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Comparable with R & D programs, the R & D Centers shall be under the administrative
jurisdiction of the various R & D Directors who shall be coordination of planning,
funding, monitoring and evaluation of the centers. The centers shall operate with
research or extension faculty/staff from various academic departments who shall
be de-loaded from their teaching responsibilities so that important research and
extension projects or studies can be implemented.

However, for centers that can attract considerable funding from government and
external donors, they may be managed in a semi-autonomous manner when a
relatively large academic faculty and staff from departments are involved through
their appointments as affiliate staff of the centers.

No duplication of research staff and research facilities between research centers
responsible for coordination of planning, funding, monitoring and evaluation
of the centers. The centers shall operate with research or extension faculty/staff
from various academic departments who shall be de-loaded from their teaching
responsibilities so that important research and extension projects or studies can be
implemented. Academic departments and other research units shall be maintained
in order not to weaken programs on instruction by drawing away senior teaching
staff from these academic departments.

5. Conformation of R & D programs and projects with the national, regional and
institutional research agenda

In its attempt to enhance research productivity in higher education, CHED has
set the general policies, directions, initiatives and priority areas for research and
research-related programs (NHERA-2 2009-2018). Since the research areas are
products of experts from the various disciplines to include institutional leaders,
senior researchers and representatives from funding institutions, the University
RDET program and project should be anchored on these agenda in the planning
process, to include site-specific research areas along key disciplines that provide
solutions to institutional (teaching-learning environment) as well as local
community problems.

6. Major steps in developing the R & D programs

Research programs are generally considered as consisting of interrelated and
complementary projects usually implemented using the multidisciplinary or
transdisciplinary approach to meet established goals within specific time frames.
They are usually broken down into projects that consist of interrelated studies also
designed to meet predetermined objectives within a specific time frame. The major
steps include:

● Identification of strong research leaders
The development of research programs in the University starts with the
identification of research leaders with the necessary competencies in terms of

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