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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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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
Status as of Oct 2015
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
Status as of Oct 2015
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.
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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
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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.
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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
266,613 consumptions
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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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Utilization of knowledge and technologies towards inclusive growth
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
being prepared to nalize the partnership.
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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
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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.
Sustaining academic leadership and excellence
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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Sustaining academic leadership and excellence
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
established new linkages with local (i.e. Sugar
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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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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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