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E. R&D Policies and Guidelines

1. Guidelines for Strategic Planning and Priority Setting of R&D
Programs and Projects

ISU is a large but relatively young institution and as mentioned in this Manual, its research
and extension thrusts and directions are geared towards nourishing degree level learning-
teaching for the continued growth and development of higher education in all campuses of
ISU while at the same time promote the frontiers of knowledge by seeking new technologies
to improve community life in its various service areas.

Owing to the very limited financial resources of the University particularly for R&D and
extension as compared to instruction, R&D programs and projects must be maintained
more effectively and efficiently. If any of its R&D plans, programs and projects is to succeed,
the various factors that will determine its intended outcomes must be thoroughly identified
and established. And this calls for an objective planning and programming of its activities
to minimize the occurrence of undesirable and unpredictable events that would likely derail
program/project/activity implementation.

The planning process starts with the establishment of a framework that represents the many
intricate relationships and sequences of events and activities discussed as follows:

a. The Planning Framework

1. Environmental scanning of the service area of the University

Based on the established vision, mission, goals and objectives of the University as
articulated and as understood by its various stakeholders to include the governing
board, faculty and support staff, students, farmers and various other clientele in the
industry and other sectors, the first and fundamental step in the planning process is
the holistic scanning of the University’s service areas.

It is a known fact that the usual piecemeal research approach especially in the
countryside often resulted in fragmented and in-appropriate technical solutions.
It is in this regard that the power of the interdisciplinary, or multidisciplinary,
or transdisciplinary research approaches shall be explored and implemented
where several researchers should look at a common problem, adopt a common
framework, and relate the findings of one discipline to the other. However, while
the above approaches may be very relevant, it is advisable to concentrate more on
determining the potentials of the service areas in terms of economic growth and
development and how these growth and development objectives and processes
can be interwoven into the major functions of the University particularly along the
generation, advancement, dissemination and transfer of knowledge or technology,
as desired.

The environmental scanning processes and procedures will be done as follows:

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