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following Working Guidelines:

a. A detailed accomplishment/progress report in the prescribed format shall be required
to support claims for research;

b. For team research, a proportionate credit unit depending on the degree of involvement
shall be given to each member;

c. For researches where the researcher/s receive/s honorarium, credit unit will be given for
purpose of determining workload but not included in the computation of excess load;

d. Appropriate authorities must approve the institution/agencies researches (where
applicable);

e. Researches funded by other agencies shall be covered by a Memorandum of Agreement
(MOA) or its equivalent between ISU and the funding agency; and

f. The maximum workload for research is nine (9) FTE per week.

Research staff are expected to carry a regular minimum workload. The following guidelines
shall govern the workloads of regular research and extension staff of the University:

a. The Official Working Hours (OWH) for all regular research staff shall be 40 hours per week.

b. The regular research and extension workload equivalent (REWE) for all research and
extension staffs will be 21 per week.

c. For every approved research or extension project of at least one (1) semester duration,
the following research and extension working equivalents are:

Level RWE

International/National

Program Leader 6.0

Project Leader 5.0

Study Leader 4.0

Regional

Program Leader 5.0

Project Leader 4.0

Study Leader 3.0

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