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FOREWORD

This Manual of Operation for Research and Development of ISU is
based on the ISU Research & Development, Extension & Training
(RDET) MANUAL approved by the University Board of Regents
(BOR) on June 14, 2010 through Resolution No. 10, s. 2010.
However, changes were made on the structure and contents of
the document.

The first modification is the separation of Research and
Development (R&D) and Extension and Training (E&T) which
are combined in the RDET Manual. These two are treated as one
integrated RDET continuum in the BOR-approved Manual. The
separation is, on the one hand, in compliance with the requirements
of ISO certification, for the reason that, indeed, R&D and E&T are
distinct separate functions of ISU and have their respective independent systems of operation. On
the other hand, there is an increasing acceptance in ISU on the realization that R&D and E&T are
playing separate significant roles in meeting and complying with national standards expected or
required of ISU, as a Higher Education Institution (HEI), much more as a State University.

In the SUC-leveling mechanism implemented by Commission on Higher Education (CHED) for State
Universities and Colleges (SUCs), R&D and E&T are separate independent criteria in the evaluation
of SUCs on what level it will be categorized. The category or level determines the SUC budget, the
privileges it is entitled to, and the benefits it can derive from CHED and the Department of Budget
and Management (DBM). R&D and E&T contributed significantly to the present level of ISU as Level
IV SUC.

Likewise, R&D and E&T are separate and independent criteria of evaluation in the Performance
Based Bonus (PBB) implemented by the DBM for all government agencies. Moreover, they (R&D and
E&T) are distinct and autonomous bases in the Normative Funding/Financing scheme followed by
the DBM and CHED for the allocation of budget for SUCs in the annual General Appropriations Act
(GAA).

For this Manual of Operations, aspects of the RDET Manual pertaining to R&D were culled out, edited
and composed into one document. However, some aspects were modified and new ones were
included because of new developments in RDET since 2012, under the new University leadership.

The University President issued a Special Order (SO) in November 2012 creating seven R&D Clusters
along Priority Thematic Thrusts and identified Professor-Scientists to lead in R&D undertakings along
these thrusts. Likewise, a Strategic Plan for R&D was crafted, finalized and packaged as an output of
a 14-day three-part (3-months) series of seminar-workshop participated by the Vice President for
RDET and the University Director for KTM. This was conducted for all SUCs nationwide by CHED and
the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP). These ushered in revisions in the R&D vision,
mission, goals, strategies, and research agenda of the University. Also, the ISU Board of Regents
(BOR) recently (September 2014) approved a new set of institutional and financial incentives for
University researchers who have published research outputs in recognized publications/have

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