Page 35 - EXHIBIT 12 RESEARCH MANUAL

RESEARCH SERVICES POLICIES AND GUIDELINES 25

or devices, to installing new processes, system and services thereby improving
substantially those already produced or installed.

● Pilot testing is an innovative work to confirm and demonstrate the feasibility of
actually using a technology; gauging end-user’s reaction to introduction of improved
technologies and identifying potential problems related to wider dissemination,
utilization and adoption so that these can be fed back to researchers.

● Technology promotion/commercialization is an activity involving application of
technologies on a commercial scale by an identified entrepreneur or user primarily
to increase income/profits and productivity.

d. Categories of Research according to Fund Source

By funding source, research support in the University may come from two sources:

1. Internally funded researches
Internally funded researches are researches conducted with funding coming from
ISU either through the General Appropriations Act (GAA or Fund 101), or from
income (Fund 164).

2. Externally funded researches
Externally funded researches are researches conducted through funding support
from external sources (other than GAA and income such as PCARRD-DOST, DA-BAR,
CHED, NEDA, etc.)

C. R&D Guiding Principles and Philosophy

Pursuant to the above mandate, the ISU R&D programs and projects have been guided by the
following general principles:

1. ISU as generator and source of scientific knowledge
The University R&D generates scientific knowledge in pursuit of academic excellence and
addressing major socioeconomic problems of the country and the region. The University
is a valued partner of various institutions, government agencies, NGOs, industry and other
sectors of the community.

2. Complementarity of research with instruction and extension
Research is a significant complementary function of the University with that of Instruction
and Extension. The complementarity is underscored in the CHED SUC Leveling system
and Normative Financing scheme as well as in the PBB mechanics implemented by the
Department of Budget.

3. Instruction-Research-Extension continuum
R&D is an essential component of the inseparable tri-functions of instruction, research and
extension. The knowledge gained through R&D is imparted through instruction and applied
through extension. Phenomena and occurrences in the process provide fertile grounds for

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES

RM.indb 25 11/11/14 1:55 PM