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e) The paper shall be immediately subject to technical review by the Office of the VP RDET; this
shall be the basis of the endorsement of the VP to the Office of the University President;

f) The applicant shall be informed by the Office of the President regarding the approval or
disapproval of his/her application. If disapproved, the applicant will not be allowed to go and
present his/her paper. If approved, the following policies shall apply:

f1. If support from external support was obtained by the applicant and if the conference will be
abroad, he/she will be provided a Travel Authority (TA) and will be given local travel support
by the University. Otherwise, if the conference is held within the country, the appropriate
Travel Order (TO) shall be issued.
f2. If the request is for financial support, he/she will provided the amount needed or a part
thereof based on the amount requested, or as recommended by the VP RDET, subject to
the availability of funds; round trip economy fare and the registration fee, a fixed living
allowance may be provided, as approved by the President.
f3. The grantee is responsible for travel arrangements (TA or TO, obtaining visa, permits,
tickets, etc.);

g) Within one month after return from conference, the grantee shall comply with the following
conditions:

g1. Submit a certification of proof of paper presentation (Certificate of paper presentation or
recognition, aside from the Certificate of Attendance) in the conference;
g2. Submit a Travel Report indicating highlights of the conference, observations, lessons
learned and recommendations on how ISU can improved on its participation in international
conferences;

h) Within six months after the conference, the paper shall be presented in a University program
organized by the University R & D Office. A bi-annual presentation forum shall be held for
the purpose. All paper presenters in international conferences for the past six months or
so shall present papers in the University forum.

Support for Publication of Scientific Papers. The University shall provide support for the publication of
research outputs in internationally peer reviewed journals.
In cases where a researcher’s scientific paper is accepted for publication and a
publication fee is required by the journal, the University shall provide financial support for the purpose.
Provided, the journal is internationally peer reviewed and found in the Thomson Reuters (ISI) international
indices or at least Scopus-indexed.
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To avail of the grant, the researcher shall forward a request letter addressed to the
University President through the Office of the VP RDET, endorsed through channels. The VP RDET shall
endorse the request to the President with the corresponding recommendation for appropriate action
(approval or disapproval). When approved by the President, the amount of the fee requested for the
publication of the paper shall be granted to the researcher payable to, or as provided for by, the journal.