary


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Table 11. Number of REPS by Designation, Rank, and Appointment Status as of

Oct 2015

Sustaining academic leadership and excellence

DESIGNATION RANK SG PERMANENT TEMPORARY TOTAL

Research Sector

University Research

Associate

I 12 1 48 49

II 14 27 28 55

University Researcher

I 16 26 61 87

II 18 66 12 78

III 20 34 34

IV 22 4 4

V 24 3 3

ScientistI 26 15 15

II 27 1 1

Extension Sector

University Extension

Associate

I 12 5 5

II 14 3 6 9

University Extension

Specialist

I 16 8 5 13

II 18 12 8 20

III 20 4 4

IV 22 1 1

V 24 0

Professional Services Sector

Development Management

Ocer

I 11 0

II 15 1 1

III 18 1 2 3

IV 22 0

College Librarian

I 13 4 13 17

II 15 4 3 7

III 18 4 4

IV 22 3 3

V 24 1 1

Guidance Services

Specialist

I 16 0

II 18 3 1 4

III 20 2 2

IV 22 1 1V 24 0

TOTAL 229 192 421


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Table 12. Number of REPS by College/Unit, Designation, and Appointment Status

as of Oct 2015.


URA UR SCI SUB-

TOTAL UEA UES

SUB-

TOTAL DMO CL GSS

SUB-

TOTAL

CA 29 104 11 144 1 7 8 1 1 153 102 51 153

CAS 9 5 14 1 1 0 15 1 14 15

CDC 1 1 2 1 3 0 4 4 4

CEAT 1 5 6 3 3 2 2 11 5 6 11

CEM 3 3 1 1 1 1 5 3 2 5

CFNR 12 19 1 32 2 9 11 1 8 9 52 29 23 52

CHE 8 8 3 1 4 0 12 6 6 12

CPAf 7 13 20 0 1 1 21 13 8 21

CVM 3 1 4 0 3 3 7 5 2 7

SESAM 2 6 8 1 1 0 9 7 2 9

OC

OC Main 0 1 1 0 1 1 1

OAR 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 1 2

OIL 0 1 1 0 1 1 1OPR 4 1 5 1 1 2 0 7 1 6 7

OVCAA

OVCAA Main 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 3

ILC 0 1 1 0 1 1 1

LRC 1 1 1 1 0 2 2 2

OSA 0 1 1 7 7 8 6 2 8

Univ Lib 2 2 0 15 15 17 12 5 17

OVCCA

OVCCA Main 1 1 1 1 0 2 2 2

BAO 0 0 1 1 1 1 1

GENDER 3 3 0 0 3 3 3

OVCPD

OVPCD Main 1 1 0 0 1 1 1LGMO 1 1 0 0 1 1 1

OVCRE

OVCRE Main 8 8 16 3 3 1 1 20 2 18 20

BIOTECH 8 33 4 45 2 2 1 1 48 29 19 48

CTTE 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3

MNH 1 5 6 1 1 2 0 8 2 6 8

Pahinungod 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 3

TOTAL 104 206 16 326 14 38 52 4 32 7 43 421 229 192 421

COLLEGE/

UNIT PERM TEMP GRAND

TOTAL

APPT STATUS

RESEARCH EXTENSION PROF SERVICES

DESIGNATION

GRAND

TOTAL

Figure 4. Distribution of REPS by Age Group


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Dialogues on Tenure and Workload and

Policy Review and Outputs

A series of dialogues and mini-writeshops were

held on the discussion of tenure, workload and

workload preparation, and review of policies

and outputs applicable to REPS. Consultationswere also conducted for the REPS Guidelines

on Promotion.

In addition, a proposed Interim Guideline for

tenure was prepared for the endorsement by

the OC to the Oce of the President. Also, an

AdHoc Committee will be tasked to review the

functions of UREC and the establishment of

UP REPS Council.

Suspension of the Up or Out Policy

UPLB, through OVCRE, submitted a letter to

the BOR requesting for the continued

suspension of the UPLB Up or Out Policy for

REPS dated 14 November 2014. It was ap-

proved by the Board of Regents on their 1303rdMeeting last 26 November 2014.

Stated in the summary is the Approval of the

Board of Regents of the Continued

Suspension of the Implementation of the UPLB

Policy on the Renewal of Appointment and

Tenure of Research, Extension and

Professional Sta (REPS) until such Policy is

revised.


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Creation of an enabling environmentfor creativity and innovation

Interdisciplinary Studies Centers

Program initiatives, organizational structures,

plans and programs of the 18 Interdisciplinary

Studies Centers were consolidated and

assessed as we continue to make our current

RDE Program more holistic, more inclusive and

more responsive to the needs of society.

To date, UPLB seeks the BORs approval for

four of the IdSCs to become virtual centers.

These Centers are Interdisciplinary Studies

Center on Food Security (ISCFS), Climate Risk

Studies Center (CRSC), Integrated Natural

Resources and Environment Management

Center (INREM), and the Interdisciplinary

Biofuels Research Studies Center (IBRSC).

These Centers have conducted national and

international conferences on food security,

climate change adaptation, natural resource

management, and biofuels and are currentlydeveloping and packaging programs for

internal and external funding in support of the

attainment of Philippine development goals.

UPLB Technology Hub

In order to increase the number of researches

of UPLB, it is vital to create a suitable

environment to stimulate the minds of the

researcherss through the acquisition of a new

infrastructure that will serve as a Technology

and Products Display Center and Science and

Technology Hub.

The Hub, a project proposed under the

Institutional Development Grant (IDG) of the

DA-BAR, will serve as repository of UPLB

products and technologies and a venue for the

meeting of the minds, which will give birth to

new and emerging concepts, innovations, and

technologies.

Research Grants

The OVCRE extends support to the

endorsement of project proposals to variousresearch grants oered by the System (i.e.

ECWRG, EIDR, Balik PhD). OVCRE also

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Regulatory Administration) and international

(i.e. USAID STRIDE) funding agencies.

Under the Enhance Creative Work and

Research Grant (ECWRG), OVCRE facilitated

the processing of submitted proposals. To

date, fourteen (14) proposals were evaluated,endorsed and submitted to the UP System.

Committee involvement

In support to the current initiatives of the

Philippine Council for Health Research and

Development (PCHRD), the national

coordinating body for health research, the

OVCRE proposed the establishment of

standing committees that will address the

health, animal and human ethics research and

development issues.

1. Health Research and Development

Committee (HRDC)

The HRDC will spearhead research and

extension activities pertaining to improvement

of health status, productivity and the quality

of life of the Filipinos. It will also engage in

national and international partnerships andnetworks for health research development and

Creation of an enabling environment for creativity and innovation

represent UPLB in the Regional HRDC

meetings and forum in support to the National

Unied Health Research Agenda (NUHRA)

under the Philippine National Health Systems

(PNHS).

2. Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC)

The UPLB IEC shall work on the application to

the Philippine Health Research Ethics Board

(PHREB) to be accredited as an Academic

Institution-based Research Ethics Review

Committee (AI-RERCs). Ultimately, this

AI-RERC that will be established shall ensure

that all biomedical researches in UPLB shall

conform to the protocols of PHREB.

3. Institutional Animal Care and Use

Committee (IACUC)

In support of the Animal Welfare Act of 1998,

the IACUC will help safeguard the welfare of

animals in UPLB used in scientic procedures.

Further, it will ensure that research protocols

are consistent with sound research design

listed in the Rules and Regulations on the

Conduct of Scientic Procedures Using

Animals, DA AO No 40, 1999.


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Way ForwardMuch still needs to be desired for the

attainment of being a globally competitivegraduate and research university. But the

OVCRE fully commits to take on the challenge

towards national development.

We are looking forward to the streamlining of

the various Interdisciplinary Studies Centers

as we identify and focus on UPLBs niches.

We are excited that the TechnoHub project will

commence within the year.

New proposals and programs are also in the

works including the Climate Forecasting

Laboratory and the Life Cycle Assessment

Center.

As OVCRE reiterated on the production of

publications from completed researches, we

are looking ahead to an increase in the number

of IPA Awardees among our faculty and sta.

Moreover, the REPS welfare will continuously

be prioritized as we seek approval of various

guidelines and policies from the BOR.

We are also looking into drafting the OVCRE

Manual of Operations which shall include the

revised Research Manual and Extension

Manual.

We believe that as UPLB comes closer to its

vision, our contributions to scienti c

knowledge, research productivity andtechnology generation becomes more and

more true to the UP tradition of honor and

excellence and to its mandate as a national

university - serving its country and its people.


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REX B. DEMAFELIS

Vice Chancellor for Research and Extension

DR. SUSAN MAY F. CALUMPANG

Assistant to the Vice Chancellor for Research and Extension

DR. JEWEL A. CAPUNITAN

Special Assistant to the Chancellor for Institutional Research Linkages


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Documents

2015 OVCRE Annual Report